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Among all the media player i have used in both Linux and Windows, Amarok is my Number one Music player. I really like its interface and ease of use.

the new amarok 2 which comes with the new KDE 4 desktop environment makes my experience even more exciting.

the main features i like most about amarok are:

• Last.fm integration : i can listen to last.fm online music without having to use my browser, I just have to insert my login info Only ONCE to amarok, and Amarok will login automatically every time i use my last.fm playlist, import my favourites and play them. I can also through amarok, ban unwanted tracks, mark others as my favourites and even skip other songs.

amarok - last.fm integration

• System Tray control : this feature is common in all the media players that are part of the KDE4 desktop, if you want to jump to the next Track, and the player is Docked to the system tray, just RIGHT click amarok’s system tray icon, and you will find the shortcuts you just need : play/pause, net track previous track … etc
  

  amarok - System tray Shortcuts

• The Lyrics applet : Yes, you can view the lyrics of the track while it is playing , when you run a track, Amarok will automatically fetch its lyrics from the internet for you!
  

  amarok lyrics applet

• The Wikipedia applet : WoW ! while you are listening to anoe track, again Amarok, the Great will go to wikipedia and fetch the wiki page of the songer/band of the song !!!!!
  

  amarok wikipedia applet

• The script Manager: Amarok was built to support plugins < the same idea of firefox, you can extend, enhance and add new third party features to Amarok > . Amarok script manager allows you to activate/deactivate scripts/applets < like the lyrics applet we just talked about > install/uninstall scriprs and download new ones.

Don’t You Agree with me that Amarok is a GREAT audio player ??? So, I must say I LOVE KDE4 !!