[GRLUG] Spotify

[Patrick Goupell]

Spotify has been putting more effort into linux.  The version I am 
running has not crashed once.  I also do NOT get any ads with my free 
spotify account.

They released version 0.9.4, a short blurb is here: 
http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/10/how-to-install-spotify-in-ubuntu-linux.html 




On 12/20/2013 11:30 AM, Roger Roelofs wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> I used to run Spotify, but it got unstable for me and I didn't care 
> enough to troubleshoot it.  Many of the 'apps' inside spotify run 
> poorly or cause the spotify app to crash.  It seems like they worked 
> on it for a while and then shelved it.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Patrick Goupell 
> <patrick at upmerchants.com <mailto:patrick at upmerchants.com>> wrote:
>
>     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.
>
>     -- 
>     Patrick Goupell
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Patrick Goupell

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