On 4/21/06, Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2. Banshee Music player. while it is a nice piece of software I would
> not
> > be bragging about it.
>
> The only thing about Banshee is that it requires several
> interdependent bleeding-edge libraries to build if there's no binary
> for your distribution (i.e. if you're not running SuSE). But yeah, a
> lot of work has gone into it and it's got some very nice features.
>
> > What would be nice if Suse brought legit music
> > buying service to linux via Real partnership. Why cant Suse work with
> Real
> > to provide a Rhapsody client for linux. While there is a web interface
> now
> > to the radio side of rhapsody the drm/rip/download/burn side is not
> there
> > for linux or the mac.
>
> I am *GLAD* that there is no DRM-happy crapware for gnu/linux, and I
> hope there will never be one. The LAST thing we need is for some
> distributor to form a "partnership" with one of these places that are
> supporting bad copyright law by licking the RIAA's boots (or
> elsewhere).
>
> The only contact my systems will ever have with DRM is to remove it.
While I am not a fan of DRM, unfortnatley that is the only way to get music
legitmatly online from MAJOR records labels. It has to happen so why not
real with real rhapsody . . . I am not found of the service but hey it
provides a legit source for music. I would rather use iTunes but that is
not on linux either and I had isssues with crossover crapping out right
after buying a song.
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