Hello based people of lemmy,

I have recently started trying out BSDs as an alternative to Linux and found out that Spotify isn’t supported. Before you say try it in a browser this doesn’t work as spotify has DRM that doesn’t work on BSD OSes.

Now is there a way to stream music similar to Spotify? I know there is a downloader program available.

Furthermore do you know what self-hosted options are available? I already have a basic *arr stack and am always up for convoluted server and Linux hijinks.

  • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Hi, I am currently on GhostBSD but that could change so I didn’t want to be too specific in the post. I have tried installing spotify the way you suggest and it just crashes before I can get to a login screen. Do you think there is a way to make it work?

    • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I do not use GhostBSD and am not familiar with it. It can be done on vanilla FreeBSD, you need to bootstrap an Ubuntu base system which is somewhat involved since there is not a package for it. Google is your friend.

      • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Oh and GhostBSD uses FreeBSD packages essentially. It’s like how Endeavour OS is to Arch linux of that makes sense.

          • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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            9 months ago

            Honestly I haven’t found them to do anything daft yet. From my understanding FreeBSD is a pain to configure for desktop usage as it’s designed more for servers. Tell me if I am wrong.

            • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
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              9 months ago

              Yes, you are wrong. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system. You install what you need and configure what you need. GhostBSD and its ilk are for weenies.

                • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
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                  9 months ago

                  I use Arch too. I’ve been using FreeBSD for 21 years, though. I run everything on it, even this Lemmy instance.

                  • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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                    9 months ago

                    Okay I will probably move to FreeBSD proper eventually. I am still new to this though and likely to break things. I don’t want to have to go through a whole process every time I mess up to get a usable working system until I actually know what I am doing.