The state of Linux music players in 2026

Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by maqp on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:11AM (#46776919)

Something that wasn't mentioned in the article - if you're coming from Windows and using Foobar2000, you'll want DeadBeeF https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by apopapo on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:25AM (#46777553)

All these players will never dethrone DeadBeeF's interface. Foobar2000 simply has the perfect layout - and it's customizable.

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by rederik on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:37AM (#46777647)

I ended up running foobar2000 in Wine. I had some problems during setup, but it runs fine now.

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by Avshalom on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @07:52AM (#46779321)

I'll throw out Fooyin for QT

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by slyfox125 on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @08:37AM (#46779744)

Fooyin is great. For those spoiles by foobar2000, there are no alternatives.

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by maqp on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:51PM (#46786469)

thanks I'll have to test this out!

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by jszymborski on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @06:28PM (#46788679)

Also, Foobar2000 works just fine over WINE, FYI.

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Re:The state of Linux music players in 2026 by mycall on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @09:46PM (#46790414)

Do Foobar2000 Components work with WINE? I try installing components on MacOS and they say Nope, only Windows is supported for this plugin. My workaround is to use Ableton Live and Bluehole (for audio routing) but it is CPU expensive.

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