Music

There are a plethora of music apps available for Linux, so many you should search for yourself. What works best for you will depend on how you want to explore music. Do you want to play music you own? Are you interested mainly in internet radio stations? Are you a music composer? Even Apple Music is available for Linux. To install it, type or copy/paste "sudo snap install apple-music-for-linux" in the terminal, click "Enter", then password, then "Enter" again and follow prompts.

Clementine is not only an all purpose music app but is also available for Windows and Mac OS too in case you need cross-platform compatibility. Clementine should already be installed for you. Use Clementine to play music from your music library, download podcasts, and transfer files to other devices.

Exploring the hundreds of internet radio channels like Spotify, Grooveshark, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm, Digitally Imported, JAZZRADIO.com, Soundcloud, Icecast and Subsonic servers can be quite the experience. While Clementine can do that for you, Shortwave is a dedicated internet radio. If you need to install it, run "flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave" from the terminal.

You may even find that with so many radio stations, you don't really need to buy so much music. In either Clementine or Shortwave you can search for radio stations. Try searching by genre, country, ethnic group, or even individual artists. Possible searches are "Bach", "Nepal", "peaceful", "classical", "Neil Young", to name a few. Have fun! There's a lot to find!

Take time to research what you want before installing. Avoid bloat! Resist the temptation to install whatever you find. Discover the joy of a lean and mean operating system.