[Gllug] Gllug Purchasing music online

Mon Feb 2 08:55:32 UTC 2009

I buy music online. I print it out. I spend years
practising my cello to be able to play it.
How's that for a different timescale?

Riq Willitts

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>    1. Re: yesterday's meeting (Juergen Schinker)
>    2. Re: Purchasing music online (Caroline Ford)
>    3. Re: yesterday's meeting (Caroline Ford)
>    4. Re: Purchasing music online (Rob Crowther)
>    5. Re: Purchasing music online (Peter Corlett)
>    6. Re: Purchasing music online (sean)
>    7. Re: Camalyn Vacancy Posts (Jose Luis Martinez)
>    8. Re: Purchasing music online (Jose Luis Martinez)
>    9. Re: Purchasing music online (Tethys)
>   10. Re: Purchasing music online (Stephen Nelson-Smith)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:34:43 +0000
> From: Juergen Schinker <ba1020 at homie.homelinux.net>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] yesterday's meeting
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> fendersan at aol.com wrote:
>> Hello,
> 
> i was disappointed the Carolin didn't talk about Moodle
> i was really interested in that talk...
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> Juergen
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:53:15 +0000
> From: Caroline Ford <caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Purchasing music online
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> Amazon's mp3 service has been available in the uk for a couple of  
> months now.
> 
> They provide Linux packages of their installer for several distros.
> 
> Caroline
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 1 Feb 2009, at 07:30, Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> 
>> Having recently been introduced to last.fm, I'm now finding music
>> online that I might like to have 'offline' copies of.  Is it possible
>> to purchase tracks from somewhere like iTunes, if one doesn't have the
>> iTunes application?  Or do I need a Windows VM?
>>
>> I did find that Amazon had a linux app for downloading mp3 but then I
>> discovered the service is only available in the USA :(
>>
>> Are there any other ways?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> S.
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>> Stephen Nelson-Smith
>> Technical Director
>> Atalanta Systems Ltd
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 13:06:05 +0000
> From: Caroline Ford <caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] yesterday's meeting
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> I was overloaded with College work. It wasn't going to be about moodle  
> anyway - it was going to be about tuxpaint, tuxmath, gcompris,  
> childsplay and kdeede. Desktop apps.
> 
> Caroline
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 1 Feb 2009, at 12:34, Juergen Schinker <ba1020 at homie.homelinux.net>  
> wrote:
> 
>> fendersan at aol.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>> i was disappointed the Carolin didn't talk about Moodle
>> i was really interested in that talk...
>>
>> *sigh*
>>
>> Juergen
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:50:08 +0000
> From: Rob Crowther <robertc at boogdesign.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Purchasing music online
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
>> Are there any other ways?
>>
> For less mainstream stuff, try eMusic:
> 
> http://www.emusic.com/
> 
> It's all DRM free (and always has been).  There is a linux client, but 
> you can also just click and download individual tracks.
> 
> Rob
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:56:42 +0000
> From: Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Purchasing music online
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> On 1 Feb 2009, at 07:30, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
>> Having recently been introduced to last.fm, I'm now finding music
>> online that I might like to have 'offline' copies of.  Is it possible
>> to purchase tracks from somewhere like iTunes, if one doesn't have the
>> iTunes application?  Or do I need a Windows VM?
> 
> I point my browser at amazon.co.uk, play.com, whatever, and then wait  
> a couple of days for the CD to turn up in the post. It's so cross- 
> platform, it even works on my old CDTV.
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:11:15 +0000
> From: sean <S.Tohill at westminster.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Purchasing music online
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <4985BB93.1080706 at wmin.ac.uk>
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> Peter Corlett wrote:
>> On 1 Feb 2009, at 07:30, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
>>   
>>> Having recently been introduced to last.fm, I'm now finding music
>>> online that I might like to have 'offline' copies of.  Is it possible
>>> to purchase tracks from somewhere like iTunes, if one doesn't have the
>>> iTunes application?  Or do I need a Windows VM?
>>>     
>> I point my browser at amazon.co.uk, play.com, whatever, and then wait  
>> a couple of days for the CD to turn up in the post. It's so cross- 
>> platform, it even works on my old CDTV.
>>
>>
>>   
> any minute someone will post about their Dansette Transit and playing 
> groovy 45s on the tube :)
> .
> regards
> 
> sean
> 
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