I was overly optimistic and assumed ROCK will support the new NUC I just purchased during the Black Friday / Black November campaign : ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ NUC14RVSU5000R2.
Now I know I made a mistake and learnt the hard way that NUCs are supported until version 13 and there is no trick or workaround to get ROCK installed on 14 yet. Patience is my only hope which will heal my soul 
So my only question is when can I / we expect NUC 14s to get ROCK support ?
Not want you want to hear I know, but Roon never disclose their development roadmap schedule.
If youāre unable to get ROCK up and running on NUC14 with community help, then it will be wait (but donāt hold your breath) or abandon ROCK (for now at least) and switch to a supported Linux OS and then manually install Roon Server.
Iām moving this over to Tinkering so it gets best visibility from the knowledgeable MOCK / Linux crowd.
Another solutionā¦ return it and get a M4 Mac mini
DietPi supports Roon Server and is a good alternative to Roon Rock
And, since DietPi is just a scaled back version of Debian, Roon Server on DietPi is a configuration supported by Roon irrespective of the NUC model (or any other x64 computer) it is installed on.
The only disadvantage (or advantage ?) of DietPi is that updates are offered with a rather high frequency.
Or you can install Windows and Roon. Personally I would go with DietPi and Roon server. If Rock can be installed on a NUC 14 at a later date, you can decide then. I donāt have any personal experience with DietPi, but all the posts Iāve read suggest it works quite well with Roon.
Can vouch for Dietpi for running your server. Used to use Rock but much happier with Dietpi.
Hi Guys,
Iām new here. Iāve had Roon Server running on my Windows machine for the last several days and now that Iāve proven its reliability and superiority to Sonos to myself, I have decided to install Roon on a dedicated machine. I thought I was understanding this all and was ready to buy a NUC and install ROCK - but now Iām reading so much about DietPi. Can someone point me to some instructions as to what that looks like the - the hardware I would need, the installer package I would need and how to do it. Thanks!
There are already several fairly comprehensive threads on Dietpi. On such is:
More information about DietPi and how to install can be found at dietpi.com.
For the download links, for UEFI boot X64 devices (The NUC 14 will default to UEFI boot), go to DietPi - Lightweight justice for your SBC! and select PC/VM and then UEFI boot:
The direct download link is (at time of writing - but likely soon to be changed):
https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_NativePC-UEFI-x86_64-Bookworm_Installer.iso.xz
A link to the installation instructions for UEFI boot PCās can be found at How to install DietPi - DietPi.com Docs
Note: The instructions say that Balena Etcher does not work. In fact, you can use Balena Etcher but you have to decompress the DietPi_NativePC-UEFI-x86_64-Bookworm_Installer.iso.xz and use the DietPi_NativePC-UEFI-x86_64-Bookworm_Installer.iso directly. Balena Etcher does not cope with .xz compressed iso images. Note also that @MichaIng has said that in future, dietpi for x64 images will be supplied as iso images (.iso) rather than compressed iso images (.iso.xz). However, that was a very recent post and it has not happened yet.
If youāre just starting with Roon, I would suggest you start with ROCK. Just make sure you get supported hardware. That way your server will be supported by Roon and if you have problems the Roon staff can help. If you want to use a non-supported configuration at a later date, youāll be more familiar with the software and hardware. If you go with DietPi, Roon staff will not help you with problems.
This is just not true. Roon Server running under Linux is supported by Roon. DietPi is (Debian) Linux. Roon Server under DietPi is supported.
The discussion of DietPi only came about because the OP has already purchased a NUC14 which is not a supported platform for ROCK. Thus, in this context, it is ROCK, not DietPi, that result in an unsupported system.
Additionally, DietPi makes it very easy to setup Roon Server - just run dietpi-software and select Roon Server from the list. Roon server and all of itās dependencies (including ffmpeg which can be a stumbling block for many when starting with ROCK) are installed and you are immediately good to go.
Yes they will its a supported platform.
You guys are both right. I donāt know what I was thinking. I thought this setup would be a MOCK, but itās not and is clearly supported by Roon. My bad.
