“Most desktop distros include at least one music player, which
many people won’t even think about changing. But with Ubuntu 11.04
dropping its old Rhythmbox application and opting instead for
Banshee, our curiosity was piqued: which are the best music players
for Linux?“We compiled an initial shortlist of three that we felt everyone
should try: Rhythmbox, the default Gnome player; Amarok, the
default KDE player; and Banshee, a player that has been around for
a while and has now supplanted Rhythmbox on Ubuntu. To this we
added Songbird, a music player built on the Mozilla codebase; and
the doughty VLC, which has been playing media in various formats
and on various operating systems since 1996.”
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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