Being able to play audio files on my computer is a seriously big deal to me. My first Apple purchase was a mac book pro which the sole purpose was to rip and catalog my audio collection. (which subsequently I had to repeat the entire process because it defaulted to using .m4p <apple store> and .m4a <I think...> anyhow I was unable to easily playback those file types on my other systems - which was a Sun blade running Solaris and a few Linux systems) I digress... I have always been a HUGE fan of XMMS. Even since 2001 when they seemed to have the only player worth mentioning for Solaris. Fortunately not much has changed with XMMS in 10 years (it looks almost identical, if I recall the original) and unfortunately a lot has changed with my music demands. XMMS still uses a pretty basic method cataloging your collection, whereas the "modern" audio players seemingly use some type of database to store the metadata of your collection. Cert...
Linux: The whole world made it for you... This blog is a collection of things I come across either at home or at work as a Linux Administrator. I have worked as an Admin working with Solaris, SAN, Backups and Linux at the Enterprise level for over 16 years.