Looks like the Songbird 1.4.1 final date has been pushed back.

As long as nothing goes horribly wrong, Songbird is set to be released on the 21st. In the meantime, here is the 1.4.1 Beta 2 installer which should hold you until then and includes both 32-bit and 64-bit installers. Enjoy!

32-Bit Songbird 1.4.1 Beta 2 Linux Installer

64-Bit Songbird 1.4.1 Beta 2 Linux Installer

If you enjoy this .deb installer, please Digg it and help me spread the word.

Narwhal-made Debian installer file for the Songbird 1.1.1 Beta 3 release.

Took less than a day this time.

Release Notes for Songbird 1.1.1 Beta 3 include:

• On Demand Fetching of Album Artwork
• Songbird can now fetch album artwork from the web at your command. Simply select or right-click a track and choose “Get Album Artwork”. You can also select your preferred source of artwork. By default, Songbird will retrieve album art from Last.fm but you can install from other sources such as amazon.com via an add-on.

• MTP Device Support
• We fixed many bugs affecting MTP devices on Windows. We’ve also added the ability to synch authorized Windows Media DRM’ed content to your MTP device. To see if your MTP device is supported, or to report your findings, visit our MTP Device Support page.

• Watch Folders
• You can choose to watch a folder hierarchy for changes and the content will auto-magically be imported in your library. If a file is removed from the watched folder, the corresponding track will be deleted from your Library.

• Better Sorting
• Library sorting supports unicode collation and better handling of leading definite and indefinite articles such as “The” and “a”.

• Replay Gain Support (Normalization)
• If a track’s metadata contains replay gain (including iTunes-specific) information, Songbird will adjust the playback gain appropriately.

• Reduced Installer Packages
  We’ve reduced the installer package size on Mac and Linux by about 45% on each of those platform

And more! Read the full list of Songbird 1.1.1b3 release notes here.

Download:

Songbird 1.1.1 Beta3 Linux Installer Download Link #1 (Dani.Tac-Ops.net)

Songbird 1.1.1 Beta3 Linux Installer Download Link #2 (MediaFire.com)

Songbird 1.1.1 Beta3 Linux Installer Download Link #3 (FileFactory.com)

Just as before, the Songbird icon will be placed in your Applications menu under Sound & Video.

If you installed either of my last .deb packages for Songbird, uninstall them by opening Synaptic or Adept, clicking search, and typing in “songbird”, then check mark for removal, and apply changes.

Feedback and comments appreciated. If you find the download helpful, please consider making a donation.

Google has just released their own open source in-development browser, dubbed Chrome, just a few hours ago.

While some of the reviews sound good, and the screenshots of the browser look good. I’ve not yet actually had a chance to try it, due to the fact that I run Linux, and Google has only released the browser for Windows for this beta, leaving Mac and Linux users out in the cold. This wouldn’t surprise me, except for the fact that it is an open source browser, so you would think if anything, Linux users would have first shot.

Google has said that they are working on Mac and Linux version, but have not set a release date, or any details about the Mac and Linux versions.

I might get a review in for it once it becomes available, but for now, the only way I’ve found to run Chrome would be to use a virtual machine to run Windows and run it inside of that, which isn’t plausible. I think that for now, I’ll be sticking with Firefox.