If you have a NAS somewhere in your home and it has a wired connection to your primary computer player rig, you may want to try PXE booting. What this means is your operating system for the primary computer player rig is actually stored on the remote NAS, instead of a SSD.
Extremely negative perceptions (and often derogatory remarks) about Audiophiles and their choices are often bandied about on the Internet as “click baits". These discussions always dominate hifi discussions on the net, generate a lot of hits, and likely creating increased revenues (or popularity) for the click-bait providers.
Unfortunately most audiophiles don’t have the insecurity (or time) to mass debate with these people and the negative perceptions simply get reinforced and further reinforced and become public opinion.
“If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth".
29th Feb of 2016 officially marketh the birth of the Snakeoil Operating System (Snakeoil). Announcing the inaugral Snakeoil, *drumroll* the
Please take some time to check out the FAQ first. Experieced users can jump in quickly via the quick start guide. Users new to the Linux environment can refer to the manual for a detailed step by step walkthrough.
Click here if you are using a Atom based mITX motherboard (link removed as requested)
Click here for everybody else (link removed as requested)
See here for a list of DACS and motherboards that are tested to work with Snakeoil (Will add more as I get more feedback).
Don’t forget to leave a comment below if you have difficulties with Snakeoil, or contact me privately. Also refer to the Troubleshooting section of the Forums for a list of pending and resolved issues with this release.
Together let us make Snakeoil the friendliest and best sounding audiophile software! Hope you enjoy this first release.
Watch this short 10 minute video of a Snakeoil installation.
Follow The Music, Follow Snakeoil.