Spotify is on Linux again and this time its free as well. Well that should sounds music to the ears of Linux users who love music but were not willing to pay for the premium account of Spotify. So here is what Sptify is calling “Linux Preview”, which is nothing but sort of beta version.
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Spotify is a new music streaming service which is fast gaining popularity. Even the free user has access to great content. Till now, it is supported only on Windows and Mac but they are working to bring it to Linux platform as well. If you have a premium account on Spotify (not available for free users), you can install it on Linux by following steps:
# 1. Add this line to your list of repositories by # editing your /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free # 2. If you want to verify the downloaded packages, # you will need to add our public key # adding the key may take several attempt sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E # 3. Run apt-get update sudo apt-get update# 4. Install spotify! sudo apt-get install spotify-client-qt spotify-client-gnome-support