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ben534wq13
Contributor I
July 29, 2017

Sonos Controller for Ubuntu

  • July 29, 2017
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Please release a version of the Sonos controller software that is compatible with Ubuntu / Debian based Linux distributions. I can't believe it's not possible to control my Sonos system from my Ubuntu laptop.

Also I find it ironic that Sonos has chosen not to support the very operating system that their speakers all run on "Linux", which a lot of engineers made available to them for free.

The least Sonos can do is support that community by making the controller software also run on Linux.
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    Andrew.R.
    Andrew.R.
    Sonos Staff
    August 10, 2017
    Hi ben534wq13,

    Thanks for your feedback and suggestion. You are correct that Linux is not a supported platform for our software controller at this time, but we've passed your feedback along to the team. For your reference here's our system requirements page.

    While not officially supported, some folks here have discussed workarounds for the situation. Check out this post for more.
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      aimeri
      Lyricist I
      November 17, 2017
      While I can't recommend others to install software not provided by Sonos, I've had plenty of good luck using the Electron based Sonos client: http://pascalopitz.github.io/unoffical-sonos-controller-for-linux/
      The source code can be compiled on any platform that can run Javascript, and Pascal even provided a packaged installer for Debian based distros.
        MaxVMH
        Lyricist II
        April 5, 2018
        I am considering moving to Spotify beacuse they have a native Linux client.
        GWNTech
        Lyricist II
        April 28, 2018
        I have used SONOS for a while, it is really pathetic how slow you are in responding to the request for a Linux based controller. Are you really that arrogant that you feel you can ignore your Linux clients?
        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        April 29, 2018
        I see no hope for a Linux based controller. Which Linux, there are hundreds? Which desktop, there are probably a dozen? What do the Sonos folks say to all the folks with unsupported distributions and desktops?

        I'd pin any hopes for a Linux compatible controller from Sonos on one running in a browser.

        There are a lot of interesting Sonos controller projects if you really want one bad enough to put it together yourself.
        GWNTech
        Lyricist II
        April 29, 2018
        Yes there are many but Ubuntu and CentOS would be a good start.
          Stanley_4
          Stanley_4
          Grand Maestro
          May 1, 2018
          You have just angered every Linux user except for the ones using Ubuntu and Centos. :-)

          Everyone using a higher ranked distribution than your suggestions is likely doubly offended!

          Rank Distribution HPD*
          1 Mint 2872>
          2 Manjaro 2833>
          3 Ubuntu 1730>
          4 Debian 1565<
          5 Solus 1301<
          6 elementary 1201>
          7 Antergos 970<
          8 Fedora 962=
          9 MX Linux 923>
          10 TrueOS 904<
          11 openSUSE 770<
          12 Zorin 648<
          13 Arch 600<
          14 antiX 598<
          15 Kali 589>
          16 CentOS 577
            GWNTech
            Lyricist II
            May 1, 2018
            Main distributions are Debian and RedHat as I have indicated. So if the excuse is there are too many, those two will be a start. I guess that could give SONOS an excuse to do nothing.
            jgatie
            jgatie
            May 1, 2018
            Main distributions are Debian and RedHat as I have indicated. So if the excuse is there are too many, those two will be a start. I guess that could give SONOS an excuse to do nothing.

            Or the number of people who will not buy Sonos because they do not have an Ubuntu controller is so minuscule, it is not worth the man-hours to build and maintain one. That is a far more likely scenario.
            John B
            May 1, 2018
            Main distributions are Debian and RedHat as I have indicated. So if the excuse is there are too many, those two will be a start. I guess that could give SONOS an excuse to do nothing.

            Or the number of people who will not buy Sonos because they do not have an Ubuntu controller is so minuscule, it is not worth the man-hours to build and maintain one. That is a far more likely scenario.            Undoubtedly. Presumably it hasn't put off anyone on this thread.
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