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Using Winamp vis. Plugins with xmms

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-it-on dept.

protonman writes "...and you thought emulation was for watching quicktime trailers, playing nintendo games, or just running calc.exe. Think again, Please welcome Winamp Visualization Plugins for XMMS, available now!"

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  1. Why bother with emulation? by ajiva · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone think that trying to run windows apps on Linux is counter productive? Yes so the person is no longer running Windows, but they are still tied to it. Reminds me a lot like OS/2, where most people would just use OS/2 to run Windows apps, and the number of OS/2 apps started to dwindle, till there was nothing left.

  2. please don't feed the trolls by bilbobuggins · · Score: 3, Insightful
    sigh...

    i get so sick of people saying 'winamp is pointless b/c of xmms'
    i guarantee you these are the same hypocrites who say 'gee, kde and gnome bring such great choice and variety to the linux desktop!'

    how about we applaud a company that recognizes that there are linux users out there in the market and have actually put some resources towards noticing us as opposed to being so close minded against anything that didn't start on *nix? and no, i don't own stock in winamp and i use xmms all the time, i'm just saying we should _encourage_ ALL companies to make linux versions of their products even if there is already an alternative...

    1. Re:please don't feed the trolls by civilizedINTENSITY · · Score: 3, Insightful

      We should encourage all companies to back linux versions of their products, yes. I fail to comprehend how this relates to XMMS. WinAmp didn't write XMMS. WinAmp didn't write WINE. WinAmp didn't write xmms-winamp. What resources did WinAmp "put ... towards noticing us"? I'd love to applaud, but I've not heard the news.