Audacious MP3 FLAC ogg player for Linux
If you are used to Winamp in Windows, you will be right at home with Audacious. It even uses Winamp skins should you wish to customize the look. After much fun playing with skins, I return to a basic default as the most functional.
Audacious plays MP3 files but also can play the lossless compression FLAC format. If you have the hard drive space, you can definitely hear the difference between MP3 or ogg formats and FLAC. Of course, FLAC files are 5x larger than MP3 or ogg Vorbis formats, so they make more sense for local applications or broadband.
On my new Lenovo laptop loaded with Ubuntu I now fire up Audacious and have great quality tunes playing while I email, surf, and keep up The Tao of Walking Ridge.
- the MuseTags: Linux
