On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Darren Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since F-Spot is installed by default Mono is now part of the base > install. So outside of all the debate around Mono, have we considered > installing Banshee as the default media player in Intrepid now that > Banshee 1.0 is released? > > There are a couple of positives to using Banshee by default over Rhythmbox: > 1) Complete iPod support (Rythmbox only supports reading from iPods) > 2) Large support for reading and writing from various media players. > 3) Integration with Brasero for burning audio disks > 4) Can rip audio from CD's > 5) Built-in support for last.fm > > Downsides: > 1) Seems to have more dependencies than Rythmbox > 2) To have the iPod support we need Podsleuth. > 3) Banshee uses up around twice as much memory as Rythmbox: 45 megs to > 23 megs on my system. > 4) Rythmbox has more out of the box streaming audio sites. > > > If we use Banshee we can get rid of Sound Juicer and gain iPod support > out of the box. If we use Banshee we can say to people: "Yes, your > iPod or other digital music player will work out of the box. Just > plug it in and go." > > I know this will trigger a huge debate on Mono but that really is > off-topic since the decision to use F-Spot in Hardy brought Mono in. > > If there is some positive feedback to this I can write up a spec on > launchpad. > > Thanks! > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss All I'm going to add is, I just noticed I can remove rhythmbox without taking out ubuntu-desktop in the process - thank you! And sound juicer too \o/ What a happy day.
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