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RoonLabs ROCK - Roon Optimized Core Kit

Anyone try this yet?

From the Roon site
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So, what is Roon Optimized Core Kit (ROCK) then?
ROCK is a do-it-yourself build of Roon OS. To use it, you will need to buy hardware components, assemble them, and install ROCK.

This is is what ROCK offers (and what it doesn't offer):

it is completely free ($0)
it is an alternative to Windows/MacOS/Ubuntu/Arch/etc..
it runs Roon (The stock Linux RoonServer to be exact), but does not come with a Roon membership. You need to bring that yourself.
it is an extremely lightweight Linux-based operating system. Much more on the scale of an embedded machine than a desktop or server operating system.
it is a turn-key image with all required pieces to make a Linux based Roon appliance without any prior knowledge of Roon or Linux
it should be near silent or completely silent, depending on hardware
it will auto-update in an experience similar to Roon, integrated fully into the Roon Remotes' Settings->About page.
OS updates will blow away any "custom" changes you may have made to the OS, so we do not recommend you try to tweak the OS
it will provide a web browser based configuration for networking setup, factory reset, power/reboot, etc...
it will not be able to run additional software, nor will it support any customizations or modifications to the operating system
working multichannel digital audio output (if the hardware has a working HDMI or DisplayPort connector)

http://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_Optimized_Core_Kit

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Topic - RoonLabs ROCK - Roon Optimized Core Kit - Dynobot 20:18:41 04/07/17 (8)
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