Instead of wrestling with the Mac, I would go with either an Intel NUC or a Gigabyte Brix. If you really do need TOSLINK, there are a number of cheap, well supported USB audio devices (like this one: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016).
I used to use that USB audio device with an Alix for MPD. I did not use the TOSLINK since I needed the analogue out. I always carry that USB card with me, we can test it out at the next meeting. On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Lewko, Robert <lew...@uleth.ca> wrote: > Does anyone have experience with running Linux on a Mac Mini? What I want > to determine before I look for one is if the toslink output is supported > by the Linux drivers and what the device name is under Linux. > > I am reasonably sure that the answer to the first question is yes since > the hardware is mature. > > The reason that I want to know what the device name is for the toslink > device is that I want to run MPD (Music Player Daemon) on this computer > and this info is needed to configure this daemon. > > Thanks in advance. > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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