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  1. Re:One thing... by Eythian · · Score: 1 · on What Needs Fixing In Linux

    Actually, the main one that's still in active development is this one. Also Java, but using SWT. This is the same UI toolkit as Azureus, and it does actually use native widgets, although having to be lowest-common-denominator, it doesn't necessarily support all native features on some OSes. I think the problem with Azureus is that it looks like a mess, not the language it's written in.

    I've seen plenty of crap-UIs with native widgets, and nice UIs with non-native (although, the latter is rarer I will concede.)

  2. Re:Release Early, Release Often Doesn't Serve User by Eythian · · Score: 1 · on What Does It Mean To Be an Open Source Author?

    Hmm, the way I did my Free software project was to get a basic but functioning app done and released as an alpha to people who were willing to test it. This got me valuable feedback, and people to help out with things like art work (that I'm not so good with), that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I'm still not up to 1.0, and I don't know if that's so bad. Maybe the 100th release will become 1.00. The version number no longer really means anything.

    But my point is, it's come a long way since release, it's gone from 'just barely able to do what it says on the can' to 'stable, robust, and companies give me money to do custom branded versions for their own services', while trying to keep the 'release early, release often' philosophy going.

  3. Re:Linux support by hdrix963 · · Score: 1 · on Amazon MP3 Store to Go Global in 2008

    For eMusic, you can use the EMusicJ written in Java and is cross-platform. I use it on linux without problem. Drix

  4. Or hire someone that can.. by msimm · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon

    Only real complaint is that the album downloader (that allows you to get the album discount) only runs on Windows & MacOS. Write a Java client and get with the program, Amazon!
    Agreed. It seems like the donationware/bounty-ware would be a great way for business to get products and reward people (and generally garner that good-will stuff while expanding their own interests).
  5. Re:eMusic by Zonk+(troll) · · Score: 1 · on Amazon DRM-Free Music Store Goes Beta

    Yeah... I've been meaning to check out eMusic, actually. The latest Popular Science magazine included a coupon code on an inserted "post card" type ad, saying it was good for 25 free songs on sign-up or something like that. Hard to complain about 2+ albums worth of free songs just to take a look at it, I figure. eMusic rocks. I usually end up using my 75 downloads by the end of the first week, plus a few off my booster pack* to finish off an album. The tracks are LAME-encoded, all VBR. Most songs I download average around 200bps.

    * Subscription downloads expire at the end of the month. You can buy "booster packs" to download more than your subscription provides (ie, to finish downloading an album), and they last for a year.

    If you want to check out what they have, just go here: http://www.emusic.com/browse/all.html.

    I don't like their download program, but there is an GPL'd alternative that works quite well (Linux only).
  6. Re:Meh on eMusic by Hatta · · Score: 1 · on AT&T Deal With eMusic Excludes iPhones

    There are a few problems with it. Lack of popular/big label artists.

    I'm not seeing how that's a problem.

    Also there's a proprietary download manager, so Linux support is iffy

    There's a java client, so linux support isn't a big deal. But yeah, it would be nice to use wget.

  7. open source emusic download manager (java) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Paul McCartney On Music In the Digital World

    Try eMusic/j:

    http://www.kallisti.net.nz/EMusicJ/HomePage

    This works on fine on my Linux setup. Haven't had to use the official software at all.

  8. eMusicJ by DrDribble · · Score: 1 · on RIAA Admits 70 Cent Price is 'In the Range'

    eMusic also provides clean VBR mp3's and sell to the whole world. Only a very few tracks are limited to northern America, and there is no DRM. Also, I like the fact that I can download the songs I bought as many times as I like, so I don't need to back them up. Also, they treat me like a wanted customer, not some criminal.

    I'm using the eMusicJ java client, which is very fast and stable. It runs excellent on my Ubuntu box. It's a lot faster too, as it downloads multiple songs simultaneously. Dr

  9. Re:I don't see how people can... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on RIAA Admits 70 Cent Price is 'In the Range'

    http://www.kallisti.net.nz/EMusicJ/HomePage

    It's not official as per your condition, but it works great on Linux for me.

  10. Re:I don't see how people can... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on RIAA Admits 70 Cent Price is 'In the Range'
    2) No official/maintained Linux client, just an old one they used to support.
    I use emusicj, it's at least been updated recently. Also, I understand you can use Songbird to download from emusic, but I haven't tried it.
  11. eMusic/J - Opensource Download Manager by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on Making Money Selling Music Without DRM

    Don't waste your time with the eMusic provided *nix download manager; there is an excellent opensource alternative written in Java called "eMusic/J" (though it's developed by a third-party):

    http://www.kallisti.net.nz/EMusicJ/HomePage/

  12. Re:For all you DRM neysayers by Eythian · · Score: 1 · on The State of Digital Music in 2006
    DRM is a neccessary evil, unfortunately, because no record company, in their right mind, would agree to selling media without it.

    Not true. I get a lot of good music from there, completely DRM free. Sure, there's none of the big labels, but that doesn't affect the quality at all. Just the names you recognise.

    (Oh, and a plug for my program for Linux users: eMusic/J)