Bang & Olufsen: Mozart API

How can I get a response from my device via the Mozart API? 
Use curl along these lines:

curl --request GET \
  --url http://192.168.*.*:80/api/v1/setup/remotes \
  --header 'Accept: application/json'

Let the asterisks be the IP-address on your LAN. 

How can I get the IP of my device?

In the B&O app go to "Settings" > "About" > "IP-address"

Where is the API?

Here is the API: https://bang-olufsen.github.io/operations/get-presets

The BeoNetRemote API
You could also try the BeoNetRemote platform, that works with devices such as "Contour" and "Beosound 2": https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/1053298/T1LTe4Lt#0ea7e41f-9b15-4be7-8560-5fdae05754ee

Github Desktop on Ubuntu

 Some recipees are overcomplicated. This one works just fine:

https://itsfoss.com/install-github-desktop-ubuntu/ 

Bang & Olufsen: Multiroom

What works:

• Run Tidal / Music / Radio etc. on your TV - on the remote choose one of the options under "Music" (not "Watch TV")
• Hold down the "start" key till you hear a beep on other multiroom devices.
• Now you'll hear the music on these devices.

TV does not work - a workaround

• You cannot hear the sounds from the TV
• However there is a workaround: Watch TV on the internet on a PC or similar. Share the sound via the PC to the TV (or one of the other multiroom devices)
• Hold down the "start" key till you hear a beep on other multiroom devices.
• Now you'll hear the music on these devices.

Minisforum A1 X1

Bye Windows. Hello dear Ubuntu!
Installed Ubuntu and ditched Windows completely. 

The installation was easy, however on one of the first boots Bluetooth was not detected. The day after it worked, somehow ... The rest is moving data from my nine year old Ubuntu Server to Minisforum.

Minisforum came with Windows preinstalled. I opened Windows just to have a sneak peak, but I'm not a Windows fan. The installations is a nightmare. Spyware and payed solutions all over the place. During installation I dropped the Windows option, and installed Ubuntu on the system. Nope, Windows is not for me at all. 

Boot Disk
I bought a usb-stick and formatted it on my work-Mac.

 Recipe: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#1-overview 

The usb-sticl was FAT32 formatted, so the only thing to do was to burn the Ubuntu-iso. Here I followed the recipe above, downloaded Etcher and booted from the stick.

How to boot from the install disk
Press F7 several times during boot. Now you'll get the option to try or install Ubuntu. I tried and ran the install.

Ubuntu - htop

Now what's system-wise. Everything seems to be up and running. No swap used here and now, however the only thing running is music via Tidal in a chrome-browser and a terminal. 

Ubuntu: todo

• Update backup on old system
• cp backup to Minisforum "Valhalla"
• Tidal - run it from app rather than browser ... how?
• Install stuff like "Oh my zsh"
• Buy new keyboard and mouse
• Mount on the back of a monitor or movable system?

I'll probably just use the system as is - and install whatever is missing along the way. After a month or so I'll probably have a system with whatever I use. 

Verdict so far
Ubuntu more or less ran out of the box.