[Technology] eMusic and Linux

I like emusic.  It's my preferred source for music, in part due to their costs, but largely in part due to their philosophy.  They have occasionally had Linux clients, and was one of the first large music stores to eschew DRM on its tracks.



Recently, they've updated their site and their download client, and now its Windows-only.  When you go to purchase a track now, it asks you to accept an agreement (you can set it to not ask again) which is fine, and then it prompts you to download the eMusic download manager (for Windows).  If you're on Linux, even if you use Wine, eMusic won't let you go further.  It wants the installed download manager to send you to a web page to confirm that it was installed (and for some reason, even with Wine, that does not happen).



The solution for me is to

• continue using emusicj on Linux


• follow Matt Woodward's advice and let emusic believe I've installed their download manager by visiting www.emusic.com/dlm/install/


• then click to complete purchases as per normal.