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From: "Ilya Hegai" <vyacheslavovich@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xmms alternative
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2006/10/23, Dave V <dave@mindkeep.org>:
> Hello,
>
> I just read on the gentoo-dev list that xmms is about to be removed, but it's probably the only sound player that I've used. Could someone recommend a good alternative.

audacious is a bmpx fork which is a xmms fork
you can try both

>I'm rather surprised that no one wanted to maintain the packages.

what's the reason to maintain package for unmaintained software

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regards, Hegai Ilya
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