submitted 2 days ago by Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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So I miss Winamp. But, lets be real, the real winamp of the 90s died the day AOL decided to buy it.

That being said, I still miss it. And then I heard about Audacious. Turns out you can make Audacious look EXACTLY like old winamp. You can even use winamp skins!

So, I install Audacious, and it looks NOTHING like winamp. I look into the settings and there's a whole button that says "Interface" there are two options. One of them says "Classic Winamp".

So I click that.....and......nothing. Nothing changes. It still looks exactly like it did.

I'm on ZorinOS, I think 17. I can check which version when I get home, but pretty sure it's 17.

Recently my PC died, and I had to switch to my Raspberry Pi for a few weeks, and here's the thing. The Raspberry Pi has TwisterOS installled, and that version DOES look exactly like Winamp. I love it. I just have no idea why my PC can't have that.

What am I doing wrong?

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[-] zogrewaste_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

First, download from here https://skins.webamp.org/

An article I found through search says the following:

Windows version needs some massaging to use them. Download the skin, then rename the file so the extension is .ZIP instead of .WSZ. Unzip the file and drag the folder to C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalaudaciousSkins, replacing “USERNAME” with your Windows username. The skin will show up in the Audacious settings, though you may need to restart the application first.

Good luck.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

https://skins.webamp.org/

.. amongus and winamp were not contemporaneous... right?!

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm on linux though. I'll try downloading some skins when I get home though.

[-] zogrewaste_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It's even easier on Linux, unpack each winamp skin you want into its own folder in usr/share/audacious/Skins, start audacious, select winamp classic mode, then choose the skin in the general tab of the appearance setting.

If your user doesn't have right permission to the Skins folder, don't forget you can always use sudo, even though it might be better practice to add your user to a group that has right permissions for that directory. I'm a bad Linux user and run my file manager with sudo way too often.

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