Talk:XMMS

Should it be noted that XMMS is essentially a Winamp clone (to the point of natively supporting Winamp 2.x skins)?

Why was this article moved to this title?

[Please note that 'this title' is not clear after moving the page. It is better to quote it. - Patrick 13:19 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)]

This program is known most widely as XMMS in the way as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is known as NASA. --mav

Yup, should be moved back. Google sez:

• "X Multimedia System": 4,430 hits
• XMMS: 387,000 hits

See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions. --Eloquence 23:27 Jan 10, 2003 (UTC)

Moved. --mav

Least Bugs of 40 Other Open Source Programs?

I am not sure if this is relevant to XMMS's Wikipedia, article but a specific bug detection software study, sponsored by the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) found XMMS to have the least defects per 1,000 lines of code: 0.051 (the decimal point in the "0.51" number given in the article [1] is wrong, especially since they quote the average defects of all the software studied as 0.43) --George3 06:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Xmms vs. Gentoo

Someone familiar with the issue should comment on xmms falling foul with Gentoo and getting erased from their tree. Jancikotuc 17:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure it's that relevant. I mean should we go around to every software article and list why x system doesn't actively support it? It might be a good idea to note the state of XMMS development (or lack thereof), though. ¦ Reisio 21:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

It's not only "vs Gentoo". It was removed from Slackware too. The distro devs have their reasons (google a bit and you'll find out) - mostly because XMMS is not maintained anymore. Gentoo was using an insane amount of patches in order to keep XMMS usable (secure and stable). The patches, uncompressed, are 4.5 megabytes in size! ([[2]]) 193.59.72.35 13:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Kosma

I'm too tired to bother with an account etc, HI! Thomas from xmms.org here, send me an email if you REALLY need this edit to be verified, I'm only trying to set a few things straight. This whole discussion is not worthy of being part of the article since it's only based on incorrect rumors and hearsay. First of all there is NO 'vs'. Gentoo had their reasons to remove XMMS. Sure, I poke fun at gentoo from time to time, that's on me. Secondly, it's true they did have a number of patches against XMMS the biggest part of the patch was to bring 1.2.10 up to speed with the CVS tree. (concerning TRANSLATIONS) (the 1.2.10->CVS diff in above mentioned URL makes up for 3.2MB). The second biggest is the actual code diff, which is 1.1MB. Together they make up for 4.3/4.5MB. Other patches include functionality the main developers/maintainers did not want in XMMS or that we felt brought the stability down. The ONLY security problem in XMMS known is the bmp handling code, which is unpatched in above gentoo patchset. It's sad to see that user FUD gets taken in as facts for some people across the internet. To my recollection there has been NO statement that XMMS is insecure by any gentoo developers related to XMMS in their portage, but was taken from thin air without any proof whatsoever from a gentoo user. Cheers! 217.73.103.144 (talk) 23:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Tom, if you find something in this article that is not true and does not have a reliable source, please let us know. Wikipedia removes claims that are not cited to a reliable source if they are challenged. By the way, thank you for the tool I use to play all my music. Sam Barsoom (talk) 00:04, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Reading the Ubuntu Guide it seems XMMS is taken off the Debian tree as well; http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy#Installing_XMMS

I for one find it newsworthy when a program is "killed" like this. Since compiling from source the old-fashioned way is getting out of style in the Linux community this will definetly have an impact on XMMS' popularity. Shame, XMMS was the first mp3-player I used when starting to experiment with Linux..62.16.224.79 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 11:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Written in: ?

xmms was written completely in C; bindings to Gtk are of the same language. The libraries are written in C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.174.136.207 (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Qmmp

Qmmp has been designated as a successor to XMMS but written in the Qt language. It is compatible with Winamp 2.x and XMMS skins, showing its legacy. I think something about it should be included in the article, though I am unsure as to whether it is a fork or not. --Yannis A. ^✆|☑ 18:59, 30 October 2011 (UTC)