Post in which I attempt to fluff MPD, the Music Player Daemon for Linux

This will be short. I can't promise sweetness, but I believe in my heart of hearts that it isn't an absolute bitterpost.


Screenshot of two MPD clients, Sonata and ncmpc, side by side

Why use MPD and MPD-clients like Sonata and ncmpc?

• much faster than most other music players
• lower memory usage than most music players
  
• you like trying new software (getdeb.net is a great place for this too -- if you use ubuntu or something like debian)
  
• you enjoy (or think you might possibly enjoy) some command line hacking
• you want to be able to access your music through multiple intuitive interfaces whenever you want to change things up a little (gmpc, sonata, ncmpc, MANY others)
  
• simple and unique playlist management
• very polished underlying daemon, some very polished clients

If you're already using Linux and have some free time, you have nothing to lose.