Comments on: Penguin-heads rejoice, Spotify lands on Linux

By: Matt Blum

Matt Blum — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:53:55 +0000

great job! although can you do the local files yet?

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By: JEV

JEV — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:18:18 +0000

Penguins rejoice and killer whales plot their death.

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:53:03 +0000

The comments here about”where is the US launch – tough! Noone else in the workd can access Pandora (thanks RIAA), so why should the US get Spotify?

It’s so funny to see the whining when US based users can’t access some foreign service 8)

I hope Spotify opens up everywhere else in the world except the US.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:09 +0000

So you are saying the majority of web servers and super computers are 99% half baked?

What from your experience of linux is half baked?

This native linux client is certainly working perfectly, just like it did in wine. The spotify guys have went out of their way to support linux through wine from the near the start, and as they say in their blog they will be trying to support it at the same pace as the windows and mac counterparts, so it can only get better. Plus swedes love linux

By: silicone

silicone — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:22:04 +0000

Half-baked, just like 99% of everything related to Linux

By: Ricky Laishram

Ricky Laishram — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:58:40 +0000

Well I don’t see any reason to rejoice. Only premium users, no local file support. Its more like a half baked version.
And as they themselves wrote its developed by their developers during their spare time. They said they will support it but i doubt that.

By: Steve O'Hear

Steve O'Hear — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:35:32 +0000

Is it really? A half-baked version built by Linux developers in the company’s spare time. Doesn’t seem like recognition of anything to me.

By: Phil T

Phil T — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:34:17 +0000

My smile promptly turned to a frown when you mentioned it’s only for premium customers.

I don’t listen to enough music to warrant a premium subscription. I stopped using Spotify under Ubuntu 9.10 (I think) because I couldn’t achieve stutter free playback under WINE. Recently went to 10.04, reinstalled Spotify & achieved quality playback all of one time. Oh well, it is Linux after all Looks like I’ll be waiting a little while longer just yet then.

That said, though, I’m really quite pleased to see a native Linux version. The penguin marches onwards & upwards!

By: Yngve I. Levinsen

Yngve I. Levinsen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:29:59 +0000

And/or it is showing the multiplatform possibilities of Qt. Here’s hoping a Maemo/MeeGo version is in the works as well

By: asdf

asdf — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:21:55 +0000

I’ve been using Spotify on Linux through wine for ages… and I’m writing this as I’m listening to music while I should be coding away.

By: helix2301

helix2301 — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:16:05 +0000

This is starting to show the popularity of Linux slowly applications or application equivalents are being built for the Linux platform I am glad Linux is starting to get recognized as a desktop OS.

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By: Liad

Liad — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:04:15 +0000

Spotify is amazing. Can’t wait for the Israel launch (probably sometime in 2020)

By: Mike James

Mike James — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:03:29 +0000

Fantastic!!!!! Spotify just keeps moving onwards and upwards Premium Apple apps anyone??? http://www.appgiveaway.com

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:59:20 +0000

Yes….Linux rules!!!

By: Wello

Wello — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:52:30 +0000

This is an official native client, not the Windows version through wine or some third-party app.

By: yohan

yohan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:48:06 +0000

linux is elegant

By: MOGmartin

MOGmartin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:44:58 +0000

what? Spotify is available for Linux?

Ive been USING it on linux for at least the last 6 weeks – how is this news today?

MOGmartin

By: Yngve I. Levinsen

Yngve I. Levinsen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:32:32 +0000

Great to hear they are even supporting Linux. That said, the official windows version has worked pretty flawlessly through wine the entire time. And that version is still available with an ad-based subscription. The wine/windows combo does work with the facebook integration (a bit of a trial and error to get it connected the first time), but local music hasn’t worked with that version neither.