Review: Banshee 1.0
Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier takes Banshee’s 1.0 alpha for a spin to see if it can handle the competition. Verdict? Banshee stacks up with the best of them for media playback.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Like many Linux users, I spend far, far too much time at the computer and most of my music listening takes place at the computer rather than through my wonderful but sadly neglected bookshelf stereo system. The trade-off in fidelity, however, is more than made up by the convenience of using a desktop media player rather than a home stereo.
The question then becomes, which media player is going to best fit your habits? I tend to try each new media player as soon as it’s available — so I was excited to see the alpha release of Banshee 1.0, which has been in development for quite some time.
In the past, I’ve tried Banshee and been a bit disappointed. However, I know that past performance is often not an indicator of future results when mucking with pre-1.0 software. So, I was willing to give Banshee another chance…
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