Amarok 2.0 Released

[bigtomrodney]

Well, it's finally here.

"In the beginning" - Amarok 2.0 released | Amarok

I've been running the Neon nightly builds for a few months now. I like a lot about it and I think the Oxygen style goes well with it. The Plasma driven interface is quite cool too, it's not as intrusive as I would have thought and can be used or safely ignored depending on your preferences.

Now I just have to figure out how to load my iPod with it

[oz]

That's great news. Next time I load KDE4 I'm going to try it.

Now, if only the K3b (for KDE4) and Koffice2 devs could move a bit faster, I'd be ready to load KDE4 as my default DE.

Thanks for the alert!

[schwim]

Man, I love Amarok. I would consider it an app I would stay with linux for if I didn't want to run linux anymore. They've been working on the Win version for a while now, but I've not yet seen a standard installer for it.

I downloaded the F10 live cd this morning for my biannual upgrade and if I can tolerate KDE 4 as my DE, I'll be using Amarok 2.0. I very much look forward to it.

Now, if only the K3b (for KDE4) and Koffice2 devs could move a bit faster, I'd be ready to load KDE4 as my default DE.

Is it possible to run KDE 3.x apps at all(by installing additional packages) or is it 4 or nothing once you upgrade? Are you no longer to run Gnome apps in KDE as you could in 3.x?

[oz]

Is it possible to run KDE 3.x apps at all(by installing additional packages) or is it 4 or nothing once you upgrade? Are you no longer to run Gnome apps in KDE as you could in 3.x?

Yes, you can run KDE3 apps under KDE4 if you add some KDE3 dependencies, but for me it's all KDE4, or nothing. I'm running Gnome while I wait for certain native KDE4 apps to catch up with the desktop environment itself.

I've gotta tell you, though... I'm really starting to like Gnome and might decide to stick with it permanently.

[schwim]

I don't have any loyalty to either camp, I've always just used what worked best. For a dual-head setup, I found KDE better. In fact, it seemed that Gnome didn't put much effort at all into this aspect of the DE. So I use KDE.

I also don't have a problem with dirtying up 4.x with 3.x dependencies. As long as I can get my work done, I could care less if it required Enlightenment, XFCE and Gnome deps as well

[oz]

I also don't have a problem with dirtying up 4.x with 3.x dependencies. As long as I can get my work done, I could care less if it required Enlightenment, XFCE and Gnome deps as well

I'm just the opposite and like everything to remain squeaky clean.

[bigtomrodney]

Now, if only the K3b (for KDE4) and Koffice2 devs could move a bit faster, I'd be ready to load KDE4 as my default DE.

So you're a bit happier with KDE4 then? I'm running it on and off this week. I'm very happy with the progress they've made and I did jump into testing it before the 4.2 final release.

Anyway, Amarok is looking tidy. A warning to those that haven't tried it yet...there are some interface changes and not everything from the 1.x series is present - for better or for worse. I will say this though, I'm willing to give these guys the benefit of the doubt. In the history of Amarok they've managed to code things I didn't even know I needed

[SkittleLinux18]

A warning to those that haven't tried it yet...there are some interface changes and not everything from the 1.x series is present - for better or for worse.

Sounds like a job for Virtualbox-ose!

[oz]

So you're a bit happier with KDE4 then? I'm running it on and off this week. I'm very happy with the progress they've made and I did jump into testing it before the 4.2 final release.

Yes, most definitely, and KDE4.2 might be the one.

After recently upgrading to Xorg 7.4 most of the plasma/graphics issues that I've described in my KDE4 thread have disappeared. Strangely enough, I also found the default wallpaper to be overly distracting, so a quick change of that helped even further.

Hopefully, I won't regret saying this, but I'm starting to like KDE4. Only waiting for certain "native to KDE4" apps to catch up with the desktop environment, and I'll be happy and friendly with it again ( or at least so, I think ).

[SkittleLinux18]

Sweet, I just checked it out in Kubuntu Intrepid. There are deffinitely some UI differences, but everything I really care about is still there- and finding them in the new UI was very easy. I for one am really impressed.

Just as a side story, when Microsoft upgraded their Windows Media Player to 11, I was pissed because so many of the UI tools that made me love WMP10 were no longer there; e.g. opening a playlist with a click of a button, saving a playlist with a click of a button, seeing the overall time of the playlist.

When I moved to Linux, I had similar issues until I learned how to use/customize Amarok1.x. I was worried that I would have the same problem moving to Amarok2, but everything I care about is still there. So I am satisfied. Thumbs up to the A2 build team!!