Comments on: Amazon.com Brings MP3 Music to Ubuntu

By: Ubuntu One Music Store: A Real Business? | Hallow Demon Live

Ubuntu One Music Store: A Real Business? | Hallow Demon Live — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:27 +0000

[...] Where will the music come from? A new online music store? Or some existing store? My best guess — and this is purely a guess — is some sort of connection to the Amazon MP3 music store, since Shuttleworth briefly mentioned Amazon during the Ubuntu 9.10 launch phone call with media. Also, Amazon in April 2008 released an MP3 downloader program for Linux, including support for Ubuntu. [...]

By: Ubuntu One音乐商店－新的商业模式？ | UbuntuHome

Ubuntu One音乐商店－新的商业模式？ | UbuntuHome — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:52 +0000

[...] 音乐将来自那里？一个新的在线音乐商店？或者现有的商店，我的猜测，纯粹地猜测，可能是连接到亚马逊 MP3 音乐商店，这是因为在Ubuntu9.10发布媒体电话期间Shuttleworth曾提到亚马逊。而且亚马逊在2008年4月也发布了Linux下的MP3下载程序包括支持Ubuntu。 [...]

By: Rye

Rye — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:13:25 +0000

The download software is OPTIONAL. I just skipped the software installation and download the individual mp3 I want. I then move the mp3 into my music folder and play it with Amarok.

This is an excellent service that now gives Linux users the option to download songs LEGALLY for $0.89 to $0.99 per song!

THANK YOU AMAZON!!!

By: Wait a minute… « LoCo About Ubuntu!

Wait a minute… « LoCo About Ubuntu! — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:14:00 +0000

[...] have talked about Amazon’s MP3 downloader available for Ubuntu in the past. Ubuntu Mobile runs and installs [...]

By: Hold on a minute… « LoCo About Ubuntu!

Hold on a minute… « LoCo About Ubuntu! — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:12:09 +0000

[...] have talked about Amazon’s MP3 downloader available for Ubuntu in the past. Ubuntu Mobile runs and installs [...]

By: Amazon Takes #2 Behind iTunes! « LoCo About Ubuntu!

Amazon Takes #2 Behind iTunes! « LoCo About Ubuntu! — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:01:54 +0000

[...] have written about Amazon’s MP3 store in the past, which offers all DRM-free music from the “Big [...]

By: jonreagan

jonreagan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:24:15 +0000

Either way, this is good news for Linux and Ubuntu. Previously, this had been a stumbling block to adoption, as many people I have talked to own an iPod, and are tied to iTunes, which obviously does not work on Linux.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:58:54 +0000

Hey Bodo, at least he’s got his priorities straight. You seem to have a misunderstanding of what the GPL means and who it was meant for. Read this:
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html

GNU/Linux may want more users, but not as a sacrifice to our freedoms. The GPL is all about defending the users freedoms.

Yet while I’m disappointed that it’s not free software, I can’t help but be a little happy. This is about the closest thing we’ve got to “free” music at this point. I can only hope that they decide to GPL the downloader so that it can be integrated into more distros. Getting good support from the Linux community could help persuade Amazon to start supporting ogg too! My idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4349/promote

By: Bodo

Bodo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:49:00 +0000

Dougman,stop complaining!

This is the crappy attitude that drives all developers away from Linux.All of you want it GPL :-@ for what? From a user’s point of view,it doesn’t matter if it’s gpl or not,what matters is to work.We want more users->more companies developing for linux->we should have a better attitude x-(

By: Ron Pendleton

Ron Pendleton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:59 +0000

If you’re looking for free mp3 song downloads, be sure to check out http://www.playordownload.com>PlayOrDownload.com.