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Winamp Alpha for Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-exactly-is-the-point dept.

nerdguy0 writes "It appears that Winamp isn't just for Windows anymore. Nullsoft has a Linux alpha of Winamp3 out on their site. Hopefully it doesn't overshadow all of the hard work the XMMS people have done." Does winamp have better playlist controls then xmms? I've taken to using freeamp just because it has decent playlist controls. I say decent, not good. I want something with a tivo type of intelligence, but everything that claims to do something like this, well, doesn't.

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  1. what about... by 2MuchC0ffeeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    all those windows dynamic link library (.dll) plugins?

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    Runnin' On Empty .... I'm Still Alive
  2. Re:Wrong name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it should be GNU/Linamp

    -RMS

  3. all very strange... by archen · · Score: 5, Funny

    In all of this I'm starting to wonder where AOL comes in. I don't see Linux or Mac as big markets that they'll make any money in, but perhaps this is another stepping stone to get an AOL package that works for other OS's. If you look at what Netscape Communicator (4x) came with you see:

    Netscape - became Mozilla, is cross platform

    Winamp - being ported to Mac and Linux

    Realplayer - Mac and Win32 versions

    With these 3 components (and Macromedia flash) you could participate in just about everything the web has to offer. I could see these comming together in some sort of cross platform package in the future (with some sort of chat client).

    The whole player thing is getting a bit weird. Xmms started off as X11 amp, which was basically a copy of Winamp, but later grew into a player with it's own flavor. Winamp then gets ported to Linux, which sort of makes for a weird situation. Mac amp was the Macintosh version of Winamp and used to be owned by Nullsoft, before the guys sold off the division to some other company. Now Winamp is available for the Mac again, but now under it's own name. And yes, Mac amp is now also available for windows. (So we have Winamp for Macs, and Macamp for Windows)...

  4. does this mean... by vena · · Score: 4, Funny

    Winamp Is Not A Monopoly's Property?

  5. Re:Entirely TOO alpha quality... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    BLOODY HELL

    It's alpha. You repeated that yourself about ten fucking times! Alpha-quality software probably will not work well.

    That's why it isn't stamped 'beta' or 'release candidate'.

    Dipshit.