When comparing XMMS vs Rage, the Slant community recommends Rage for most people. In the question“What are the best media players for UNIX-like systems?” Rage is ranked 16th while XMMS is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Rage is:
A very lightweight media player, with almost no dependencies.
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Pros
Pro Support for Winamp themes
XMMS is able to use any Winamp skin available.
Pro Simple and familiar music player
Many users should be pretty familiar with the interface as it has been built to match that of the popular Winamp player.
Pro Lightweight
A very lightweight media player, with almost no dependencies.
Pro Fully customizable
Since it is written with efl there is basically everything possible that you can imagine.
Cons
Con Looks are dated and may be unappealing
XMMS is pretty long in the tooth now and it's design definitely reflects that.
Con Customization is hard
Customization is done in efl which uses a C-like syntax.