"There seems to be a real appetite for an AGPL web service of
this kind. In the short time since I first wrote about it the
Libre.fm project has picked names for its components. The server
back end will be called GNUkebox and the client is to be dubbed
Nixtape (sorry for the terrible pun). Slightly odd names perhaps
but I particularly like Nixtape. According to the Libre.fm
development road map as of May 4th (Star Wars day) the service has
4000 users and 3 million plays have already been submitted. That's
pretty staggering for something that only began a few weeks ago. On
a personal note, I've managed to get everything set up on my
desktop and I'm now reporting tracks to Libre.fm. I've also
imported all of my data from Last.fm. You can see my Libre.fm
account at http://alpha.libre.fm/user/MethodDan/ and marvel at my
eclectic musical tastes. I use Rhythmbox as my primary music player
and in order to submit tracks to Libre.fm I had to do a little hack
on my hosts file. Now, this may seem daunting but really it's
pretty simple.
