Audio CDs to the Rio 500 mp3 player using Linux

OK, it is easier on a Mac. iTunes is free and does it all for you (and does it well). To replace iTunes I need at least three applications on Linux :-(

1. Ripping with cdparanoia  :cdparanoia -B “1-”
2. Encoding with Audacity  . Audacity doesn’t have an own mp3 encoder, therefore you need lame and Audacity will ask you for the file libmp3lame.so (it should be in /usr/lib). Funnily Audacity has problems writing temporary files to /tmp, when it is not started as root. Have to fix that somehow.
3. Getting the Rio500 connected. There are Linux drivers and GUIs  , but they have not compliled (and probably also not developed) since the 2.3.34 kernel. Didn’t work for me. So for the moment I am stuck with the Rioport Audio Manager 3.5  and VMware. But at least that works. I am going to work on the Linux drivers anyway.