Linux users, you and I are losing our excuses. You know which one I’m talking about: “No one makes a legitimate music download service for Linux, so I’m stuck using bittorrent or SharpMusique.”
Real Networks is making a preview of its music subscription software, Rhapsody. Here’s the catch. All the music is streamed, so it’s not really a music download service so much as it is Internet radio where you can pick the songs.
That’s not such a good deal, I don’t think. Sure, legal music is great but if I can’t take it with me when I leave my computer, what’s the point? What amazes me is that they’ve put all their effort into this, but premium content still doesn’t work fully on Linux. Getting streams digital music isn’t that cool, but I’d pay for the BBC news in high-resolution.