Nightingale – Much Anticipated Songbird Fork Which is Soon Going to Have its Fir

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2010

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“Songbird Music Player was among the most beloved Open
Source project and it still is for many, except for Linux users.
Songbird is still open source, but developers behind Songbird have
decided to discontinue support for Linux and the concentrate on Mac
and Windows versions of Songbird. Nightingale is a Songbird fork
which is undergoing rapid development and is pitched to become the
Songbird alternative for Linux users.

“Open Source Software Never Really Dies

“This is something we all learned from the history of Open
Source software in the past 15-20 years. An Open Source software
never really dies.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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