Comparison of Exaile, Banshee and Rhythmbox or

Amarok. In the camp of GNOME, probably acting antitrust law, because this type of player as much as three pieces. Meet the heroes:. Rhythmbox. ,. Banshee. and. Exaile. The first athlete to Feisty Fawn has been unpredictable in the sense of outrage to the unstable. I had to look for an alternative. She became a GTK clone of Amarok. Exaile. After upgrading to. Intrepid. version 0. 2. 14 was behaving provocatively. Most did not respond to commands. At first rolled up to the previous one, and then wanted to look at the development branch Exaile ( 0. 3 ). Appearance of the program has not changed, but the responsiveness is seriously increased, it pleases.



In parallel with these developments was a new release. Banshee. Then the idea to compare the three player. We proceed.

What and where?.
Rhythmbox. ubuntovodam not have to search for. In the latest version of Intrepid. For the development branch Exaile and Banshee connect some fresh repository:.

sudo gedit / etc / apt / sources. list. 

address:.

deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / banshee-team / ubuntu intrepid main. 


deb http://ppa. launchpad. net / exaile-bzr / ubuntu intrepid main. 

Do not forget, the package is called. exaile-bzr.

performance.
Speed ​​has always fascinated. But, alas, it is not associated with Mono and Python. Leader, apparently, was RB, written in C. The official representative of the GNOME gets a.



interface.
Interface a-la. iTunes. I first (and then) did not like. And if Banshee is at least some colors, it looks dull Ritmboks. Stereo to Mono - player deserves a fat, plus a nice design 'now playing '. To the best animated, eye cuts. Judging by the usability, Amarok-style in Exaile, in my opinion, is more logical. A person from me:-).

Integration with the Last. fm.
It is best friends with the service Banshee. I do not take into account the ability skrobblit composition, it will surprise nobody. In addition to listening to the radio is available detailed statistics on your favorite tracks, top artists, and recently listened songs. Banshee, catch another point.



Album covers.
RB and Exaile together coped with the task of displaying local artwork, and the third - once. He, you know, trained to pull all of the Internet. two advanced workers. production. A rating.
UPD:. The comments. suggested that the Banshee is a bug with the display of artwork.

in total.
Won the friendship:) Each participant received two apples, and went to new developments. Let's define who gets the Audience Award.
UPD:. The diagram shows that the leader is Rhythmbox ( 48% of votes).

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