[olug] Amarok 2 is finally out.

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Dec 17 19:41:52 UTC 2008


T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> 2.0 is .0 release, which should be noted, and 1.4 is still getting bug
> fixes.  2.0 is certainly not for everyone right now.

True, mostly.  Not sure about the 1.4 comment tho.  I've seen my fair 
share of upstream bugs being closed with the comment "1.4 isn't 
developed anymore, wontfix". :(

amarok-2.0 is just a starting point for much greater things.  It 
leverages much excellent core kde4 technological pillars, such as phonon 
(abstracted, cross-platform, multimedia framework), solid (hardware, 
plugable devices), plasma (embeddable applets), as well as a script 
engine for customization (and more).

So, while amarok-2.0 in comparison to amarok-1.4 may not match it 
feature for feature, I'd venture that won't last very long.  It's 
already better in many ways.

-- Rex



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