Vagalume: Last.fm client for Gnome and Maemo

Vagalume is a GTK+-based Last.fm client. Although it works in standard PCs, it is specially designed to work in the Maemo platform, the one used by some Nokia devices such as the 770, N800 and N810. Vagalume is relatively new but it's stable enough for everyday use.

Vagalume on a PC	Vagalume on a Nokia N800

Vagalume is free software released under the GNU GPL. It has been developed and tested mainly on a desktop PC running Debian GNU/Linux etch and on the Nokia N800/N810 internet tablets but it has been confirmed to work in the Nokia 770 as well.

Its main features are:

• It plays Last.fm radio streams (using protocol v1.2)
• Support for different radio stations (personal, neighbours, loved tracks, ..., or any lastfm:// URL)
• It supports marking tracks as loved or banned
• It can tag artists, tracks and albums
• It can send recommendations to other users
• It can add tracks to your playlist
• It can download free tracks to your hard disk
• It scrobbles tracks so they appear in your Last.fm webpage (this can be disabled at runtime).
• It sends Now Playing information following the Audioscrobbler Realtime Submission Protocol v1.2.
• Supports discovery mode

Vagalume still lacks many other features (namely a decent UI) but we'll try to solve that in future releases

Vagalume has a page at garage.maemo.org, where among other things you'll find a bugzilla, forums and mailing lists. Currently there are two mailing lists called vagalume-users (for general discussion, ideas, comments, help, ...) and vagalume-devel (for developers). Both lists are public.

We also have a Vagalume Users group in Last.fm! (thanks Miia!)

The latest version is Vagalume 0.5.1, released on 15 Feb 2008. Read the list of changes here.

You can download Vagalume from garage.maemo.org or directly from Igalia using the instructions below.

If you're a Debian user, you can get Vagalume directly from Debian.

You can also get it from Igalia's repository:

• Debian etch
• Ubuntu feisty and gutsy
• Internet Tablet OS 2006 (Nokia 770)
• Internet Tablet OS 2007 (Nokia N800)
• Internet Tablet OS 2008 (Nokia N810, updated N800).
• Source code

Or you can add Vagalume to your catalogue and always have the latest version:

• Debian etch: deb http://apt.igalia.com/ etch vagalume
• 770/N800/N180 owners can use the one-click installation file or add the catalogue manually:
  • Internet Tablet OS 2006: deb http://apt.igalia.com/ gregale vagalume
  • Internet Tablet OS 2007: deb http://apt.igalia.com/ bora vagalume
  • Internet Tablet OS 2008: deb http://apt.igalia.com/ chinook vagalume

Vagalume is sponsored by Igalia and is being developed by a team led by Alberto Garcia with some contributions from people around the world. Feel free to contact us for any questions or comments that you have.

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