Are you debilitated by the countless music players that use web technologies with a massive RAM footprint? Maybe you want a lean yet slick audio player with a good range of features?
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Category: Multimedia
aux.app – desktop music player
aux.app plays music from YouTube, SoundCloud and Deezer. It’s built with web technologies including Electron. How does it fare?
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Shortwave – GTK3 internet radio software
Shortwave (previously known as Gradio) is open source goodness that lets you find and listen to 20,000 radio stations over the net.
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odio – free to download radio streaming software
odio is a free (no-charge) radio streaming software with more than 20,000 radio stations from around the world.
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MellowPlayer – multi-platform cloud music integration
MellowPlayer integrates a whole raft of music streaming services. It’s Qt-based software.
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Kaku – web technologies-based music player
Kaku bills itself as the next generation music client. Let’s see what this means. Does this music player float our boat?
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Strawberry – audio player and music collection organizer
Strawberry is an audio player and music collection organizer. It was originally forked from Clementine. The main goal was to create a player for playing local music files that looked a bit more like Amarok with advanced soundcard options. The music player is designed for music collectors, audio enthusiasts and audiophiles.
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Headset – YouTube / Reddit desktop music player
Headset is a music player for the desktop that connects with the huge catalogue of music available from YouTube. Users can search through this collection of music, play what they find and save tracks/playlists. Headset can also read popular music subreddits and play the tracks in sequence.
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Qmmp – Qt-based Multimedia Player – the sound with no limits
Qmmp is a cross-platform, open source, Qt-based multimedia player. The default user interface is similar to Winamp or xmms. But there’s also an alternative user interface.
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GNOME Podcasts – podcast client for the GNOME desktop
Podcasts are shows, similar to radio or TV shows, that are produced by professionals or amateurs and made available on the internet to stream and/or download. They are a popular source of entertainment. There’s lots of great podcasts that are Linux-centric, which I surveyed in this review.
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