ncspot: Spotify flatpak alternative

• ncspot

  50 4,625 8.9 Rust

  Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.

Hello Steam Deck community, I would like to share an alternative to the Spotify Flatpak. As you might have known, the app installed on Discover store is not optimized in gaming mode. Therefore, I investigated in a fantastic alternative ncspot. It is a third-party Spotify player with a terminal UI.

• distrobox

  402 8,889 9.7 Shell

  Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

Install Distobox as the environment. I installed ncspot in a separate Linux container because I didn't want to mess with the SteamOS original dependencies. Follow [this document](https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/install_rootless.md) to install it or the commands below.

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• yay

  126 10,306 8.7 Go

  Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go

After distrobox finishes its installing necessary packages, you should be able to see deck@mybox before your typing cursor instead of deck@steamdeck meaning you are now in the container. In the container, install yay and ncspot AUR package

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