Spotify
Drop-in replacementFree with paid extrasThe official Linux app. Same account, same playlists, nothing to relearn.
Does Spotify run on Linux?
Verdict: Yes
Yes. Spotify makes an official Linux app, available through the app store on most systems, and it signs in with the same account and shows the same playlists as the Windows version.
Spotify publishes Linux builds itself. The company describes the Linux client as a project its own engineers built so they could listen on their work machines, and offers it through Ubuntu Software and as a Debian package. On most Linux systems you can simply search for Spotify in the app store and click install.
It looks and behaves like the Windows app. Playlists, search, podcasts, Spotify Connect to speakers and phones, and your downloads for offline listening are all there.
One honest caveat. Spotify says the Linux version is not a platform it actively supports, and that it can differ from the Windows and Mac versions. In practice it lags a little on new features and occasionally breaks for a few days after an update. If that ever happens, open.spotify.com in a browser works as a fallback and needs nothing installed.
Nothing happens to your account or playlists. They live on Spotify's servers, so signing in on Linux shows exactly what you had.
Spotify on Linux, and alternatives
Strawberry
Different way of workingFreeFor playing music files you own rather than streaming. Worth having alongside Spotify if you also keep a collection.
Your files: Plays .mp3, .flac, .m4a and most other formats from your own folders.
Rhythmbox
Different way of workingFreeSimple built-in style player for your own files and internet radio.
Your files: Reads a folder of music files directly.
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