A better solution on any Linux system for the Spotify app

joshua88 — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:27:03 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

Fedora 38 / Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Ubuntu 23.04

My Question or Issue

I've noticed a lot of bugs on the Linux app.

Tried a lot of 'solutions' but few are indeed helpfull.

I tried with a workaround a solution as followed:

Install Chromium Browser out of the repo's / Mind you if Spotify is installed as client or as a Snap.

In the example SNAP the adding of the (for me useless !!) Chromium Browser showed me a lot of bugs dissapeared, such as no clickable options, numbrous open and close actions work superb .

Just open Chromium and leave it open, boot up the Spotify app and just click the Chromium Browser away ... Spotify app will now behave normally.

Tested on many Linux distro's inclusive Zorin 16.2 Core.

I tested as well on Debian as a Client (Spotify) and the Chromium Browser trick worked there as well perfect. The app behaves fully functional.

Just open/ Close Browser -- Spotify app and you'll see it will work perfectly.

Tested platforms: Dell Latitude E6500, Latitude E6510, Inspiron 1545, and HP Elitebook 8570P (all different GPU's but all the same problem of a crashing app).

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A better solution on any Linux system for the Spotify app