Wondering what non-free drivers and software I installed on your Pi? Don't believe crazy theories on the Interwebzes, consult an expert like Richard Stallman:
sudo apt install vrms
then:
vrms
Non-free packages installed on jessie-rpi
bluez-firmware Firmware for Bluetooth devices
firmware-atheros Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards
firmware-brcm80211 Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless
firmware-iwlwifi Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
firmware-linux-nonfree Binary firmware for various drivers in kernel
firmware-ralink Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards
firmware-realtek Binary firmware for Realtek wired and wireless network
nikto web server security scanner
Contrib packages installed on jessie-rpi
premail An e-mail privacy package.
8 non-free packages, 0.4% of 1880 installed packages.
1 contrib packages, 0.1% of 1880 installed packages.
Robo Stallman actually missed the encrypted DVD decoder from http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ and I'm pretty sure MP3 is still proprietary, but safe to say I'm at least 99% free software. ;)
Speaking of deb-multimedia's repository, they have ARMHF packages for several audio players including Audacious which can be skinned like the popular Windows program Winamp. I even ran across a couple I had never heard of before like the lean-and-mean DeaDBeeF and what's likely going to be the default in the next version of Privacy Enhanced Linux, Foobnix. It's a bit of a resource hog but it also integrates extremely well into the XFCE desktop. By default it displays cover art from the tray icon and pops up playback controls with a right click. Instructions on their site didn't work for me though, I had to
wget https://www.deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/deb-multimedia-keyring/deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.3.7_all.deb
and
sudo dpkg -i deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.3.7_all.deb
before editing /etc/apt/sources.list to add
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stable main non-free
you can then update apt and install foobnix. It does Internet radio better than Quod Libet too, so really don't see the need for both. I'm still testing it though so we'll see.
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