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  1. I think you will find that the name "Snakeoil" is a product of the developer's wry sense of humour. Releases such as "cable -lifter" seem to be an extension of that.
  2. You are right it is debatable as is anything for the sake of debate. For my part i have personally purchased and tried several different motherboards with a range of CPU's and capabilities and have arrived at my optimal configuration from there. As for your comments on the name, there is nothing left to be said to someone who does not judge software on its merits but makes disparaging remarks without having tried it.
  3. The point of using Atom based machines is to minimise RFI/EMI for better SQ. To make it work for audio they require light weight OS and to achieve that you don't start with the biggest operating systems on the planet. hence the Linux distro's. Sound quality preferences are largely personal perspectives and I too preferred Vortexbox up until recently but S/O is my current favorite. In its latest format, I think it is incredibly easy to install. As for the name of the O/S? That says more about the developers sense of humor in his region of the world than anything else.
  4. I am also chasing sound quality to my tastes and its great to have options. I have been using Daphile and and Vortexbox for some time - including when they had teething issues. The latest version of S/O seemed easy enough to install and use.
  5. I am in this thread because I do not want to use Windows or Mac. Hence the attraction of an optimised easy to use Linux distro.
  6. That is in no way an easy option for the average windows or mac user.
  7. It is indeed simple for the GUI version but an optimised for audio solution is not so simple. To create and run a stripped-down bare-bones , real-time headless kernel for best audio reproduction is the real hard part for those not fluent in Linux. With windows we have AO to make it easy, but for Linux there is no such luxury hence the dependance on audio specific distro's .
  8. I have a J-river Master licence which i have used with Linux with excellent results. I have also used it on my windows and mac machines and while these are easy for anyone to setup, for linux it is very hard unless you are proficient in that OS. Why Linux? one approach to reducing overhead on a music server is the windows / audiophile Optimizer approach ( i also have bought licences for those) or start with a stripped down, headless, light- weight built-for-purpose Linux distro. The appeal of Linux audio distros like Daphile, Vortexbox and now S/O is that it opens the world of Linux to all. If JRiver does not want to allow others to make it easy for us to use JRiver software for headless stripped down Linux versions, would you be able to do your own release of a Linux based ready to play JRiver distro? Now that would be awesome i think.
  9. I have installed Snakeoil OS on to my server and so far its been impressive in terms of excellent sound quality - Its the best i have experienced with Squeezelite so far. The built in JRiver option (license required) is a great feature - I would have found it too difficult to run JRiver from Linux any other way.
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