> generally used in conjunction with X (it was written for Enlightenment and
> GNOME uses it as well..)
> 
> Also, KDE 2 has a similar, supposedly more advanced sound server (arts,
> part of x11/kdelibs2).
> 
> As far as I can remember, both of these support playback of audio over a
> network.
i do it through rsh/mpg123/splay when i cannot play mp3 locally (on 486/33
for example)