I guess I don't think that deep in to it. For quick plays I use mplayer. When I had KDE I used Amarok, I have played with a bunch but settled on Rythmbox just because it was default and there. I use picard for tagging and all that jazz so it is simply a music player for me :) James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Andrew "Tuna" Harris wrote: > I'm looking for some music software that doesn't suck. My experience > with Amarok was excellent, but there are certain things that I have > developed a strong distaste for, a few of which Amarok more than readily > picks up on. We went our separate ways, peacefully but still longing for > something... I know not about Amarok but I have not found what my heart > seeks in this world. > > But here's what I'm sick of. > > * Integration with a specific desktop environment > > If Amarok had a nice GUI that didn't require mad things like kdelibs, I > would happily readopt it. Maybe something like FLTK or just plain QT > without this KDE integration nonsense. Same with Rhythmbox, and its > GNOME nonsense. I shouldn't have to compile and install GConf as well if > it's only going to be used for like one or two apps! > > * C#/Mono apps for Linux > > I don't even understand this. Call me a purist, but when you think, "GUI > application for Linux to organize and play music", what possesses you to > think "Ah! C# with Mono!" Don't get me wrong, Mono is a wonderful thing. > It can be very useful for getting .NET stuff to work on Linux with > little to no modification. But what exactly makes Mono C# the language > of choice for... anything, really? > > * Inability to Control Things without using the GUI > > Here's something that should, in one way or another, be built into every > GUI app, ever. I had this trouble with XChat. I just hate it when I > absolute MUST have the GUI to do things, the seemingly simplest of > tasks. It's like bringing twelve lead-plated life rafts on a cruise. > There is seemingly no situation in which you would ever need them, yet > the fax said you have to bring them. > > Pretty much, I need something that doesn't suck, is written in a > somewhat respectable language, and demand a crapload of dependencies > that I won't need in a week or when I get tired of the software. > > Right now I'm using Songbird, and I started hating it about five minutes > into using it. > > inb4 letmegooglethatforyou.com. I have googled, and I found this: > http://mpd.wikia.com/ > > Anyone use it before? What do you think? > > Thanks! > > -tuna > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >