Download Amarok 2.8

The developers of Amarok have released version 2.8. This audio player features extensive music playback and organization capabilities and is available for Windows, Linux, and BSD. Version 2.8 has been dubbed “Return to the Origin” because the program’s design resembles that of version 1.x again. The major changes made in this release can be found below.

Amarok 2.8 “Return To The Origin” Released

Amarok 2.8 is titled “Return To The Origin” as we are bringing back the polish that many users loved from the original 1.x series! The new Amarok is more fun to use, it’s rock solid, and it has exciting new features. These are some of the highlights:

• A fancy audio analyzer visualization applet
• Smooth fade out when pausing music
• Many UI improvements and visual tweaks including better support for alternate color themes
• Significantly enhanced MusicBrainz tagger
• Power management awareness with a pair of new configuration options
• Performance optimizations and responsiveness tuning all over Amarok