Well, my iPod has kicked the bucket, and this time, I think it’s beyond my repair.  I had loaded Rockbox on it, and it wasn’t charging.  After it ran all the way down and powered off, it still wouldn’t charge, and now I can’t get it to turn back on.  I don’t know if the issue is related to Rockbox, or if the battery just went bad.  I suspect the battery, as I’ve used Rockbox before, and iPod batteries are known to sometimes give out after a few years.  At first, I was thinking about buying one of the new iPods, but as Apple is going even more out of their way to prevent Linux users from using their players, and also to prevent third-party firmwares, I probably won’t bother giving them any more of my money.  Instead, I’m looking for a good drag and drop media player that I can simply put media files on by mounting it as a removable disk.  Shame, because the iPod touch looked really nice.