Why there is no available version of AIMP for Linux and macOS?

[Husckler]

This is one of the best music players available for Windows. I cannot understand why it wasn't been ported for these OS'es.

All music players I installed on Linux or macOS, nothing of them have all functions available on AIMP. E.g.

- Variety of themes for the GUI (skins), for the icons, plugins, color changing...
- Equalizer
- Sound effects
- Radios
- Tags
- Audio converter

The closest to it is VLC (which isn't even a real music player), maybe Audacious or Rhythmbox. Not all complete features from AIMP are available on a unique music player.
That's very sad. 

[Artem]

This is one of the best music players available for Windows. I cannot understand why it wasn't been ported for these OS'es.

Why it should be? Windows is most powerful desktop platform.

[Octopuss]

Why it should be? Windows is most powerful desktop platform.

Oh come on.
If you said "most common", that would be much more accurate.
You make it sound like Windows is the best OS ever, which is not necessarily true (not for lots of people anyway).

edit: I am a Windows user

[Artem]

If you said "most common", that would be much more accurate.
You make it sound like Windows is the best OS ever, which is not necessarily true (not for lots of people anyway).

ORLY? So, why "your best" OS still not have "best" software?

[Octopuss]

Read my post again. There is language barrier here it seems.

[1lya]

I want to AIMP for FreeBSD. LOL )))

[vanisk]

I'm a regular Windows user, but occasionally i use L-Ubuntu (in which i installed Aimp through PlayOnLinux/Wine and using it)

[zohozer]

Why it should be? Windows is most powerful desktop platform.

Windows is a dead platform.

Linux is everywhere. From your bellowed Android phone to the server that host this website to Arduino and RaspberryPi, etc.

Microsoft is trying desperately to compete with Linux. They even included the entire Linux subsystem into the latest Windows10 builds.

So it's easier than ever to develop Linux apps on Windows!

P.S. Linux also runs on Samsung phones:

https://youtu.be/ndJl2p4Pb-E

"One device for everything".... and that's running Linux.

[Artem]

1. Android is not Linux.
2. Windows is more popular desktop OS in the world, just know that.
3. Linux is just a kernel. What number of OS based on it? 100? 1000?
4. What reason to develop application for OS for dead platform? All users migrates to mobile world. Desktop is dead.

[S410]

Actually, Android is linux. Ya can even copy a binary file compiled for plain linux ol' linux and it'll work.
Windows is the most popular OS on PCs. On personal devices in general this honor goes to Android, but on all devices (routers, servers, supercomputers, teapots, etc) combined it's actually Linux.
(Who needs to run AIMP on routers, supercomputers and teapots is a question to be answered, but still.)
As a dev myself and a linux user for a couple of months now, i can tell ya, it actually is easier to develop stuff, even "for windows" (by just using libraries that are crossplatform literally everything that doesn't use system APIs becomes crossplatform, so "coding for windows" becomes a simple compiler argument). It's easy to install dependencies needed to compile code for all kinds of platforms and it's possible (and easy) to test them (assuming there's no hardware specific stuff) straight away (using Wine or/and QEMU).

[Artem]

No, Android is not Linux. Android uses Linux kernel to run own environment, but we write the code for the environment not for kernel.

[S410]

I kinda agree that android is not Linux, but just because it's a horrible abomination, not because it's actually not Linux.
This way Debian or Fedora (while being "more linux" than android) aren't linux too, because they use .deb and .rpm packages respectively.
Also, not always. A tool that doesn't require GUIs or App-like behavior (icons, notifications, etc.) can (sometimes) be used "as is", without any modifications.

[nicgentile]

I only joined this forum just to write this.

I believe that its a bad mistake to not have Linux and MacOS support, and please, lets not get into what is a kernel and what is a what. The point is, based on my Linux use (19 years this year), there is at least a potential million users left in the dark. I use Clementine, previously used banshee, Rhythmbox etc. There is absolutely nothing on Linux that can do what AIMP can do. This would be one of the most popular apps out there. If its such a problem releasing for other platforms, then why not release the code, we fork it and take care of our own needs? Shouldn't be too hard, based on my history.

And also, I have to ask, why are there two captcha systems on your forum? Isn't one enough?

[ㅤ𝙆𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊]

I believe that its a bad mistake to not have Linux and MacOS support

There are not "bad mistakes", there are mistakes alone.

Why not AIMP for both GNU/Linux and macOS? Because Artem doesn't want to. And I think he doesn't want to release the source code either. It's a pity, but we have to deal with this.

[Soolo]

And also, I have to ask, why are there two captcha systems on your forum? Isn't one enough?

even two is not enough