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mamamia88
December 25th, 2009, 06:24 PM
i am looking for a good media player for my netbook i would prefer to use rhythmbox or banshee so i can subscribe to podcasts but neither seem to have a windows version. is there something similar for windows that is lightweigh enough to run on a netbook that is free and open source?

Marlonsm
December 25th, 2009, 06:25 PM
Take a look at Songbird, it's made by Mozilla.

http://www.getsongbird.com/

mamamia88
December 25th, 2009, 06:31 PM
i tried that before couldn't figure out how too subscribe to podcasts

phrostbyte
December 25th, 2009, 06:33 PM
amarok might have a Windows port.

sliketymo
December 25th, 2009, 07:04 PM
VLC also has a windows version available.

mamamia88
December 25th, 2009, 07:15 PM
yeah i know but i was looking for something with library and podcast support

cascade9
December 25th, 2009, 07:17 PM
Amarok can be built on windows..but its fun, fun fun! (yeah, 'fun' meaning 'total pain..and I said it 3 times which give you an idea of how much of a pain). Almost any linux program can be used under windows, if you dont mind doing a lot of playing around, and dont mind the extra CPU use.

VLC is probably a good choice. At least there is a windows native version. When exaile gets a windows port (coming in 0.3.1) it might be worth a shot, but thats still a work in progress. All the other media players I've used that have linux and windows versions are pretty heavy, not really good for a netbook IMO.

I'd recommend foobar2000 and the 'podcatcher' plugin. Very light, very powerful. Its free, but sorry, not open source (but really, its worth a look, its a great media player).

http://www.foobar2000.org/
http://www.foobar2000.org/components/tag/podcast

sandyd
December 25th, 2009, 07:20 PM
colinux.

Psumi
December 25th, 2009, 07:21 PM
colinux.

Step by step instructions on how to install it into windows and not a separate partition? Or having to choose from a boot menu? (Don't tell us to use Wubi.)

cascade9
December 25th, 2009, 07:29 PM
colinux.

Nice idea, but too heavy for a netbook. IMO anyway, maybe the OP has different ideas.

Twitch6000
December 25th, 2009, 07:29 PM
winamp has what yo looking for.

Psumi
December 25th, 2009, 07:32 PM
winamp has what yo looking for.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=249591

sandyd
December 25th, 2009, 07:33 PM
oops, i forgot. colinux is very confusing for people, so it should be andlinux.
(http://andlinux.org)

sandyd
December 25th, 2009, 07:34 PM
Nice idea, but too heavy for a netbook. IMO anyway, maybe the OP has different ideas.
and its not that heavy
http://www.andlinux.org/reqs.php

murderslastcrow
December 25th, 2009, 07:34 PM
You could use CoLinux (Ubuntu Portable). It's kinda' like Virtualization, but it blends with native protocols, so it takes a bit less processing power than full virtualization. It's surprising to me that Linux has better Win32 emulation than Windows has of Linux code, seeing as how it's open source.

But I guess that's because, if it's open source, why not just port it? But then no one realizes there's this awesome program because they don't use Linux, so Windows users don't get to see it, cycle repeats.

We really are lucky to have all the high quality software we do. I can't imagine trying to get the same value of programs from a Windows-only perspective. Open source stuff just seems to have a higher degree of quality than closed freeware every did on Windows.

So yeah, I don't think I could live with a Windows computer without Ubuntu Portable. Good thing I don't have to worry about that.

Psumi
December 25th, 2009, 07:34 PM
oops, i forgot. colinux is very confusing for people, so it should be andlinux.
(http://andlinux.org)

And if we have 64-bit?


andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7; 32-bit versions only). This project was started for Dynamism for the GP2X community, but its userbase far exceeds its original design. andLinux is free and will remain so, but donations are greatly needed.

Plus, the user is running a netbook (1.66 GHz dual core, 1 GB of RAM.) andLinux can only detect one of these cores.

cascade9
December 25th, 2009, 07:37 PM
and its not that heavy
http://www.andlinux.org/reqs.php

Running another subsystem in windows is always heavier than running windows native.

For a desktop, or even a lot of laptops maybe that is no issue, but a netbook needs all the power (and battery life) it can get.