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Music players on Ubuntu

I haven't yet found software for Linux that equals Winamp on Windows, for ease of playlist manipulation.

  • Movie player - ugh
  • Banshee - Can't easily work with albums. Play Queue is too fiddly. Can't copy music between Play Queue, File System Queue and Playlists.
  • Amarok - Better than Banshee. Actually lets me see my directories on disk! Easy to make playlists.
  • Clementine - Works. Easy to browse files, easy to make playlists.
  • XMMS - ?
  • Audacious - ?
  • Rhythm box - ?
  • Songbird - ?


thanks