Easier way to install Roon (Remote) on Linux: Bottles!

Tinkering
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I always use Arch or Arch based distros BTW. Roon Bridge’s behavior is expected since it uses ALSA.

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Yes, even after you stop playing over roonbridge you have no linux sound. Does roonbridge release the device after some time?

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No GUI last time I checked.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EARLY ACCESS USERS (and future stable client): You need to install .NET 10!
Instructions:

  1. Open Bottles.
  2. Select your Roon bottle.
  3. Under “Options,” click “Dependencies.”
  4. Look for “dotnetcoredesktop10” and click download button.
  5. Wait for it to install and you’re done!
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UPDATE: New installations don’t need to follow this as the PR has been merged to add .NET 10 by default. This only applies to existing installations.

Options for running Roon on Wine / Fedora 43
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I had the washed out effect on Wayland on Fedora 43. Roon was installed in a bottle via Ropiee’s script from github. The Wine versions on Fedora all produced the washed out window behavior.

I’ve just installed Roon per the instructions in this thread using Bottles and it works as expected without the washed out windows.

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Only part I don’t get is adding the desktop entry. It opens a little window with the Roon icon. I can’t click anything and it doesn’t add anything on the desktop. What am I missing?

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Just hit enter

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Thanks! Roon is now in my application launcher.