Banshee is going to be the default music player for Ubuntu which makes me worry. Banshee is based on the controversial Mono technologies developed by Novell employees. Richard M Stallman has warned against Mono and C# which applies to Banshee as well.
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News On The Default Applications In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
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Today is the last UDS-N day and a session about the default application selection in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal is ongoing. Here's what is being discussed:
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Patent Threat Banshee Gets Hooks Into Ubuntu 10.10
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Another word of warning about Mono software which is excluded from the MCP and why Canonical should not mimic Windows and Mac OS X
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Banshee is Novell, Mono, and ‘Forbidden’ Microsoft Software Patents
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Refutation of Mono disinformation about Banshee being a GNOME project without associated issues
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New F-Spot/Banshee Ties Pose a Microsoft Patent Threat
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How F-spot would force Ubuntu, for example, to adopt more Mono applications with non-ECMA .NET components
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Banshee by default – outlook looks hazy
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So. Banshee as a default media player for Karmic, replacing Rhythmbox. You’ve read the analysis on the Internest, you’ve read ill-informed tripe from pretend-journalists, and you’re running in fear of a switch to a “worse” player. Well, it’s time to lay down a little dose of reality for all you naysayers.
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Why Mono is a Red Herring
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Before I begin this essay, I would like to go ahead and pre-empt any attempts to make me out like I’m a Mono shill. I’m far from it. The only application that uses Mono that I found remotely useful was F-Spot. I see no point in running Tomboy when I can just use Gedit (since files are opened in multiple tabs, just like EditPad).
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There may be a third Mono application in Ubuntu
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Canonical's Gerry Carr said that Ubuntu was not deliberately looking for Mono-based applications nor is it excluding them. The Canonical Board has yet to make a policy decision on Mono. He said that there will be one more piece of Mono based software called Banshee in 9.10. Banshee is an audio player and might replace Rhythmbox.
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Disinformation Disinfected, pt. 3: Banshee in Ubuntu
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Here, let’s take a look at one of the main things that get’s me going about mono-supporters. There is a strong push to get Banshee in as the default media player in Ubuntu. Here’s my take on that.
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Ubuntu Users Plead to Keep Novell’s Banshee Out (and Other Miscellaneous Mono News)
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Progress on the argument for GNU/Linux without Mono as a dependency
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Microsoft-funded Media Player to Become Ubuntu’s Default?
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Mono/.NET enthusiasts start pushing Novell's Banshee into the next Ubuntu
AS NOTED two posts ago, Microsoft is - in essence - paying the wages of a lot of Novell developers. What is the return on this Microsoft investment? Microsoft is neither a charity nor a promoter of GNU/Linux.
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Fitting the kitchen sink onto a CD
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On an Ubuntu install CD, every megabyte counts. So here's a little proposal to save a good bunch of them.
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Banshee 1.0 is more than an audio player (video)
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Banshee 1.0 is finally here, and the development team has added a truck load of new features; making it not only an audio player but a full blown media player and manager. This video discusses all of the new and improved features of version 1.
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Banshee 1.0 Released
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Linux music player application Banshee has just been updated to version 1.0. The new version features significant performance improvements, plus a host of brand new features, including Video, a new Play Queue feature, Shuffle and improved support for third-party media devices and Last.fm.
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10 Audio Players for Linux
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Review of the 10 most used audio players: Amarok, Rhythmbox, Audacious, Banshee, Exaile, Beep Media Player, JuK, Quod Libet, Listen, Songbird.
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