Banshee music player is back from the dead (well, kinda)
(https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/banshee-snap-406x232.webp) A revived Banshee music player is now available on the Snap store, making it possible to use it on modern Linux desktops decades after its last stable release. The snap, packaged by Alan Pope, means users can now run Banshee 2.6.2, the final stable release from 2014, on modern Linux desktops. It includes 'compatibility fixes and restores selected online services', but warns not all 'historical' services may work. More of 'reanimated corpse' than reincarnation; the Banshee snap exists as act of software preservation. Container formats like Snap are great for "time capsule" efforts since ancient dependencies can be bundled inside [...]
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Categories: News, Banshee, mono, nostalgia, Snap Apps
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/banshee-music-player-snap-ubuntu Sep 25, 2026, 06:53 PM