Banshee music player is back from the dead

A revived Banshee music player is now available on the Snap store, making it possible to use it on modern Linux desktops decades after its last stable release. The new snap, packaged by Alan Pope, means users can now run Banshee 2.6.2, the final release made in 2014, on modern Linux desktops. It includes ‘compatibility fixes and restores selected online services’, but the listing warns not all ‘historical’ services may work. This isn’t a new official build. This is purely an act of software preservation. Containerised packaging formats like Snap are ideal for “time capsule” type efforts, since ancient dependencies […] You're reading Banshee music player is back from the dead, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

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