Something that wasn't mentioned in the article - if you're coming from Windows and using Foobar2000, you'll want DeadBeeF https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/
All these players will never dethrone DeadBeeF's interface. Foobar2000 simply has the perfect layout - and it's customizable.
I ended up running foobar2000 in Wine. I had some problems during setup, but it runs fine now.
Also, Foobar2000 works just fine over WINE, FYI.