Yup, you need to use a password to sign in first. By default, Windows 11 will use Windows Hello or a PIN, and the password option will not have been set up. You will also find that you won’t be able to access shared folders over the network on a Windows 11 system unless the password option has been invoked.
Exactly, I had Roon on a NUC running Plex and LMS simultaneously using Debian Linux. No need for branded hardware.
You should be able to get windows for a lot less and Microsoft’s AV does a fine job so thats one (little) less to spend. I’d look for a 2nd hand unit all ready to go.
Don’t waste your money on a nucleus or titan. In a couple of years the motherboard will fail like mine did and then be told that it can’t be repaired.
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I wish you hadn’t showed me that, there are several refurbished ones on Amazon UK for around £100. And now I’m tempted!
I bought this in preparation to retire an older Mac Mini. Because I wanted to use Linux I checked for reviews on it, and found a Linux site that had run tests and found it good.
It was just an experiment to try ROCK on it, and happily it worked really well. Perfectly in fact, so I carried on with it.
I’ve moved away from the Roon platform these days, but if I return that’s what I’ll use.
Yep, I hear you. My Nucleus+ recently died and I need to move quickly. I took the gamble and bought a Asus 13 i5 to use as a core. The setup was straight forward and everything works fine. The added bonus is that the sound quality is so much better now than with the NUC7i7 that’s in the Nucleus+. And not by a small margin. I fully expected one NUC to sound like another, but they obviously don’t ! It’s nice to have a win sometimes.
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