Seeing that both Amarok and Banshee both take the idea of IPod integration along with an interface that is similar to Itunes, and that both use GStreamer, I don't see the differences enough to warrant using Banshee over the other. The only issue I had with Amarok is it modified my playlists that I made within XMMS which it should not do. Perhaps this was a bug at the time, but that gives me the feeling of "once you have converted to Amarok, you can't go back", and so I don't like feeling "locked in" to a piece of software (although realistically this is a bit exagerated). After looking at what the author had to say about Banshee, I would choose Amarok over Banshee. Furthermore, I'm not so sure the authod did a good enough job at explaining what the other players did not do to suffice, other that he couldn't find one that did what Banshee could do . Another, "I like red because it's my favorite color" article.
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Amarok seems to be extremely comparable
Posted by: Fletch on February 23, 2006 08:50 PM#