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MP3 in the Music Store

Just a quick update.

Matt Griffin has updated the Ubuntu One Music Store FAQ with this gem which is probably one of the single most often asked question.

Q: Ubuntu can’t play MP3s out of the box so how will we play purchased songs?
Canonical has put effort into making the customer experience as effortless as …

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Ade Bradshaw vs Reading Comprehension

In which Ade blogs about how massively complicated and onerous the Ubuntu One Music Store sign up process is when compared to Amazon.

Ade, I’d reply to your blog but I’m not about to sign up to yet another system just to leave a comment, and I’m certainly not giving your blog my twitter password, …

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Getting Ready for Ubuntu One Music Store Beta

I’ve previously blogged about the Ubuntu One Music Store. Since then along with a few others, I’ve been helping privately beta test the store. Very shortly it will enter an open beta phase. In this blog post I’ve outlined some preparation you can do to be ready for the beta test.

In the default install …

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Ubuntu One Music Store FAQ

Updated 5 March 22 58:07 UTC

The developers behind the Ubuntu One Music Store have put a FAQ online, which I’ve reproduced below. I’ve been beta testing the store out for a few days and have bought some singles and albums directly in Rhythmbox. In fact I think I was the first person to buy …

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Proxies In The Way Of Testing

Lets say that hypothetically speaking you’re running an application or two which are known to not work behind proxies. What a pickle, especially if those applications have some desire to be online, to communicate with online services. But they can’t.

After a bit of a chat with my friend and fellow podcaster Dave Walker …

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