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Banshee is released under the terms of the MIT License. Stable versions are available for many Linux distributions, as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows. Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint, but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions.
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Banshee has all the basic functions you would expect such as shuffle and repeat but also a few added bonuses such allowing you to see what others are listening to via scrobbling to last.fm. The Banshee community is quite lively and you can exchange favorite tracks. It's also highly extendible via a comprehensive that covers everything from Karaoke to a Lyric-finding app. Banshee is a great alternative for those who are tired of bloated music applications or just want something a little different.