[GRLUG] Spotify

[Patrick Goupell]

Anyone running spotify on linux?

I had an xp vm so I registered for a free spotify account to see what it 
was like.  Liked the song selections so I did a search for "spotify 
linux client" and found this page 
http://news.spotify.com/us/2010/07/12/linux/ that led me to this page 
https://www.spotify.com/us/download/previews/.

The first page says a linux client is available to premium and unlimited 
subscribers but I read on some blog post (cannot find it right now) that 
the linux client also runs on a free account.

The spotify client is for debian squeeze.  I am running debian wheezy 
but I added the spotify repository to my apt sources list and did an 
update and then install spotify-client.

Failed to install on a missing libssl0.9.8.

So I temporarily added the debian squeeze repository to my ap sources 
list and installed libssl0.9.8.  the spotify client then configured.

Found the spotify player client in the multimedia section and gave it a 
click.  The program started and I logged into my free account created 
under windows.  Everything showed up and I can now listen to spotify ad 
free without having to run a windows vm for spotify.

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