Re: [gentoo-user] xmms alternative

[Daniel Barkalow]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Walter Dnes wrote:

> > > f) it has no good alternative :-(
> > >
> >
> > it has. amarok, alsaplayer, xine....
>
> [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask alsaplayer
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies
> emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "alsaplayer".
>
>   OK guys, where is alsaplayer hiding?
>
>   xine ==> almost as bloated as Windows Media Player.  I want a simple
> *AUDIO PLAYER* dammit, not some honking big "multi-media" package that
> takes forever to build.  I've had problems building xine, and swear by
> mplayer.  I'd sooner use mplayer than xine.
>
>   amarok ==> Even worse than xine.  It's a Windows Media Player wannabee
> bloated frontend that ends up launching xine.  In addition to building
> xinelib, it also builds kde-base, ruby, and a bunch of other junk.

I think you want audacious, which seems to be xmms painted white and 
actively maintained.

	-Daniel
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