Banshee 1.6 will include an updated Play Queue extension. The changes are already in git master, here are a few teaser screen-shots: Played tracks are not removed from the queue but are shown as greyed out. You can play them again if you want, drag and drop to the back of the queue, delete, etc. [...]
Next version of Banshee will introduce two new shuffle modes: by rating and by score. In this post I will explain how they work since the modes can be a bit confusing. In the random shuffle mode (aka shuffle by song), every track has an equal probability to be selected. For example if our library [...]
I’m happy to report that the subject is mostly fixed. Window List: bgo#86382 has a working patch, it’s not perfect (read comments 140, 141 and 145) but fixes the problem. Notification Area: bgo#531371 also has a patch which works really well. Quick Launch: My fix is included in version 2.12.6 of the applet. Main Menu: [...]
I recently switched my main desktop from Ubuntu to Arch Linux, mostly for its rolling release model. I really like Ubuntu but I got tired of dealing with lots of custom PPAs. Arch Linux not only provides the latest stable version for all packages, it also has tools to customise the packages to your liking [...]