Looks like Roon Labs finally released their ROCK OS - which is a linux based dedicated OS/core that turns an intel NUC into a dedicated audiophile streaming computer.

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/ca/ca-academy/the-definitive-guide-to-roon-op...

I'm going to try and install it on my Lenovo Tiny Form Factor PC - but it sounds like they designed the ROCK OS to work specifically with current Intel NUC computers only.

I'm currently Running Roon Core on the above Mentioned TFF PC under Windows 10, and it seems to run fine. Running it on a dedicated Linux OS sounds much more streamlined though (and possibly sounds better and is more responsive)

Is that like a double boot setup that can boot Windows as well?  Probably a stupid question, but can you surf the internet and stream Netflix or any other movie streaming services such as Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc.?  How about movies off a NAS with that as well?

It's what I thought and my main reason for not using Roon in the first place.  I already have JRiver and it does both music and movies nice enough for me to not want to replace it with another piece of software ...  not to mention that it's fairly inexpensive in comparison to Roon.

But also important to me is that it allows me to have both my music and movie libraries within one location and one piece of software which is convenient.  I also stream a lot of stuff off Amazon Prime since my 2 channel system is also our main movie watching system and Tidal is also running about 10 hours a day around here so I need internet access.  I realize you can use Tidal within Roon and it has better implementation than JRiver does, but the Tidal app is also decent enough for me as well.

Got to be user friendly in my house as my girl has a hard enough time just turning all the equipment on and switching my audio/video and its different sources (TT, PC or Cable) , let alone having to browse through a bunch of different software apps to find movies or music, etc. and more than one PC as an additional Roon only source is just out of the question.

If Roon ever jumps into movies (which is very doubtful) I'm there (though I still wouldn't use the OS portion unless it at least had a browser), but until then JRiver will hold me over.

How do you feel in regards to SSD drives?  They're expensive and you would think they would be far more reliable than a standard HDD (considering there's no moving parts in them), however they've been kind of hit and miss as far as reliability goes.