I knew they would get around to having a native linux client. Installing it is very simple. Just hit up Google Music, click on “Add Music” and then download the right package (32 bit .deb or 64 bit – whichever your system is). Then install. Worked perfectly for me.

Thanks for the heads up, OMG Ubuntu!

Ended up setting my laptop back on a dual-boot setup yesterday. Today I decided I didn’t want to have to mount my DATA partition (which has my pics and music on it) by hand every time I booted up. I found a great guide to several ways to do this here. I chose the method using pysdm because I didn’t feel like editing any system files.

open up terminal and install pysdm:

sudo apt-get install pysdm

then open the program in the same terminal:

sudo pysdm

You have to know the correct partition to mount and you can click on each partition and configure any that need to be configured to see what they are formatted as. Once you know which one to mount  click the mount button as that partition is highlighted on the left. Then click on the button which reads “Assistant” and make sure it is set to mount at boot (that’s the default setting, so it should be good to go).

Then click “Apply.” You should be good to go!