Best way to copy mp3s to IPod without Itunes

Factual Questions
1

I was gifted an IPod a few days ago and want to copy files to it without using the annoying Itunes program. I was hoping there was a decent way to do this free. Any suggestions?

2

iTunes is free and one of the more non-annoying MP3 management programs I’ve seen.

You could try formatting the iPod as a drive, and figuring out the index and directory structure, but it’s not worth the effort.

3

Winamp has an iPod plugin
http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=138888

Don’t have an iPod, so can’t say how well it works.

4

I use EphPod and find that it does what I need it to do.