I’m bad. I don’t use my computers to store music or for that matter play tunes. The laptops I use occassionally for watching a DVD movie during a plane flight, but that’s pretty much it.

So today I received a email update from Linspire [that's the Linux distro I play with], offering what appears to be a music service for storing music files, MP3′s.

Here is what the site says:

“MP3tunes is announcing free, unlimited storage music lockers for everyone. Oboe – our music locker technology – has been out for more than a year. We’ve refined the process and are ready to invite the world to come create an Oboe music locker. Sign-up now to realize the benefits of online storage. Here’s a Q & A about Oboe Free, our new music locker with free unlimited storage.

Q: Why is the Oboe Free music locker a significant development?
A: This is the first time a free music locker with unlimited storage has been made available. Users sign-up with a valid email address and then load their Oboe Locker with their music using the free Oboe Sync software for Linux, Macintosh or Microsoft Windows. Once loaded, users stream their music from any browser or from a growing list of mobile devices – and can also sync to another computer. Oboe Sync will even add cover art for all your albums at the end of the sync process. We’ve also added our number one feature request of scheduling so a locker sync can happen in off-peak hours when your computer is normally idle.”

Full details here. 

This is a time limited offer, so hurry.  

If anyone wishes to sign up for the Free service, let me know how it works or doesn’t work for you.
[tags]free, music storage, Oboe Sync, [/tags]