Matt (It's really me) Hartley

@matthartley@fosstodon.org

Doer of all things Linux-y. I am the Linux Support Lead at Framework Computer Inc. My opinions here are my own.

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Matt (It's really me) Hartley@matthartley@fosstodon.org

I wanted a music player that was both ridiculous and "felt" like a proper Walkman (Player view)...with accurately moving spools, working buttons at the top of the Walkman that control the functions (ff/rewind, toggle fn to change it to <>) Yes, your keyboard media keys controls work.

I am aiming to be as pure to a cassette deck as I can get it. That means no playlists, no cloud, local music and manual selections from the Music Rack like the rock gods intended. 🤘🎧 (Edit) Updated Walkman view.

A desktop application titled "Cassette Rack" displaying a 3D carousel of classic cassette tape cases. The center tape is the Descendents album "I Don't Want to Grow Up." The background of the app is a nostalgic, retro bedroom scene featuring a skateboard, an old CRT television, books, and band posters on the wall. Below the cassette carousel are navigation buttons, a play button, and text showing this is tape 39 out of 171. The application is running on a Linux desktop environment with a bottom dock.
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A brushed-silver, vintage-style portable cassette player clipped to a person's brown leather belt worn with blue denim jeans. A clear rectangular window on the front reveals a cassette tape inside, which features a white label with the text "Beds Are Burnin..." printed vertically, along with "TYPE I NORMAL POSITION". The top edge of the player features mechanical buttons for Play, Fast Forward (FF), Rewind (REW), and Stop, as well as a function slider. A black audio cable is plugged into a jack on the top right corner and drapes down the side.
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