My wife and I recently decided save some on our monthly budget by cancelling our subscription to DISH network. We’re compensating by upping our Netflix plan to the next level, and reading more :)
I also decided this would be a great time to experiment a bit with an inexpensive, Linux-powered solution for bringing my existing [...]

You may also want to know that this mp3 player only supports mp3/wma…no ogg, aac, or flac here.

JakeT from the Listen to… blog posted not too long ago about a cool file-system based music player called Minirok. Basically, it’s an extremely stripped-down version of the essential media player Amarok, offering only a file-system view (no tags!), so it’s great if your collection is (like mine) already organized into a file tree.
I installed [...]

When managing your music collection, podcasts, playlists, and internet radio streams, it’s tempting to go for all-in-one approach with apps like Rythmbox, Banshee, Exaile, and Amarok. While each of these applications is, IMHO, a fantastic app…non of them excel at everything. If you’re running a system with limited resources (say, an Eee PC, or a [...]

The things I require from my music manager seem pretty simple: I want to be able to easily create playlists, quickly look up artist info from wikipedia, manage my podcasts, and easily transfer tracks to my Cowon iAudio 7. Things like online music store integration are optional for me, but I do like good [...]