Yes. I mostly use it for video though, but since my Video and Music libraries are side by side, I play my music in it too. I’m not really interested in the visualizer stuff so I’m not looking directly at the player, but I think I know what you are going to say, that it’s organization and search capabilities for music has a lot of room for improvement, ha.

See! I had not heard of QMMP, it looks great, thanks for sharing that :)

I understand the nostalgia surrounding Winamp—I loved it too. But with old versions still available, maybe it’s time to let it rest and look forward. Rather than holding onto the past, we have an opportunity to create new, modern tools that fit our needs today—and we can make sure they’re free and remain open-source from the start. This whole situation offers a valuable lesson: instead of relying on companies or commercial interests, we can build software as a community, ensuring it stays accessible for everyone. With over 8 billion people on the planet and so many resources available, including AI advancements, we’re more capable than ever of creating tools like Winamp—and beyond. I guess I am not understanding what the problem is here, also, someone in this thread has already pointed out that we still have VLC, which IMO works exceptionally well!

Thanks!

Thanks!

What am I looking at here? I just read their about page and feel more confused, lol.

M$ is terminal and most of the world is hooked up to a terminal entity; Most of the world is terminal.

So it’s just a matter of time–gotcha

Apple at least tries to explain what is happening, and while not always great, you feel you understand why they are doing something or implementing new functionality unlike Windows who just dumps this shit on you without your consent and then you have to learn 5 years later that they put absolutely no thought in why they were doing, especially thinking about your privacy. Anyway, I use Arch, btw. _/s

Metallica ruined it. They made it seem as though torrenting was evil because their content was being downloaded. Poor babies.

M$ be like, fine, we didn’t want you anyway

I understand your frustration; many of us have been there, myself included. After 20 years in engineering, I’ve come to realize a few things. The daily grind for a corporation can indeed be tedious and full of disappointments. Often, it feels like we’re just completing meaningless tasks for someone else’s vision. Our minds wander to our own projects and ideas, and it’s tempting to start prototyping those instead of focusing on work.

This feeling of unfulfilled potential isn’t going away because we can see how much better things could be. But here’s what I remind myself: I am fortunate to have a stable job, even if it’s programming mundane things for average needs. This stability allows me the luxury of working on my own projects after hours. Without this job, I’d likely be stuck in gig work, struggling with low pay and irregular hours.

So, I view the routine work as a necessary “tax” I pay to secure personal time for my own creative endeavors. It’s a trade-off that provides income and stability, enabling me to pursue my passions on my terms.

Honestly, just download/install from your package manager and then start using it. One of the best built-in modes is called Org mode. Don’t try anything crazy because it’s easy to get overwhelmed. It took me some periods of stopping and starting before things felt natural and became my daily driver.

Was gonna recommend Emacs, myself, but looks like you got it covered! Emacs is an amazing tool and is worth the journey

I completely support you all. I find working with AI in ChatGPT has been fun overall, personally. But, I also see what MS is doing right now arguing that they need to take screen-grabs at some interval to make this all work, I think this is BS. I see how OpenAI has been doing to moderate the content AI uses to train, it has a dark side. AI and Privacy are not mutually exclusive. AI invading your privacy is a conscious choice by big tech and it is shameful, but this does not mean that AI can’t also be helpful. I like this guide, because it helps mitigate that agenda.