New Projects - Fresh from the Labs  Linux-MiniDisc—(Almost) Full
MiniDisc Support for Linux (  If you've got a stack of MiniDiscs
lying around rotting, because you hate rebooting into Windows
just to have basic access to your hardware, others exist who
share your pain. One of these people is Adrian Glaubitz. Adrian
sent me an e-mail, saying the following:  Almost all newer
MiniDisc-Walkmans made by Sony and other manufacturers have a
USB-connector that allows download and upload of audio tracks
and data to the MD-Walkman from a PC. However, since Sony is
also a major record label, it has adopted a sophisticated system
of DRM protection that requires a proprietary software from Sony
called SonicStage, which runs on Windows only; even the latest
Wine version is not able to run it smoothly enough to allow
transfer from/to an MD-Walkman.  Being a passionate Linux user
since 1998, Adrian was annoyed by always having to reboot into
Windows to do anything with his player. There were Linux
projects around, but they n