Snakeoil Gear Isolation Beta Series

[agent_kith]

Excellent performance of alpha 3. The sound quality has improved significantly.

Thanks to Sublime Hifi generously supplying a bare metal server, I have the space (and in the future speed) required to really do the things I want to do.

The reason for the SQ increase is because of some compile tweaks I have done. Squeezelite and MPD are custom compiled, and the current changes take up a bigger footprint (so the firmwares are bigger now). This increased file size is not something I can do back when I was hosting Snakeoil on the cheap VPS I had before.

It's possible now. Having said that, uploading this installer still took me a while because well it's too big! lol.

 

Please explain, will there be a kernel-rt? Does the native DSD play correctly with the appropriate player settings?

Yes, there will be. And it can be tailored made to suit your computer hardware. Diddo native DSD with configuration bitstream setup. Having said that, I havn't had the time to start work on that yet . The idea is:

1. Download a config file from your Snakeoil computer that describes your computer (Network card, wifi, etc)
   
2. Go to this site: https://custom.snakeoil-os.net/
   
3. Enter your email address
   
4. System will verify you are a VIP and tell you how many custom kernels you can build (sort of a credit).
   
5. Upload your config file from step 1
   
6. Specify some other options you like (e.g. kernel version, timer frequency, your DSD bitstream stuffs)
   
7. Submit your settings
   
8. Wait patiently for a email to download your kernel.
   
9. Download the kernel from the link provided by the email
   
10. Upload it to your Snakeoil PC
    
11. Reboot
    
12. Listen, and go back to step 1 and try a different kernel version, or option
    

Note this is my goal, and I'm only 5% complete (Steps 2 to 7 are incomplete). This is the reason why I have added tools to the Snakeoil system, e.g. Nextcloud, mailgun (see some of my previous posts on these).

Sublime's sponsored hardware is for another 10 months or so. Hopefully I can complete all this before the lease is up. And if the sponsorship stops, a lot of this might go away... Right now I think I will need just about AUD$90 a month to keep this up.

Until the sponsorship, incoming is only about $10-$15 a month. So there's a shortfall of $80... And Snakeoil OS Blind Testing (And before) really has the quality/value of $10. As I had to tailor and fit everything so I don't overwhelm the tiny VPS I had (2 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 40GB space).  Right now it can be said we have an injection of Adrenaline (for the next 10 months), and I can really start to fully unleash the power of Snakeoil OS. For the next few months at least.

* Note, this is not a beg for money. Only folks who have donated can see this page, so for the most part normal users are clueless at what Snakeoil can really be like .