Linux Powers Wireless Mesh Music System

An anonymous reader writes "A startup has created a unique Linux-based home music distribution system based on secure peer-to-peer wireless mesh networking technology. The system can route the same or different songs, sourced from any connected computer, to as many as 30 audio output devices simultaneously. Sonos is showcasing its technology this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas."

Comments

Hmmm?

[Gentlewhisper]

Does this build itself on the fact that..

1) More and more homes are getting wireless networks
2) Many of these meshes actually overlap?

I foresee a new internet of the future! One that runs on top of our existing home networking kits! The One True Internets!

Multiple Remotes

[Punboy]

In order for this to work for me, I would need the ability to have multiple remotes on the system and be able to limit each remote to a specific room and/or set of rooms. This way, parents can control their rooms, and kids can control their's. Also, what would be nice is if two remotes are in the same room, one of them would take control and the other couldn't (for example if a kid and parent are in the same room, the parent would take control). Any idea if this is possible with Sonos?