### Author:  [@dan](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/dan)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-for-linux-v1-8-r7-alpha/27332/1 "2022-05-17T12:45:22Z")
We’re very pleased to announce progress towards a 1.8 R7 release of the Xibo for Linux player. This is available in the `latest/beta` channel in Snapcraft. Anyone who wants to test this can use the beta channel:
`snap refresh xibo-player --channel=beta`
Issues solved can be found on our [Github release milestone](https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo-linux/milestone/15?closed=1).
The highlights are:
- our snap build process is fixed 🥳
- the player will connect to a v3 CMS
- URLs are decoded correctly in Local Video and others
> If testing goes well this will be promoted to the `beta` channel next week
**EDIT** : we moved this to the beta channel on the 24th May 2022 at 16:30 UTC.
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Many of our dedicated Linux users will know that we’ve struggled over a long period of time to maintain the project. The progress here was made possible in a large part by the work of [@DavidUser](https://github.com/DavidUser) who got the code base running and debuggable in VSCode.
The project does still need help, there is a lot to work on and plenty of bugs to fix!
Details here:
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> EDIT: updated status and plans
> https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/linux-player-sta…tus-and-plans/29612
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> ~The talented developer who created this player for Xibo has moved on to new projects and has very little time to dedicate to this endeavour. Unfortunately Xibo Signage does not have the in-house expertise to continue development and as such development stopped in May 2021. Some small items have been worked on since then, but nothing we have been able to release.~
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> ~Edit: this has been done.
> One of the more complex aspects of this project is packaging, and we've tried to incorporate both Snap and AppImage. The main reason for supporting two options here is that we encountered a problem with Snap that we couldn't solve (but that has been solved since by a snapcraft update). Simplifying the build process by only supporting snap would be a great first step to getting us back on track.~
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### Author:  [@gitthismoney](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/gitthismoney)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-for-linux-v1-8-r7-alpha/27332/2 "2022-05-19T17:22:52Z")
So pleased to see this! Bravo
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### Author:  [@dan](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/dan)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-for-linux-v1-8-r7-alpha/27332/3 "2022-05-24T16:34:03Z")
This has been moved to the beta channel to increase the number of testers. A big thank you to the users of the 107 players trying this out so far!
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### Author:  [@dan](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/dan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-for-linux-v1-8-r7-alpha/27332/4 "2022-06-21T07:37:58Z")
This has been moved to the candidate channel in preparation for stable release next month. If anyone currently using 1.8 R6 would like to try it before this time, please do so in the next 30 days. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@Ilios\_Cipriani](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/Ilios_Cipriani)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/xibo-for-linux-v1-8-r7-alpha/27332/5 "2022-07-27T10:54:27Z")
I will test it on 28 player. i will start to install them today. i did an install yesterday on just one to see if works. everything seems ok for now.