1.4 rc1 is at stage 4 just before releasing the software to manufactor, so it's pretty stable and reliable.
Pre-alpha (development releases or nightly builds), 2. The stages of software development usually follow the following steps: 1. Software usually goes through several stages before a final realease is presented to the public. ( RC1 stands for Release Candidate 1 which means that it is not 'officially' released as a final release.
For example, a lot of Ubuntu MATE users claim that version 1.3.1 places a huge icon in the panel, but version 1.4 rc1 does not. The stable release of Clementine is version 1.3.1 however, there is a version 1.4 rc1 that fixes a lot of issues within 1.3.1.
You can also download the install file from, snapcraft, flatpak, Clementine Downloads, and filehorse (for Windows). Open your Terminal and enter the following:
Remote control using an Android device, a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-line.You might think that Strawberry music player is named after the fruit. Clementine has not been updated since 2016, while the most recent version of Strawberry (0.5.3) was released early April 2019.
A while back i wrote about my favorite music player cum manager software Jaangle.