aTunes Tries to Be the Best of Two Worlds | Linux Today

aTunes Tries to Be the Best of Two Worlds

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 14, 2008

“Are you looking for a free and open source music player that
you can use no matter which operating system you boot or switch to
during the day? Meet aTunes, a small competitor to both Amarok and
Apple’s iTunes. Its name sounds like a hybrid of the two, and it
tries to have a unique combination of the best of both user
experiences.

“aTunes is a Java-written, cross-platform music player. It
supports a variety of common audio formats, including both open
source and proprietary codecs, due to its MPlayer audio engine back
end. Like many quickly evolving programs, it has a few issues, but
the better outweighs the bitter…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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