Free Software Linux

The second alpha release of the inventive Linux media player Amarok has hit the web, and while there's a new look and some cool new tweaks, there's really two big reasons to take a look—namely,...

Cross-platform media player VLC is often referred to as the "Swiss Army knife of media applications" for good reason: Not only does VLC play nearly any file you throw at it (you even voted it the...

Your digital music doesn't stay in one place, and it should look the same no matter where it's playing. But somehow, in all the transfers from system to system, onto and off of MP3 players, and to...

You've collected hundreds of thousands of megabytes (and maybe even gigabytes) of digital music and video in the past 10 years, and as your media library has grown, so has the necessity for finding...

You've got gigabytes of music, movies, and other media stored on your computer, but without a solid media player to manage it all, you'd be drowning in digital media. That's why for this week's Hive...

All platforms with the Java runtime: aTunes is a robust choice for music cataloging and playback on any operating system that can support Java Runtime 6 such as Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. aTunes has...

Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe Air): My Media Player, a free interface for the clips and full video content at Hulu.com, didn't quite make the cut for this week's 10 apps worth installing Air for, but it's...

Banshee 1.0, the open source media manager we spotted in beta last month, is available for download as a final release for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions.

If you've got a home server running, or just a computer that controls music and video playback, the Simple Help blog has a guide that might make your digital life a little more convenient. Using the...

Anyone who reads any of my blog posts should know by now, that I am quite enthusiastic about Amarok2. I think our initial release, Amarok 2.0, is going to push the boundaries of what a music manager is, and how it can integrate with some of all the great internet services out there.

Welcome to part 6 of our series. Today we'll be bringing you Rythmbox, Songbird, Totem and one of our previously missed media players, Aqualung.