Linux Journal | December 2012 | Issue 224 - ACM Digital Library

FEATURE Readers’ Choice Awards 2012BEST AUDIO PLAYERIt still surprises me that VLC is on the list as audio player,and this year it even took top place! I’ve long used VLCas a video player, but never really considered it a viableaudio player. I’m clearly not one of the cool kids,because VLC received almost 25% of the popularvote! Much like photos, a music collection cangrow to be unwieldy. It’s great to have such a wideselection of tools to tame the beast.24.9% VLC20.4% Amarok14.1% RhythmBox11.1% Other*10% Banshee6.4% Audacious5.1% MPlayer3.5% XMMS1.6% Exalie1.4% MOC1.3% Totem.1% Last.fm*Clementine had several write-in votes.BEST MEDIA PLAYER69.1% VLC15.4% MPlayer4.7% SMPlayer4.2% Totem3.3% Kaffeine1.7% XINE1% Other.6% MiroBEST BOOKMARKSYNCING TOOL33% Firefox Sync32.4% Chrome Bookmarks11.4% Google Bookmarks11% xmarks(formerly Foxmarks)6.9 % Other4.8% Delicious.4% Weave76 / DECEMBER 2012 / WWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM