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A linux controller is needed.

Forum|Forum|13 years ago
December 6, 2012
258 replies
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A linux controller for the Sonos system is really needed. A basic controller shouldn't be that hard to create, so even if the userbase is smaller then for Windows there shouldn't be a cost-reason to not do this. The strength of Sonos is ease-of use, and a user that -for instance- prefers Ubuntu will be left to use his/her phone.

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IsaacPuchRojo

Lyricist II

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=29570
By chance, do you have success story with this?
I am failed, even if I tried to install the requested packages.

With Ubuntu 13.10 work for me. I read that with debian unstable work too.

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IsaacPuchRojo

Lyricist II

Obviously, as many of you already said, the lack of a Linux controller is a definite showstopper for me. I already have first-generation Sonos products, and I was planning to extend the system, but this will *not* happen without a Linux controller -- all my home PCs are Linux-based ...
Since Sonos doesn't seem to understand, I thinks we should all start searching for other solutions, and never mind them. They should soon see how many customers they're losing ...

I'm not sure about it. We are 242 people that like this idea, nearly 100 follow\ the thread. But Sonos don't give a official answer to the thread. Maybe if we \make a campaign in kickstarter.com or some other crowdfunding site. You can say \how many Sonos component you will buy, but only if Sonos implement a Linux controller. Maybe so the really see, how much the lost.

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Tamas

Lyricist II

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=29570
By chance, do you have success story with this?
I am failed, even if I tried to install the requested packages.

Thanks, a technical question, was any trick during the installation? I would like to know where I failed under Linux Mint 16.

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IsaacPuchRojo

Lyricist II

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=29570
By chance, do you have success story with this?
I am failed, even if I tried to install the requested packages.

I don't remember any. I follow your Link and it work.

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Chris_271

Lyricist I

A linux Controller with a Web Interface would be great! I am sticking to my squeezebox setup until I can find an equivalent. Since most NASs run on linux, with a Linux controller with a web interface it would be easy for people to create an app with the software so it can just sit there and be accessed by whoever. Which is what people did with the squeezebox/logitech server

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Rein_1

Lyricist I

+1 to a native client! (also for indexing and serving a mp3 collection stored on a linux system!!!)

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y2uk

Lyricist I

+1 for a native linux controller

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chase_3

Lyricist II

I have a variety of computers for development (and family), the computer I use most uses Linux and I am very disappointed that there is no native sonos program. Even a command line interface to switch songs would be better than nothing. I could create myself a gui in a day to control sonos if there was something like an api

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chase_3

Lyricist II

I have a variety of computers for development (and family), the computer I use most uses Linux and I am very disappointed that there is no native sonos program. Even a command line interface to switch songs would be better than nothing. I could create myself a gui in a day to control sonos if there was something like an api

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chase_3

Lyricist II

I have a variety of computers for development (and family), the computer I use most uses Linux and I am very disappointed that there is no native sonos program. Even a command line interface to switch songs would be better than nothing.

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