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The Spotify client on linux is a beta application made by some developers for themselves because they wanted it. Spotify released it because they are a fairly d

The Spotify client on linux is a beta application made by some developers for themselves because they wanted it. Spotify released it because they are a fairly decent company and why not? Many of us use it but we should not regard it as a mainstream offering. (In spite of this I find Spotify on Linux to work better than Spotify on Mac.)

chaostheory 11y ago
> The Spotify client on linux is a beta application made by some developers for themselves because they wanted it. Spotify released it because they are a fairly decent company and why not? That still doesn't detract from the point that I'm making: normal people will have a lot more troubling transitioning to Linux as opposed to OSX (or even Windows - if coming from OSX). Linux GUI apps just aren't very polished compared to Windows or OSX. > Many of us use it but we should not regard it as a mainstream offering Why not? It is being offered by Spotify itself even though it's labeled as 'beta'. It's also branded as a Spotify app and not as a 3rd party client. > (In spite of this I find Spotify on Linux to work better than Spotify on Mac.) That's different from my experience. Spotify for Linux didn't even display properly for me. When I scrolled up and down, there's always tearing. At least you gave a reason for your down vote, even though I don't find it valid just because we disagree.
- JupiterMoon 11y ago
  I actually agree with you on the transitioning thing. The reason that I said don't regard it as mainstream is (1) this is what they themselves say on their website and (2) I know someone who works there who told me not to rely upon it even existing in the very long term as it just isn't a business priority for them to maintain it. I don't get the tearing I guess we have different set ups (see what I said about not being a mainstream product). On the Mac I find the newer spotify client to be very slow and heavy on resources. On Linux we still have I think the older version that on my laptop uses far less memory and processor to sit in the background and play music. Finally I didn't actually downvote you...

chaostheory 11y ago

> The Spotify client on linux is a beta application made by some developers for themselves because they wanted it. Spotify released it because they are a fairly decent company and why not? That still doesn't detract from the point that I'm making: normal people will have a lot more troubling transitioning to Linux as opposed to OSX (or even Windows - if coming from OSX). Linux GUI apps just aren't very polished compared to Windows or OSX. > Many of us use it but we should not regard it as a mainstream offering Why not? It is being offered by Spotify itself even though it's labeled as 'beta'. It's also branded as a Spotify app and not as a 3rd party client. > (In spite of this I find Spotify on Linux to work better than Spotify on Mac.) That's different from my experience. Spotify for Linux didn't even display properly for me. When I scrolled up and down, there's always tearing. At least you gave a reason for your down vote, even though I don't find it valid just because we disagree.

JupiterMoon 11y ago
I actually agree with you on the transitioning thing. The reason that I said don't regard it as mainstream is (1) this is what they themselves say on their website and (2) I know someone who works there who told me not to rely upon it even existing in the very long term as it just isn't a business priority for them to maintain it. I don't get the tearing I guess we have different set ups (see what I said about not being a mainstream product). On the Mac I find the newer spotify client to be very slow and heavy on resources. On Linux we still have I think the older version that on my laptop uses far less memory and processor to sit in the background and play music. Finally I didn't actually downvote you...