Goodwill finds:
The Fujitsu Remote Control Receiver 2 which is IR <-> USB and did not come with the other accessories works with Linux.
The cute Little Tikes remote in Royal Purple and Canary Yellow works with 'linux infra red control' lirc. Here is the lirc.conf
http://pastebin.com/24aJhPvd The other remote I just picked up is a Gaggitvox (Magnavox) model NB179
It's lirc.conf is here
http://pastebin.com/JWzp4MJt I've not gotten either configured to run any program or player yet. The Little Tykes will most likely work better as it's decode was cleaner with LIRC.