Google Music Gets Friendly With Linux

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Google announced and launched Google Music during the I/O conference back in May. The service launched with quite a bit of excitement and then seemed to quite down to almost nothing in terms of chatter. Granted, some of that quietness can probably be attributed to the fact that Google Music remains available by invitation only.

And its not an invitation system where current users are allowed to share. Its an all or nothing system with the invites coming from Google. Of which, we have not heard much in term of new invitations being sent out. Anyway, while new users may not be getting in, it seems Google is still working to improve the service.

The latest comes in the form of a Music Manager for Linux, something that was previously only available for those running a Windows or Mac computer. Anyway, those who have already received their Google Music invite and looking to use the service with a Linux machine should head on over to music.google.com to begin the process.

Once on the Google Music site (and logged in) you will need to click the “Add Music” link in the top right hand corner. From there, click “Download the Music Manager” and then “select the appropriate package for your Linux distribution.”

Judging from a quick look, it appears as if Linux users have a few options including;

• 32 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)
• 64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)
• 32 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSU)
• 64 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSU)

After that, simply install your choice in your “favorite package manager” and then begin to upload your files. That said, from what we have seen thus far, Google Music is a fairly solid offering. Granted, that is not to say it is perfect, but pretty nice, especially for someone with an Android device looking to get access to any and all of their music while on the go. Me personally, I have 13,751 files uploaded into my account and have had good (albeit limited) experience using Google Music over a 3G connection on a Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet.