Amazon Mp3 Download Software Now Supports Linux

Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve long been a fan of previewing/listening to songs in iTunes, but purchasing them on Amazon.

Why? The songs are DRM free so I can play them on any multimedia device that I want. There’s a large selection of songs from a browser-based store and the download software runs in the backround. Finally, there’s a large selection of music that costs just 89-cents.

Today, all of our Linux fans out there can join in on the Amazon MP3 Downloader love; the software now supports Debian 4 Etch, Fedora 8, Open SUSE 10.3, and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy. The Amazon downloader basically sits sin the background most of the time, but once you click ‘purchase’ on Amazon’s site, the downloader software launches from your browser and grabs your song of choice. It’s painless and definitely worth checking out if you’re on Linux and haven’t yet.

The Fedora and OpenSUSe packages use a public key available at http://amazonm-002.vo.llnwd.net. Amazon suggests installing the key to your rpm database using the “sudo rpm –import amazonmp3.pubke” command.