Linuxfags Music Player Rant

Linuxfags be like "bro check out my music player" >its the ugliest fucking thing you've ever seen with 1/10th of the functionality seen in foobar2000 or musicbee >>104259570 (OP) # use nmcpcpp >>104259578 # >requires mpd >a schizo buddy drops by with flash drive full of music he wants me to play >mpd can't play from an arbitrary directory >you copy tracks to your library >mpd requires rescanning your library >10 min later it's done >tracks not found because your gentoo ass did not compile in ogg support >*sweating* I-I will try mpy!!1 >have to manually play the next track each time

A 4chan-style screenshot mocks Linux users showing off an extremely ugly, minimalist music player with a fraction of the functionality of foobar2000 or MusicBee. The follow-up rant describes an absurdly complicated MPD and Gentoo setup that fails to play music, turning ordinary playback into a software-configuration nightmare. It is used as a reaction to overengineered Linux tools, elitist customization, and impractical open-source workflows.

• @gentoomemes / 15945 2025-02-11