shell-fm: Last.fm Radio in Terminal

Yo GUI so fat it took 250KB of RAM to run

Well, I have been switching between Windows and Ubuntu for a few weeks by now, and I'd like the functionality of streaming Last.fm radios in both systems. On Windows, I have foobar2000. On Ubuntu, the only working client with a GUI here is Rhythmbox. All because it's using the old Last.fm API.

But I'm not talking about Rhythmbox today. Because Linux users just love the Terminal, don't they? If possible, they might want to run everything in Terminal. Because it's awesome. Also, it baffles those who use Windows, further increasing it's cool factor.

Gentlemen, I present you shell-fm!

Simply put, it's your Last.fm client that runs entirely on your Terminal.

Don't mind the tracks I'm listening

It has most (if not all) the functionalities of the official Last.fm client. And using it is pretty straight forward really. Everything is explained in it's handy help menu.

And it runs on the old Last.fm API, you poorfags.

So yeah, to obtain it, here are the instructions (requires git and some knowledge compiling from source code):
http://nex.scrapping.cc/shell-fm/

Alternatives (with GUI, unfortunately)
Banshee - http://banshee.fm/
Rhythmbox - http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/
Last.fm Scrobbler - http://www.last.fm/download?showplatform=Linux
Vagalume - http://vagalume.igalia.com/

Oh well, what else can I get for Terminal?

Elementary OS released

No, it's not an april fools joke.

Seriously, you can now download elementary OS 0.1 "Jupiter" via BitTorrent clients from their website: http://elementaryos.org/

Elementary OS is a new Linux OS based on Ubuntu, but focused on simplicity and elegance. You can even install the popular elementary theme in Ubuntu, like I did a few months back. Easy on the eyes, and looks very elegant.

Despite being based on Ubuntu, it doesn't really behave like Ubuntu. For example, you can't place shortcuts on the desktop. And not all of it's proposed features/softwares comes preinstalled. There isn't even a music player in this release! But that can be solved easily by installing any music player of your choice, of course.

It's interesting to play around with this OS, but to make it as a primary OS is going to be a long way ahead. Perhaps we should wait until elementary matures a little more, with all the cool features (Slingshot, Plank, Wingpanel...) available for use. And the release of a 64 bit version as well.