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Linux Spotify client 1.x now in stable

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Linux Spotify client 1.x now in stable

 

In June 2015 we released version 1.x of the client for Linux in the testing repository.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/Spotify-Client-1-x-beta-for-Linux-has-been-r...

The intention was to fix a few of the bigger issues and then quickly move this to stable. That never happened, since after September, we have had no developers working on the linux client. There are still lots of problem with this version of the client for linux, but we are now seeing much more problems with the old client.

 

Known linux specific issues in 1.0.23

 

Most of these we want to fix, but others (like missing tray icon) we probably won't. Link to threads with more issues you have and I will try to add them here. If you can't find your issue already reported, create a new thread and follow this troubleshooting guide for linux.

 

From now on, the idea is to first release a client to the testing repository as soon as possible, when it is ready internally, then after a week or so if we haven't discovered any serious new crash bug that affects lots of users, it will move to stable. Most of the time, a new linux release will have no linux specific changes, only the changes it shares with the mac and win clients.


Stable repository

To install a client from the stable repository follow the instructions on https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/

 

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

 

Testing repository

 

To install a client from the testing repository, follow the same instructions, but replace the word stable with testing.

 

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com testing non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

 

 

 

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In KDE/Plasma 5.8 the desktop integration is working correctly for me.

 

I really wonder why can't you speed up the addition of the "minimize to tray" feature. This has been standardized across Linux desktops. It is incredibly inconvenient, having to remember NOT to close Spotify unless you want to stop the playback.

In August last year I asked you whether you had looked at Flatpak for packaging.

Since then Flatpak has moved forward nicely, and there is a Spotify client featured on the Flatpak webpage: http://flatpak.org/apps.html

It is now also possible to install by simply clicking the link on that web page, which is neat.

 

The client mentioned above is packaged by a Flatpak developer, and is not in a Flatpak repository, so you don't get automatic updates on new releases.

I think everyone would be very happy if Spotify could release the client as a Flatpak with a proper repository that would allow updating the client from the desktop.

I think the flatpak is the best cross-platform solution at this moment.

 

Can I ask you to redesign Linux version Spotify scrollbars that are fat and ugly?

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