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EnnaN
Enthusiast I
December 6, 2012

A linux controller is needed.

  • December 6, 2012
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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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      stuefi
      Lyricist III
      September 2, 2014
      now that i dont need the wifi-bridge anymore - i just need linux support...what makes it that expensive to develop that? i just need to beam the sound to the soundsystem - i guess i could do all the other settings on my mobile devices.
      doced
      Trending Lyricist I
      September 22, 2014
      There are ways around it. Wine and the commercial wine version Crossover both can be used to run the sonos-controller. But that's not what I would call a native solution. Given that the Windows-share of the market - though still massive - is slowly but surely shrinking and linux flavours such as ElementaryOs are rapidly expanding their share of the desktop (according to ElementaryOs' download stats also the vast majority of downloaders come from the windows platform), I really do not understand Sonos' policy of neglecting the linux-segment. I also wonder how Sonos-developers, who according to a statement from a Sonos-official develop on linux,   listen to music? Have they written their own little in-house Linux-application? If so, why is that not being made available to the public?
      Robert_19
      Contributor III
      September 22, 2014
      Sonos, Please reconsider your position on Linux. Tech savy people tend to be both the people who use Linux and likely to be the people to use a system like Sonos. Although Linux may not garner a huge market share of among all desktops, I believe it possible that Linux users might comprise a greater share of the Sonos market than you realize.
      Anders Larsson
      Lyricist II
      September 27, 2014
      was planning to purchase a sonos system for my house, but if no linux support its no use! have to go for another solution!  I downt think you know how big the linux community is,  and how technical linux users are. If you build a linux client, sonos will be the main system for linux users at home!   Sorry!!
      Anders Larsson
      Lyricist II
      September 27, 2014
      If ou use linux that mush!!   wouldn't  this be a nice give back?  a linux client? 
      Anders Larsson
      Lyricist II
      September 27, 2014
      give back a linux client, Its all give and take! 
      Daniel Main
      Lyricist I
      October 16, 2014
      yes Please create a linux client
      Scott Glover
      Lyricist I
      October 23, 2014
      It probably won't make any difference, but I would like to add my support for this idea.
      +1 to those who have suggested that Sonos "give back" to the Linux community which has enabled them to do so well, standing on the shoulders of giants.
      Also, I would suggest that Sonos will never know how many of their valued customers run Linux, until they give us a native controller.
      So come on Sonos, make it happen
      Laverne Liebrock
      Lyricist I
      October 24, 2014
      One of the main reasons I chose to invest in Sonos over the competition was the ability to run the controller on my Linux boxes, I had planned on expanding my Sonos system again this year. I'll be waiting for a Linux controller solution.
      joe_25
      Lyricist I
      October 28, 2014
      buy another controller which is usability for linux now
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