I pretty much hate any desktop music player that doesn’t look like Winamp, so I had to look real hard for one I could live with on Linux. What I found was this: How to Install Qmmp Media Player, a Winamp alternative, on Ubuntu - VITUX
After my latest round of Linux reinstalls (HDD/SSD trouble, don’t ask), I thought I would only be using this installation as a temporary, so I didn’t bother installing QMMP, especially since I don’t really listen from the PC much (fans still too noisy, rather listen from the phone while the PC is off). These days I just load music files up in VLC when I want a quick listen.