The company says its Dell Digital Jukebox music player, or Dell DJ, is now Linux-compatible for customers who install Lsongs software, a product from San Diego-based Lindows.

Glad to see someone recognizing that it might be a slight advantage to offer something compatible for the Linux market. However, it will always be a tough battle going up against the iPod. It would be so nice to have Apple make iTunes on Linux, but it seems that won’t happen for a while.

“We talked with Apple Computer about supporting the iPod, but they want to keep that a closed system…

*sigh*

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