You might wonder why anyone would bother with setting this up to work natively on linux, the web client at http://music.google.com/ works well, the interface is great and it works from anywhere with no set up. However it currently uses flash, though there is a Labs option to enable html5 but this doesn’t seem to make a difference for resource usage. In my use case, it would regularly cause firefox to freeze up, and even my entire machine occasionally.
This wasn’t acceptable to me, and I looked for a way to be able to listen to my music without having to watch htop to make sure I don’t run out of memory. The other issue for me is that I mostly listen to all access radio, so I can’t just download my music and play it like that. I’ve started on this endeavor many times and come back with nothing, but finally found a setup that works. There are some programs that let you do this with no configuration, such as Nuvola Player , but they are just wrappers for the web interface.
– Read more at Packetfire.
