Reviewing Linux desktop music players in an escape from Spotify.

If you haven’t heard yet, in big 2026 we’re all ditching Microslop for systems that actually respect you, and we’re also breaking up with our ever-pricier Spotify subscriptions in exchange for actual ownership of the media we consume. So, for Fun February, I thought I’d take a look at some of the apps we can use to fill the Spotify-shaped void.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    16·
    18 hours ago

    audacious deserves a shoutout which is missing from this list; it’s basically foobar for linux with some additional features like system tray mode, winamp skin , and missing drag and drop folder generation (although it still works if you make a new playlist tab)

    • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      I like Audacious but for the life of me either because I’m too stupid or too lazy but on NixOS I can’t get winamp skins to work.