Configuring the MPD Music Server on Ubuntu Linux | Linux Today

Configuring the MPD Music Server on Ubuntu Linux

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Nick Congleton
Aug 1, 2016

Linux has a ton of options when it comes to media players. Many of them are just as feature packed as their proprietary counterparts on other operating systems. What most Linux users don’t realize is that there are additional options that utilize one of Linux’s greatest strengths, servers. MPD(Music Player Daemon) is a lightweight server for sharing a music library both locally and over a network.

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