I've got two computers at home that I use on a regular basis. Each computer can do certain things more easily than the other, mainly because I use Windows XP on one, and Linux on the other.

I've got a KVM switch that supports a USB keyboard and mouse, VGA video and even stereo audio, but that isn't enough. It doesn't allow me to play ScreamTracker modules in XMMS while working with Windows apps, and it doesn't let me play MIDI files while writing code in Linux.

An easy solution would be to mix the signals from the two computers, but that requires more cables. (and with two computers and a KVM switch, you know that more cables isn't what I need.)

I'd like to see an audio streaming system that replaces the OS's native audio playback methods. Under Linux, this would mean emulating the OSS or ALSA APIs. I don't know enough about Windows to suggest what needs to be done there.

The server should at least support OGG streaming. MP3 and WMA would probably also help.

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