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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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      DarkLite1
      DarkLite1
      Contributor I
      April 24, 2016
      +1 for a native Sonos controller in Linux (Ubuntu).
      doced
      Trending Lyricist I
      April 29, 2016
      I can confirm that 6.2.2. works with Wine (installed with crossover)
      scutterflux
      Lyricist II
      July 16, 2016
      I'll be trying 6.3 in playonlinux shortly after frustratingly not being able to get it to find my library running it in a virtual machine.

      I'll try to remember to post whether I'm successful.
      scutterflux
      Lyricist II
      July 16, 2016
      I don't think 6.3 is working with playonlinux/wine, but thanks to this link posted by Le3eVolfoni I was given insight to samba and possibly able to add music library in Virtualbox, It has at least found the library and is currently updating, that's huge progress for me.

      Thanks

      Hello,

      I wrote a tutorial on how to install the Sonos controller and access the musical library under a linux OS (the tutorial is for Ubuntu but works for any distro I saw so far)

      Here is the link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/757969/how-can-i-install-sonos-on-ubuntu/757970#757970

      I hope it helped.
      scutterflux
      Lyricist II
      July 17, 2016
      6.0 and 6.3 neither one works with playonlinux/wine, are there other dependencies that should be installed other than dotnet40?
      mdo
      Lyricist I
      November 26, 2016
      Has there every been an official or even semi-official word from Sonos support about the lack of a Linux controller?
      quintanarra
      Trending Lyricist I
      January 16, 2017
      +1 for an offfical linux or web controller. For now I'm using this on mint and arch https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/linux-linux-linux-linux-linux-linux-linux-6764091/index1.html
      MosC_AtheL
      Lyricist I
      March 31, 2017
      +1

      I use linux at work and really need this!
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