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A quick update for our Ubuntu readers using Foobnix: the player has a new PPA, so remove the old one and add ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player instead.

Foobnix music player

For those not familiar with Foobnix, this is a very interesting music player available for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX and even Android that comes with a clean design and can play formats ranging from mp3, mp4, aac, audio CDs, wma to FLAC, WavPack (WV), Musepack, CUE and many others (and can convert between audio formats). Among its features are:
  • a huge list of built-in online radio stations;
  • last.fm scrobbling, including for radios;
  • customizable global hotkeys;
  • equalizer;
  • display album cover, lyrics;
  • last.fm integration which can display your favourite songs, top songs from an artist, more;
  • integration with VKontakte (VK), a controversial social network that, among others, allows users to upload (but not to download), search and stream music, kind of like Grooveshark;
  • more!

Here are a few more Foobnix screenshots:

Foobnix music player

Foobnix music player

Foobnix music player



Install Foobnix in Ubuntu using the new PPA


To add the new Foobnix PPA and install the latest Foobnix player in Ubuntu, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install foobnix

For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX or Android, see the Foobnix downloads page.