Woot! Amazon MP3 Store Now Linux-Friendly
By Alexander Grundner |
March 3rd, 2008 - Viewed
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That’s right… Amazon has put the penguin suit on their MP3 Downloader so Linux users can tap into Amazon’s collection of DRM-Free MP3s. As of today, the company is providing DEBs for Ubuntu/Debian and RPMs for Fedora/OpenSUSE. I just installed it on my Ubuntu Gutsy system and can confirm that installing the downloader was as easy as the instructions supplied suggested. Once installed, the launcher for the application can be found in Applications > Internet. The downloader will also auto-launch any time you make an MP3 download purchase on the site itself.
March 4th, 2008 at 3:26 am
as one movie character said, “not quit yet”… unless they give out source code, it is rather limited thing - what if I want it to run on tablets?
March 4th, 2008 at 9:14 am
The next step I’d like to see is Amazon providing an Amazon MP3 Store Plugin (or at least an API for someone to create a plugin) for music players like Amarok and Rhythmbox on Linux that would allow users to buy tracks directly via the application they use regularly.
Here’s some info on how Magnatune.com integrated their service into Rhythmbox:
http://blogs.magnatune.com/buckman/2006/12/rhythmbox_adds_.html