12 Popular Audio Players for Linux - An Overview
Next is an overview of the best audio players available in Linux. I will only review the GUI players, leaving tools like mp3blaster, mpg123 or ogg123 for some other time. To begin with...
1. Amarok
The latest release of Amarok is 2.0.2, which is a new foundation for new features and the future development of this wonderful audio player. Although I could describe current Amarok 2 as a total mess (regarding bugs) or as an application of the future, Amarok remains the most popular audio player for Linux out there. The 1.4 series had everything one could think of, from collection management to scripts, media devices support, powerful playlist or tag editor; Amarok 2 lacks several features from the previous release but I'm sure in time it will include those too and a wealth of many other, new features. The strong point of Amarok 2 in my opinion are the widgets and the new playlist, which looks twice as appealing and is more organised than the one in 1.4. The minuses currently include lack of an equalizer, lack of playlist sorting and shortcuts usability, and instability. However, Amarok 2.0 is just the ground from which this new, innovative version will start developing.
2. Rhythmbox
One thing I noticed about GNOME audio players is that most of them resemble pretty much the same interface, and I think Rhythmbox gives leads the way when it comes to this, and all other GTK players seem to copy its interface in one way or another. Rhythmbox is the default audio player in GNOME and also in distributions which ship it, like Ubuntu.
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