we have been talking to a few people via PM, but we welcome more suggestions… we hate “RoonSpeakers”. Here is what we are thinking:
RAAT is the network protocol, and not something that non-technical users should concern themselves with
Roon Ready is our program that tells people who buy hardware that the device is both capable of speaking with Roon and that it will do the best thing possible by Roon’s standards and the manufacturer’s standards.
There is a software implementation of RAAT on top of CoreAudio/WASAPI/ALSA/Android/iOS that needs a name. The protocol is still RAAT and the zones will still be “Zone” inside Roon. We just need a name for the software installer + packaging. RoonZone is not bad, but this software could name multiple zones if you have multiple devices hooked up to a PC/Mac/tablet/phone.
This item #3 is what we need a name for – a name better than RoonSpeakers.
How about “Roonable”, short for Roon Able meaning that the software enables a device to function as a Roon capable endpoint? I could then have a Roonable NAA or Roonable DAC, etc. It would also be the corollary to Roon Ready which means the device is already enabled rather than something I as user enable?
Seems like it is an implementation detail. The zones used to be private, they no longer are, fine, you removed an unreasonable limitation, congrats, but that doesn’t need a name.
You had an implementation problem on Linux, fixed it, congrats but…
Ok, when you install Roonspeakers alone on a machine, you do need describe it. But is it a name? Is it a thing?
Maybe it is a deployment option. You go to install Roon on a computer. Which configuration?
Full system: core with database, user interface, device output
Headless server: core with database, device output
One reason why names are important is that as new users join the Roon Community, they often don’t understand that although the end result is a wonderfully integrated solution, that solution can involve the installation of different parts on different systems, each doing its own thing. By giving each part a name, it becomes easier to understand what someone means by referring to any one piece. Obviously naming each piece in a way that identifies what it does is helpful, but, for example, when Roon Remote first came out I thought it was the software for my ipad acting as a remote control device, which was’t what Roon meant with their definition of Roon Remote.
