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Has anyone heard what's going on w/ winamp? I've been using it for years and always loved it... I'd hate to have to start using something completely different if it falls off the face of the planet. Ever since the sale by AOL there's really been very little news about it.
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Last I checked, Shoutcast was dead and Winamp went bye-bye. But, I just googled it and it would seem it's been bought from AOL for yet another round of life.
Jeremy Falcon
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WinAmp has been bought by a radio company from Belgium I think. They will come up with something new soon, which will probably be touch based. Nevertheless, I am using foobar2000 since ~10 years. It is a great player and very easy to customize and extend. There is also an SDK available.
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Is foobar cross-platform or Windows only?
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It is for Windows only, but since they are (still?) raising money for an app (that will be published on iOS, Android and Windows Phone), I guess they will decouple the engine from the OS. Then a x-plat app could be possible.
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I'll check it out... I hate that winamp seems to be dead. 
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I ![Heart | [heart]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) my Winamp 2.81! Been using it for years. You can get it here[^].
/ravi
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I thought it went OpenSource after the whole AOL debacle?
I'd rather be phishing!
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It didn't... they sold it to another company. The other company has been rather quiet on their plans for it. Not sure what's going on with it. I wish they'd just release the code if they're not going to do anything with it.
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I got a new laptop from work that I can use for personal stuff as well.
Someone recommended I set up a virtual machine for development stuff. Not a bad idea at all! I have VMware Player installed and I'd like to create a new Virtual Machine. I need an OS though, but since it's just a bit of hobby I'm not really willing to pay for it. I'll probably be using Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition and SQL Server Express. I'll probably get some other stuff too (perhaps on yet another VM) like Eclipse and Java and maybe some other languages and environments I'd like to tinker with.
Is there some version of Linux I could use that runs all this stuff? I'm not familiar with Linux, so I wouldn't know. I could probably use it for Java, but .NET? Or maybe some free (and legal/non-copied) version of Windows I'm not familiar with?
Any idea's? Thanks 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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If you'd like to run Linux outside of a VM, you could always install it and then install Windows in a VM within Linux and run VS that way. It's your best bet for compatibility. That being said, if you're determined to use Windows as the host and Linux in a VM and want to run VS inside the VM, then you'll need to install Wine on Linux. Any distro will work.
It may have issues with VS 2013, but VS 2010 seems to work according to their site[^]. So it can't be too far off.
Jeremy Falcon
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Do those actually come with an ungimped version of Windows?
Jeremy Falcon
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Yes; they are time limited but that can be extended by following the instructions (as I recall).
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Thanks, I'll check that one! 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Ubuntu and Mint have been very user friendly and stable. I personally prefer Mint because of the interface (more traditional linux, easier to modify). I use Eclipse for some development... it's decent. Nothing to write home about. I haven't tried running VS inside of Linux though, you can probably do it with Wine (Windows compatibility layer) but it tends to be a little buggy from time to time.
As for .Net in Linux, look into Mono.
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I'm using Fedora for over 7 years now as a host machine - all others (Windows and other *nix) are VMs...Very useful when updating hardware...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You could try using wine, which is kind of a sandbox to run windows stuff inside linux.
I tried to install an IE version in Ubuntu 12.04 once using wine. It didn't work at all. If you do get it working I doubt it would not be performant nor stable.
What you could do is try to find a copy of Xp or something. if you use VPC you can even download a free copy of XP I believe (or you used to be able to do that)
hope this helps.
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You could get Ubuntu on the go and take the opportunity to venture out of Microsoft land and play around with Ruby on Rails or something, lot's of fun.
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JMK-NI wrote: venture out of Microsoft land and play around with Ruby on Rails or something
I just might do that too
JMK-NI wrote: lot's of fun
I bet!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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You can get Microsoft Windows 10 Preview for free right now:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/preview-iso[^]
It should be available for a while at least..
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Not a bad idea, thanks!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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No version of Visual Studio from 2010 and higher will work in Linux (under WINE). Why? Because MS uses WPF for the UI. Even earlier versions are problematic.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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