Mad Penguin dot org : The Sonos Digital Music System
Mad Penguin dot org has a 5 page review of the Sonos Digital Music System. This just sound incredibly cool.
In a nutshell, the Sonos DMS is a series of Linux-powered wirelessly networked amplifiers on steroids (called Sonos ZP100 ZonePlayers) controlled by a Linux-powered hand-held device (called the Sonos CR100 Controller) that looks like an large iPod. A software package called the Sonos Desktop Controller sits on your Windows or Mac computer and helps the handheld Sonos CR100 Controller talk to the your Window or Mac box. Linux customers use their familiar GNOME or KDE tools to do the work that the Sonos Desktop Controller software would do on Windows or Mac. The idea behind the Sonos DMS is that you the consumer should be able to have one device that will allows you to play any music of your choice seamlessly in any room in your house, even if you are two floors and five rooms away from the room where you want to switch from the Rolling Stones to the Motown.
