GNOME Internet Radio Locator 1.6.0 Released (gnome.org)

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GNOME Internet Radio Locator 1.6.0 Released (gnome.org)

Posted by BeauHD on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:33PM from the new-and-improved dept.

Longtime Slashdot reader ole writes: GNOME Internet Radio Locator 1.6.0 is now freely available for GNOME systems. The 1.6.0 release is a stable release with Internet radio stations from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, France and Belgium, as well as U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and Guatemala, mapped for GNOME Maps and city text search interface with auto-completion for 76 world cities that are featured in this release. You may download the 1.6.0 release of GNOME Internet Radio Locator here and download packages for Fedora 28 and 29 on x86_64 here

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Radio locator? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 15:38 · Score: 0

So I can be like those Gestapo police that were catching the Communist spies, radioing information to Stalin from Berlin?
Lovely, Gnome, great work.
And the amount of people who care... crickets by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 15:39 · Score: 0

Well, except for the ham radio guys but most of them are in prison for child porn anyway
In Soviet Russia.. by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 15:47 · Score: 0

radio locate YOU!
Killer requirement by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 15:47 · Score: 0

for GNOME systems
Therefore, no thanks. Fuck Gnome, they totally crapped on the interface.
Excellent, can't wait. by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 15:47 · Score: 0

This is not, and this guy would know.
Come in Rangoon by PPH · 2019-01-13 15:54 · Score: 1

Come in Rangoon.

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1. Re:Come in Rangoon by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 16:02 · Score: 0
  
  We are reading you
2. Re: Come in Rangoon by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 16:29 · Score: 0
  
  You may know it as Myanmar but it will always be Burma to me.
  You there on the motorbike! Sell me one of your melons!
3. Re:Come in Rangoon by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 05:03 · Score: 0
  
  Daddy issues? No pony for eighth birthday?
No need by JustAnotherOldGuy · 2019-01-13 15:59 · Score: 3, Insightful

No need for it here, I know where my radio is.

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1. Re:No need by arglebargle_xiv · 2019-01-14 00:50 · Score: 3
  
  I do too, but no thanks to the article. The title gives you no idea what a "GNOME Internet Radio Locator" is, the text also gives you no idea what a "GNOME Internet Radio Locator" is, the linked-to release announcement also gives you no idea what a "GNOME Internet Radio Locator" is, finally the link at the bottom of that tells me it's a way of finding free radio stations on the internet. Which I have close to zero interest in.
  When the admins post a slashvertising article, is it too much to ask that the article title or text actually describes what's being slashvertised?
2. Re:No need by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 01:32 · Score: 0
  
  I keep my radio on my towel.
3. Re:No need by Immerman · 2019-01-14 02:21 · Score: 1
  
  Perhaps they updated the summary, but it seems pretty clear to me:
  > with Internet radio stations from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, France and Belgium, as well as U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and Guatemala, mapped for GNOME Maps
  Sounds pretty like it does exactly what is says on the tin - maps the internet radio station broadcast locations so that they can be viewed in GNOME Maps.
  
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4. Re:No need by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-18 00:14 · Score: 0
  
  I don't have one so this is great for me. Options are good, not every situation is the same.
You may download the 1.6.0 release here by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 16:17 · Score: 0

Tried but it didn't work on Windows. :-(
Video killed the radio star by scdeimos · 2019-01-13 16:18 · Score: 1

Just sayin', https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Wouldn't it be easier by bobstreo · 2019-01-13 16:22 · Score: 1

to just add a radio station layer on google/bing/apple maps?
1. Re:Wouldn't it be easier by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 18:33 · Score: 1
  
  it sounds like you want to feed usage data to these spy companies instead of using openstreetmap.org, which this app uses via gnome maps.
no android by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 17:02 · Score: 0

why no android version?
1. Re: no android by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 23:16 · Score: 0
  
  Now tell us how you really feel. Don't hold back.
Interresting and useful but why Gnome? by Teun · 2019-01-13 17:17 · Score: 0

If I understand the description it works based on a map from which to pick a particular station which I find an interesting concept.
But most people rather search for the sort of music or information a station carries and already know the names, the geographical location is of minor interest and on the internet even less.
I use KDE's KRadio and it does all I need, installing a whole bunch of Gnome dependencies is not something I need.

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1. Re:Interresting and useful but why Gnome? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 23:54 · Score: 0
  
  I use KDE's KRadio and it does all I need, installing a whole bunch of Gnome dependencies is not something I need.
  I don't think they wrote this expecting you to switch to gnome. Obviously someone else could counter that they aren't going to install all of KDE to run whatever KRadio is.
  As for me, I prefer neither desktop environment, since window management and a terminal is actually preferable.
Raspberry Pi is a better and cheaper solution by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 17:21 · Score: 0

You really don't want this kind of toy on a work machine.
There are better ways to listen to internet radio.
First of all -
Why screw around with a Gnome setup, when there are dozens of Internet radio apps that run on a $5 Raspberry Pi Micro W. Ours can play hundreds of stations at the press of a button on an old TV remote control. Total cost including power supply, micro SD card, USB sound adapter and a set of powered speakers from Goodwill - under $30. It can also use a smartphone or browser to select stations.
Second -
There are many Internet radio database sites already on the web.
For example:
http://radio-locator.com/
http://www.internet-radio.com/
http://www.mikesradioworld.com/
http://www.listenlive.eu/
http://www.publicradiofan.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/
Third -
If you are always working in front of a Gnome machine this might be an interesting solution, but in that case, you really have much larger problems to deal with than finding internet radio stations.
Is it the noughties again? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 17:48 · Score: 0

Seriously? Random niche GNOME app makes it to front page?
If this article interests you: GOOD NEWS! I just checked and Liferea is still being updated! Wonders never cease. Sadly, you won't find much use for Kopete unless you're looking for an inferior IRC client, or you haven't convinced your ICQ contacts to get a Discord account yet.
1. Re:Is it the noughties again? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 20:36 · Score: 0
  
  Slashdot is "News for nerds".
  What's more newsworthy for words than a small, independent program targeting niche interests, on an alternative OS?
  Perhaps you were looking for CNN.
2. Re:Is it the noughties again? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 01:14 · Score: 0
  
  Seriously? Random niche GNOME app makes it to front page?
  Check the acronym ;)
Radio selection from a map in Windows by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 17:57 · Score: 0

Try this.
http://radio.garden/
It's been around for a while and has very cool map graphics.
Got im Himmel! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 20:34 · Score: 0

Some shithouse-rat crazy programmers still writing software using that shitfest of a GUI toolkit that is GTK+ 3.
Internet radio is still a thing? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 22:03 · Score: 0

If yes, why?
1. Re:Internet radio is still a thing? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-13 23:26 · Score: 0
  
  so fags can listen to rap/dance/edm crap that makes you want to molest people.
OSS Developer Issue by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 01:19 · Score: 0

This is an ongoing issue with open source software developers. They are so focused on the minutia of their self gratification that they fail to even describe their projects to the rest of the world. This despite their desperate desire for the rest of the world to see and recognize their project.
So many OSS projects fail to provide any description of their project's purpose or function. As is the case here. But, so many more project attempt to describe their project with pointless descriptions like:
This project aims to use $ProgrammingLanguage and $FavoriteDatabase to improve the internet and advance Whirled Peas.
How he fuck are people supposed to know if this is the world's greatest music player or a fucking virus?
Need a CLI version by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 02:50 · Score: 0

My stereo is in the other room with a raspberry pi. No GUI. I ssh into the machine and use cmus to control audio playback.
A GUI is a non-starter.
Wish the Gnome team would learn that GUIs are bloated and slow. Just cut it out already.
22,000 'locations' by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-14 09:36 · Score: 0

An alternative would be to participate in this *community* locator list, which lists over 22,000 'locations'. http://www.radio-browser.info/gui/#/
1. Re:22,000 'locations' by Anonymous Coward · 2019-01-15 07:46 · Score: 0
  
  Thanks - great information.
  When trying to open the sql DB, a passphrase is requested.
  How does one browse the DB?
  What tools are required?
  The online browser seems very limited.