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I always used Winamp on Windows, so when I switched to Linux I tried basically every single open-source alternative that worked with my workflow: Per-song ratin

I always used Winamp on Windows, so when I switched to Linux I tried basically every single open-source alternative that worked with my workflow: Per-song ratings, a nested Genre/Artist/Album/Song library browser, global hotkeys, able to handle a collection of >100 GB and a useful playlist/queue system. For anyone else looking for the same thing: the one that I ended up choosing was http://gmusicbrowser.org/ http://gmusicbrowser.org/. See http://gmusicbrowser.org/screenshots/ListsLibraryContext.png http://gmusicbrowser.org/screenshots/ListsLibraryContext.png.

byuu 13y ago
I'll throw in my two cents for Audacious, see: http://audacious-dvb.sourceforge.net/screenshot.png http://audacious-dvb.sourceforge.net/screenshot.png It probably lacks some of the advanced stuff you would want, but I use it as I still do with Winamp: setup keyboard hotkeys to execute audacious -[rft] (skip around in songs from any app), load a folder (or folders) of songs and play them. Throw on ProjectM and you have a poor man's substitute for Milkdrop. And there's Shoutcast support as well. The UI runs in skinned mode (pictured above) or in a more traditional mode that doesn't look out of place on your desktop.
sanyi 13y ago
I did the same thing, ended up with cmus: http://cmus.sourceforge.net/ http://cmus.sourceforge.net/
- computer 13y ago
  Thanks for that suggestion. Looking at its documentation, it seems that it does not support rating songs. Is that correct?
- mrb 13y ago
  I use cmus too. For those who don't know it is a command line music player with a VIM-like command line interface ("/" to search, ":set x=x" to set various options).
- wooptoo 13y ago
  MPD is pretty popular too http://www.musicpd.org/ http://www.musicpd.org/ It has a client/server model and you can create your own music streaming service by controlling it remotely and streaming back over http. ncmpc/ncmpcpp is a client for mpd that resembles cmus quite a lot.
  - kinleyd 13y ago
    mpd with ncmpc has brought my music very close to me - just a couple of keystrokes away. Regarding Winamp, I've always loved it's tagline "Winamp kicks the llama's ass" (or was it butt?).

byuu 13y ago

I'll throw in my two cents for Audacious, see: http://audacious-dvb.sourceforge.net/screenshot.png http://audacious-dvb.sourceforge.net/screenshot.png It probably lacks some of the advanced stuff you would want, but I use it as I still do with Winamp: setup keyboard hotkeys to execute audacious -[rft] (skip around in songs from any app), load a folder (or folders) of songs and play them. Throw on ProjectM and you have a poor man's substitute for Milkdrop. And there's Shoutcast support as well. The UI runs in skinned mode (pictured above) or in a more traditional mode that doesn't look out of place on your desktop.

sanyi 13y ago

I did the same thing, ended up with cmus: http://cmus.sourceforge.net/ http://cmus.sourceforge.net/

computer 13y ago
Thanks for that suggestion. Looking at its documentation, it seems that it does not support rating songs. Is that correct?
mrb 13y ago
I use cmus too. For those who don't know it is a command line music player with a VIM-like command line interface ("/" to search, ":set x=x" to set various options).
wooptoo 13y ago
MPD is pretty popular too http://www.musicpd.org/ http://www.musicpd.org/ It has a client/server model and you can create your own music streaming service by controlling it remotely and streaming back over http. ncmpc/ncmpcpp is a client for mpd that resembles cmus quite a lot.
- kinleyd 13y ago
  mpd with ncmpc has brought my music very close to me - just a couple of keystrokes away. Regarding Winamp, I've always loved it's tagline "Winamp kicks the llama's ass" (or was it butt?).