I used to visit my local record shop every couple of weeks and walk out with a stack of CDs, almost all of which I would have first found on Audiogalaxy (running 24/7 on my Linux jukebox)
When the record industry shut down Audiogalaxy, that's when I stopped buy CDs from major labels. The boycott is still going strong.
I think I've looked at this in the past, and it's almost exactly what I want, but I'd rather be able to have a service running on my computer and be able to have the associated app log directly into my computer without having to have an account with someone else. Does anyone know any system to do that?
I'm not sure what I was supposed to see in that link, but I already figured that Audiogalaxy ran as a service, and that's not the problem. To clarify, I meant that I want to be able to have an app (not necessarily Audiogalaxy, just something similar) where I can input an address for a service on my computer (IP:port or URL), and log in directly to the service without going through any other servers (except DNS) at any point in the process. Nothing against your product, it's just how I prefer to do things. I don't even mind that much having to make an account to download the software since it's still in beta; it's just that since the music is already being streamed directly from my computer I'd rather have authentication happen there as well. I realize that an average user probably doesn't care, but I do.
I would love to do a Linux version, but we just don't have the resources right now. At some point we will get it done, I just can't say when. However, it does run under wine -- email us at help@audiogalaxy.com if you have any problems setting it up.
I also recommend checking out Audiogalaxy. It works surprisingly well on 3G and is a great way to access your entire music/podcast collection from your phone. I use it all the time.
You have to leave your home computer running, but it is totally free, available outside of the US, and has both Android and iOS apps.