Comments on: Banshee 1.4 Released

By: Handsome 1

Handsome 1 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:20:28 +0000

Well done to Banshee foe making it compatible with Android G1. This is the statement Banshee want, not quibbling about iphone. I have an iphone but I was given it and I jailbroke it,yes I would love it to be compatible with linux but its not and I believe that programmers should not waste their time on Apple but make Linux even better (if possible). G1 is a step in the right direction as it’s more open. Well done Banshee!!

By: Jimmy C

Jimmy C — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:41:03 +0000

“I do wish they would embrace the open source community, but it is the very freedom everyone screams about that allows them not too.” Agreed

I enjoy sipping my FREE BEER with some proprietary additives. Not everyone is a programmer and could care less if their “free speech” software comes with the source code. Most people couldn’t change the software if they wanted to. Sorry Richard Stallman keep drinking the flavor aid. Linux would be leaps and bounds better if it got off its high horse and started allowing its self ship with proprietary software. More companies would actually be willing to contribute to this wonderful operating system.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:25:41 +0000

Perhaps 99,99% of the human beings own this… but this is not 100%, so this is NOT everybody.

You can say “a majority”, “many”, “most of” … but not “every”, “all” etc.

I never consider everyone think like me… why should I accept this from others ? I don’t tell you not to buy an ipod, don’t tell me to buy one, that’s just what I ask.

Everybody does NOT have an ipod point.

By: The Stranger

The Stranger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:12 +0000

I guess when you guys discuss the word ‘Freedom’ its your definition. When you tell someone don’t buy Apple products because they lock you into their software and we won’t update own code, how is that about freedom? I own an iPod and I keep M$ in a VM to manage it. I choose to use openSuSE for the 99% of the other work I need to do. I have had other MP3 players in the past, they all sucked compared to the iPod. Its simple, they built the better mousetrap. I do wish they would embrace the open source community, but it is the very freedom everyone screams about that allows them not too.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:27:47 +0000

It makes no difference and it is not important If Someone says Amarock is better than Banshee Or Vice-versa. What IS important is, Users who did not develop Those apps can have access to them to use and enjoy, FOR FREE. I myself totally dig the fact that I cant write a line of code, BUT have a great PC running Open SUSE 11 and it can do EVERYTHING I need, and where I struggle its because of what I DONT KNOW and nothing to do with the S/w I choose to run.

Anyway: If a person buys a device and it wont work with their Software they have a few choices:
1. Buy something else
2. Ask your money back from the company that sold you the rubbish
3. Develop your own solution
4. Take a class like Anger management or better still Pay someone to teach you how to write code.

First rule of Open Source: No Whining. (IMHO)

CM

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:12:37 +0000

LMAO – first you buy that pos while it is widely known that Apple does its best to control it (just read about their “great” app store and related stories) and now you blame some random open source developers that they don’t come up with something.

IMHO you absolutely get what you deserve – you literally begged Apple to screw you. Now live with it and enjoy the great iCrap style

Just consider it a lesson and think before you buy such a crap next time.

IMO developing something for that iPhone is just a waste of time and does more harm than good since it would improve it instead of supporting free solutions and draw resources from other projects.

By: Richie

Richie — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:18:34 +0000

No comments to all these holywars. I am not a PHONE))

My choice is Quodlibet anyway. It combination with smthng like SoundJuicer and SoundConverter, I have a full music-management environment written in GTK.
Using GNOME, of course.
A very nice KDE4 is still KDE, so Amarok is still…

About Banshee: I don’t even understand what’s the profit of using it as the main music-player for GNOME Bugs all the way for many years. It has been always unusable and if it is’t now, I hardly would believe that it can suite my needs.

By: Humer68

Humer68 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:18:46 +0000

Apple does lock their phones but everybody can access it through an unlock tool and everybody does this and knows how it works. So get this done KDE crew, create the new big awesome iPhone app

By: R. J.

R. J. — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:54:00 +0000

Apple does lock their phones, you would of noticed all the press the past year this has got with a couple of countries only allowing them to be sold under the provision that they were completely unlocked, however most countries, including America still have locked iphones.

Seems also someone on news.opensuse is deleting posts

By: JAM

JAM — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:09:05 +0000

I think the new version of Banshee is great, I can really see this app becoming a great media player. It’s a shame most people are complaining about the lack of support for their particular piece of locked out hardware, rather than address any of the great new features in this release.

Although if there was one thing I would pick at, it’s that cover art is not applied to my albums which have artist/album names in a Japanese kanji script. Even after placing cover/folder .jpgs in the directories I get nothing. That aside, well done guys! I look forward to the next release with great anticipation – fingers crossed for BBC podcast integration, I hear that’s really in right now (probably because it’s totally awesome).