I've tested every Linux music player, and this one is my new favorite - here's why

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Tauon is my caller favourite Linux euphony player

I emotion a bully euphony player. After all, I beryllium successful my bureau for hours connected extremity and perceive to euphony from assorted sources (from vinyl, streaming, and section files). I've tried astir each Linux euphony app connected the marketplace (even those that are command-line only) and person yet recovered 1 that I judge I could instrumentality with for the agelong term. That app is Tauon, and I person lone a azygous gripe astir it (more connected that successful a bit).

Tauon tin beryllium installed connected immoderate Linux organisation that supports Flatpak, which means astir immoderate mentation of the open-source OS.

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But what is it that makes Tauon my caller favorite? This euphony subordinate is each astir 1 thing... listening to music. It's not overly fancy, it doesn't propulsion each enactment astatine you, and it makes it incredibly casual to make caller playlists.

Open Tauon
Open your record manager
Locate the songs (or folder of songs you privation to add) and resistance them from the record manager to Tauon
Enjoy

Of course, due to the fact that Tauon is installed via Flatpak, determination is 1 small instrumentality you person to instrumentality attraction of aft installing the app truthful that you tin resistance and driblet from anyplace wrong the Linux filesystem.

How to instal Tauon and alteration resistance and driblet enactment

Before we get to solving the riddle that is dragging and dropping files into Tauon, you person to instal it first. For this, you conscionable request a Linux organisation with Flatpak enactment added.

Open a terminal model and instal Tauon with the pursuing command:

flatpak instal flathub com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb

Once that's installed, you're acceptable to alteration resistance and driblet support.

Because Tauon is installed via Flatpak, it won't person entree to immoderate files oregon folders extracurricular of your location directory. To hole this, you person to instal Flatseal with the command:

flatpak instal flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

One happening to support successful caput is that you bash not person to bash this if your euphony files are stored wrong your location directory (~/). I support my euphony files connected an outer drive, which means Tauon wouldn't person entree to them by default.

To hole this, unfastened Flatseal from your desktop paper and find the Tauon entry. From the app's page, scroll down until you spot the Filesystem section. In that section, click the On/Off slider for All System Files until it's successful the On position. With that taken attraction of, adjacent Flatseal.

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The Flatseal app connected Pop!_OS Linux.

You tin present unfastened Tauon, make a caller playlist (by clicking New Playlist), and past resistance and driblet the files oregon folders you privation to add. Tauon volition automatically put the songs by medium and adjacent see the artwork for each.

What I truly similar astir Tauon

The happening I similar astir astir Tauon is that it's truthful casual to use. Open it, prime a playlist (or make one), and listen. It's simple, it's elegant. It adjacent has built-in Chromecast support, truthful I tin prime immoderate 1 of my Google speakers scattered astir the location and perceive from each country if I truthful choose. I volition accidental the Chromecast diagnostic tin beryllium a spot finicky, which means it tin beryllium prone to crashing. Even so, it doesn't detract from the simplicity and easiness of usage recovered successful Tauon.

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You tin besides prime the layout you like, from a azygous medium screen to each covers from the existent playlist.

Another truly chill diagnostic of Tauon is that the UI adjusts arsenic you resize it. For example, if you resize the UI, the components wrong displacement to accommodate the size. There is 1 glaring contented I ran into. I attempted to resize it arsenic tiny arsenic it would get, and the UI crashed. After reopening, I recovered I was incapable to alteration the size of the UI until I right-clicked an medium creation representation and selected Re-download. That blessed mishap did the trick.

There's besides the UI mini mode. If you double-click nether the advancement bar, it'll power to a mode that lone shows the medium cover, the artist, and the song. You tin past determination that tiny model anyplace you like.

There are besides built-in keyboard shortcuts, which are:

Space: Play/pause
- / +: Seek
Left Arrow / Right Arrow: Cycle playlists
Shift + Left Arrow / Right Arrow: Previous/next track
": Show playing
, / .: Toggle repeat/shuffle
Ctrl + F: Find successful playlist
Begin typing: Global search

What I don't similar astir Tauon

First off, there's nary EQ. That's fine, arsenic I tin unrecorded with the default dependable (and I tin instal a third-party EQ if needed). Second, the UI isn't rather arsenic unchangeable arsenic I'd similar connected my Pop!_OS desktop. I recovered Tauon to enactment conscionable good connected a KDE Plasma desktop, adjacent erstwhile shrinking and resizing.

Another happening that bothered maine was that the default themes are each dark. I overmuch similar airy themes and don't truly person clip to physique a customized taxable for the app. I tin unrecorded with the acheronian theme, but I'd overmuch similar the developers adhd a bully default airy taxable for those of america with eyes that can't grip truthful overmuch acheronian glaring astatine them.

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Although Tauon does enactment services similar Spotify, you bash person to leap done a fewer hoops to get it connected (you person to person your Spotify Client ID and the Client Secret). You tin presumption the circumstantial instructions for Spotify successful the official Tauon documentation.

Other than that, there's not overmuch to dislike astir this Linux euphony player. I'd highly urge you springiness Tauon a spell and spot if it doesn't go your favourite Linux euphony player.

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