← Back to team overview

lubuntu-desktop team mailing list archive

Re: Replacing Aqualung with Exaile [DISCUSSION]

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Does anyone know where to translate deadbeef?

> If yuo want to test deadbeef:
> 
> *sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexey-smirnov/deadbeef; sudo apt-get update;
> sudo apt-get install deadbeef*
> 
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:46 AM, PCMan <pcman.tw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Maybe we can take some time to do this and send the patch to its
>> author. This should not be too hard.
>>
>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> WOW! I'm impressed. this DeadBeef player looks like it's going to be
>>> my fav - it perfectly the thing I was looking for!
>>> BUT!
>>> there is one problem for me. guess it won't be for any new users, by I
>>> have a lot of playlists in .m3u format, as well as a lot of people may
>>> have some in .pls and other such popular ones. and this player
>>> supports only it's own playlist format... pity.
>>> if the palylist importing (converting?) would be added, then it is a
>>> perfect player for me! :)
>>>
>>> 2010/5/15 PCMan <pcman.tw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> I encourage every Lubuntu and LXDE users to try DeadBeef, an almost
>>>> perfect lightweight yet feature-rich music player.
>>>> The author provided deb packages already. The latest release is quite
>> awesome.
>>>> http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
>>>> The UI is very similar to that of LXMusic, but it's much more
>> functional.
>>>> Please try it and share your opinions.
>>>> This is my favorite so far.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> hi
>>>>> in my personal opinion exaile is worthless. I had only problems with
>>>>> it, user-unfriendly interface, trying to be amarok-like libary with
>>>>> addition of player. both aqualung and rythmbox are much better choice.
>>>>> rhythmbox has bizzare interface that you have to learn how to use, but
>>>>> it is possible to do that (unlike with exaile, wich seems very similar
>>>>> to players like amarok so ypu think theres nothing to learn, but then
>>>>> it suprises you with its options and features hidden so much that you
>>>>> can't configure it at all and in the end it unusable and impossible to
>>>>> learn it without help on forums! and we want lubuntu to be easy for
>>>>> everyone, right?), and aqualung is pure spartan simplicity, yet
>>>>> powerfullness, like foobar on windows, with wich you have to really
>>>>> try to mess something up to have it not working.
>>>>> so I'd stick to aqualung.
>>>>> cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010/5/15 Glenn <glenn_de_groot@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
> 
> I am sending this mail because of the advise Julien Lavergne gave me
>>> in
> our big ¨Lubuntu application discussion for maverick¨ discussion. :P
> 
> This mail is about discussing Aqualung replacing with Exaile.
> Exaile is a bit like a lightweight rhythmbox, it loads quickly and
> supports a lot of music files. Through Synaptic you can even install a
> plugin for Ipod support, and you can also install a plugin for pidgin
>>> so
> pidgin can display the music song you are listening with Exaile.
> Exaile uses about 18,8 mb of memory on idle, and Aqualung uses 9.9 mb
>>> of
> memory on idle (LXmusic 2.7 mb :P )
> Exaile has many advantages, it is not gray and not odd looking like
> Aqualung (which looks weird in every Desktop Enviroment) less
> dependencies, more support because of a bigger project. (e.g Exaile
>>> has
> a good launchpad page with bug reporting and translating all open to
> everyone, Aqualung hasn´t got a launchpad page.)
> Is the 9 mb difference in memory consumption acceptable in Lubuntu? Or
>>> a
> slightly different question, is it worth the sacrifice? (Atleast I
>>> think
> it definetly is, but what about you guys?)
> 
> -Glenn
> 
>>>>>>
_______________________________________________
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
>>>>> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
>>>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
>> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>

> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJL76oAAAoJEFx07M0xzp8wmmwH/RgfAfqHujKzZV9Xz+4KNSHh
Svgy5Mq+TYDvY9U5jV8FtQW8GcdRP9GBPpHIjBb105VqEuTTxWrcvxgou7VeQusQ
WSiPfknGKkqO2sR8zqwj8KOsKWY8b/WoBc+36UrFlUzd2tN/WwiCfcEg+UBTsmkS
UJfmGG7cmvsYM5h1gTexrppbEwQlfgk/eVruaJG+h1jYhjtzo7Nm7tEUaTT+blT6
zevdVN0QPKiNJahSjr3N3M8+yxyHLey5jA+MBUMfUr5OXfacyjNxlbpMdrKllCx/
B/QDBHZCWP+4zpEvGc9hU9kp2tlM+Ldd9V3xwl1FWN6CCaWvEi9KEQA+cH9xZYE=
=ZtCF
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



Follow ups

References