Recently I switched my Dell B130 laptop from Linux Mint 10 to Lubuntu 10.10 because the bloat/drag was really making it a pain to use.
Lubuntu’s LXDE desktop is very snappy and the default applications are, as you would expect, lean on resources. My need for good Audioscrobbler support and streaming audio left me dissatisfied with Aqualung (otherwise a great little player for CDs and digital music files).
After testing Audacious (broken last.fm plugin, even in 2.4.0), Banshee (too many dependencies, including Brasero; CD playing issues), Rhythmbox (too many dependencies), xmms2 (in development; not quite prime time), I went with Exaile. It’s a bit heavier on resources than I’d like, but very light on dependencies.
Installed well, but came up with an error when I tried to play a CD:
Playback error encountered! Configured audiosink bin1 is not working.
The solution, which I found here after quite a bit of reading, is to install an audio sink to connect to with GStreamer and restart Exaile. For Lubuntu, this is: gstreamer0.10-alsa
I still have my eye on Audacious’s next version, but for now I’m sticking with Exaile.
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