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Re:Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements cre... by amlib on Monday June 15, 2026 @01:12PM (#48544242)
> - MusicBee. There just does not seem to be a good music manager for Linux that can replace MusicBee. I rarely use it as a music player, there are dozens of great options for Linux music players, but MusicBee feeds my Airsonic instance, and I have not found a good way to manage music graphically in a way that maintains this setup.

For a traditional "all batteries included" collection management music player try Strawberry and Quod Libet. You should also look into the MuiscBrainz Picard tagger, it's a bit unwieldy to use but is very powerful once you learn it's wonky workflow.

Re:Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements cre... by Grimm665 on Monday June 15, 2026 @02:48PM (#48545433)
Hadn't heard of Quod Libet, that's a good recommendation!
Re:Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements cre... by SavioMak on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:27PM (#48549407)
I used Quod Libet as my main music player for a year or two, but I found it lacking and iirc sometimes laggy (it is written in Python!). Updates also seem to be infrequent.