Having been a Macintosh consultant, I am aware of the posibilities of using VPC and a serial adapter. Currently being a Software Engineer I would much rather attempt to write something that will keep me from having to use Windows in any way shape or form. Seeing as I would like to one day be able to use an Empeg (rather than waste time waiting for it to sync) I would do just about anything to avoid transfering gigs of MP3s over serial :-)

Actually, no one answered my original (and most important) questions. That being if it would be possible to run the linux version of the Emplode software on the Empeg itself (via some sort of loopback mode)? I can think of a bunch of different ways to get this to work if that software can be made to run on the Empeg.

1. Wrap it in a web based GUI
2. Run it as a server process and open a client connection to it from a java app on _ANY_ other machine.
3. Mount another machines drive via NFS and transfer songs from it.
4. Mount another machines drive via SMB and transfer songs from it.
5. Add the ability for it to act as an ftp/www/hotline/napster client and retrieve remote files.
6. Etc, etc, etc.

-Mike