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Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by KronisLV » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 6:54 PM UTC

donatj wrote: post #110

sen wrote: post #90

I miss skinning so much. I was hugely into the scene of making/releasing skins for any/every program that included the ability (and a bunch that didn’t, thanks to unsigned applications). To this day I’m the type to customise everything I own and I despise staring at generic looking programs all day. It’s even worse when it’s stuff like Discord that has a very opinionated style that won’t even respect the small amount…

I truly miss working in software in the early 2000's. We were all using XP but it was all customized up the wazoo. Almost all of us had custom themes and icons and what not. I ran a Mac at home, and had that customized as well, I forget the name of the app that would install custom themes/docks, but CandyBar would install custom icon sets. Now days most people don't even bother to change their wallpaper. Live a littl…

> Now days most people don't even bother to change their wallpaper. Live a little!

There are some nice communities around custom desktops, like https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/top/?t=year (despite the odd name)

For other OSes there’s also https://www.reddit.com/r/desktops/top/?t=year

That said, for many the defaults are sufficient and I guess people just use what’s there out of the box to get things done.

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by AdmiralAsshat » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 7:10 PM UTC

NamTaf wrote: post #94

_7acn wrote: post #63

I’m mostly using Windows, so even today, it remains my main audio player. I use Winamp for FLACs and DI.fm streams

One of the first things I did on my Steam Deck was to get Winamp running via Bottles :) it lives on the inbuilt screen when I’ve got it docked in desktop mode on my 2 desktop monitors.

Audacious with a Winamp skin is close enough that it has replaced the need to have Winamp proper on my Linux workstations. Mostly because I want MPRIS integration, but also because I just can't be bothered to setup WINE or Crossover these days.

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by carl_dr » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 7:15 PM UTC

gorlilla wrote: post #105

locusofself wrote: post #28

I loved reading this. I was transported back to being 13 (27 years ago).

I, too, was 13 some 27 years ago. Coincidentally so were many of my friends! Happy 4th decade!

5th decade …

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

#114

Post by dakiol » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 7:25 PM UTC

Anything similar to winamp for macos? Better if open source

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

#115

Post by sawaali » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

dakiol wrote: post #114

Anything similar to winamp for macos? Better if open source

https://ionica.app/

Not open source, but it’s the closest I have come to Winamp. It’s really good!

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by rhplus » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 7:41 PM UTC

sen wrote: post #90

I miss skinning so much. I was hugely into the scene of making/releasing skins for any/every program that included the ability (and a bunch that didn’t, thanks to unsigned applications). To this day I’m the type to customise everything I own and I despise staring at generic looking programs all day. It’s even worse when it’s stuff like Discord that has a very opinionated style that won’t even respect the small amount…

Moddable sandboxes like Minecraft and Roblox have picked up that role for younger people.

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by og2023 » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 8:04 PM UTC

dakiol wrote: post #114

Anything similar to winamp for macos? Better if open source

It's quite beautiful, thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, seems to not support FLAC's cue files for track lists, which is quite a bummer.

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by supportengineer » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 8:19 PM UTC

donatj wrote: post #110

sen wrote: post #90

I miss skinning so much. I was hugely into the scene of making/releasing skins for any/every program that included the ability (and a bunch that didn’t, thanks to unsigned applications). To this day I’m the type to customise everything I own and I despise staring at generic looking programs all day. It’s even worse when it’s stuff like Discord that has a very opinionated style that won’t even respect the small amount…

I truly miss working in software in the early 2000's. We were all using XP but it was all customized up the wazoo. Almost all of us had custom themes and icons and what not. I ran a Mac at home, and had that customized as well, I forget the name of the app that would install custom themes/docks, but CandyBar would install custom icon sets. Now days most people don't even bother to change their wallpaper. Live a littl…

I feel like the cost of housing along with layoff culture has caused an underlying sense of desperation, software isn’t fun when you’re just trying to avoid being homeless/deported

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by Thaxll » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 8:47 PM UTC

If you need to decrypt old zip file this tool is amazing if you know couple of characters in the archive: https://github.com/kimci86/bkcrack

Re: Investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Post by chankstein38 » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 8:52 PM UTC

sen wrote: post #90

I miss skinning so much. I was hugely into the scene of making/releasing skins for any/every program that included the ability (and a bunch that didn’t, thanks to unsigned applications). To this day I’m the type to customise everything I own and I despise staring at generic looking programs all day. It’s even worse when it’s stuff like Discord that has a very opinionated style that won’t even respect the small amount…

Agreed! mIRC scripting is the reason I am a developer today and the reason it's been my career!