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DesktopLinux: Banshee–The Next Best Thing to Linux iTunes

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 23, 2006

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“I want an audio player that will do everything that Apple’s
iTunes does–including working with my iPod–and do it natively on
Linux. That’s a tall order. I’ve tried many fine Linux
programs–KDE’s amaroK, RealPlayer 10 for Linux, Xine, etc.–but
none have scratched my itch.

“So, I’ve been running Windows iTunes 4.9x running atop
CrossOver Office 5.01. Apple’s favorite audio program runs decently
on CrossOver Office, but I wanted something that worked better and
was a ‘real’ Linux program…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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