According to Felix Häcker (https://blogs.gnome.org/haeckerfelix/), the Gradio is dead now, and the developers have no intention to maintain it or add new features. But the good news is that the Gradio is replaced with a new desktop radio application. Felix Häcker, who is the inventor of Gradio, said on his blog, ‘I wanted to rewrite Gradio entirely from scratch using Rust. But I noticed it’s better to start a completely new project.’
The Shortwave is an internet-based radio player desktop application that enables us to access more than 25,000 stations. When a particular station is being played, the recording is started automatically in the background. These are the following prominent features of Shortwave:
- Create your library to add favorite stations
- Discover new stations
- Responsive user interface
- Automatic recording of stations in the background and many more
We can install Shortwave on Ubuntu 20.04 & 20.10 via snap and flatpak from the flathub repository.
Installing Shortwave on Ubuntu 20.04 & 20.10 via Snap:
Snap comes pre-installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10 and is ready to go. Snap is an application manager that is developed by Canonical.
Before installing Shortwave, update the apt listing with the command below:
Execute the below-given command to install Shortwave on Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10:
Once the Shortwave is installed, verify the installation and check the installed version using the given command:
The Shortwave 1.1.1 is installed on my Ubuntu system.
Installing Shortwave on Ubuntu 20.04 & 20.10 from Flatpak:
Flatpak is not pre-installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10. Fire up the terminal and install flatpak with the appended command:
Press ‘y’ to continue installing flatpak.
Next, add the flathub repository using the given command:
Enter the password for authentication and click ‘Authenticate’.
Once the flathub repository is successfully added, restart the system with the command below:
Once the system is restarted, install the Shortwave by executing the appended command:
Press ‘y’ to continue installing Shortwave.
Launch and Use Shortwave:
Open the shortwave application from the Application Menu.
From the Shortwave’s dashboard screen, you can discover new stations and import stations from Gradio.
Now, browse the stations and keep enjoying the Shortwave.
Remove Shortwave:
To remove Shortwave via snap, type the command below:
Type the below-given command to remove the Shortwave flatpak package:
Press ‘y’ to continue removing the Shortwave.
Conclusion:
Shortwave, which is the successor to Gradio, is a very useful and popular desktop application for Linux. It is a useful tool when it comes to listening to the radio on the internet. This article explains Shortwave’s installation on Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10.
