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Title: MPD, MPC, Linux is for Terminals
Date: September 7. 2026

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  As much as I love `cmus`, it's really not liking my
current hardware. Skipping, slowdowns, and a number of
other problems just really made me disappointed in this
particular combo. Even recompiling it myself didn't help,
so I'm guessing it's the hardware, not the software.

  That said, good-old Music Player Daemon works just fine.
I've got it set up through PulseAudio, but I plan on adding
an Icecast output once I get around to it, just so I can
have an internal radio station set up whenever I wanna tune
in from another device.

  I've been pulling from my older Linux knowledge a lot as
of late. Newer stuff either just starts falling over on me,
or flat out doesn't work how I need it to. I use very few
GUI applications as it is, but the whole X vs Wayland thing
just kinda turns me off on it even more. Like, people make
good GUI apps, but they end up being so buggy or unstable
for me that I just kinda don't enjoy using them compared to
terminal apps of the same type. Even Emacs "apps" tend to
work better for me.

  Outside of gaming, GIMP, eBooks, and a web browser,
pretty much all of my needs on Linux still go toward the
terminal. I honestly have my doubts that it'll ever really
change from that. Not complaining, though. At least I have
what I need.

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