Play music from laptop over WiFi to existing audio system: how?


I want to play music from my laptop to my existing stereo system over WiFi instead of a USB cable. I find plenty of systems designed to stream music from the Internet but I'm not interested in that. I want to play the music from my laptop. I also find plenty of USB DAC's but I don't want to have a USB cable. I also don't favor Bluetooth because WiFi offers my bandwidth and options.
I looked at the Yamaha MusicCast WXC-50 and while I see that it can access files over the network using NFS (my preferred network file share protocol), it appears that in this case the laptop act as be a passive storage device. I am hoping instead to use the music player on my laptop to send music to my DAC/preamp as if it were connected by USB cable. But, of course, I want to do this wirelessly.
Is there a solution similar to what I am looking for?
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@jondThanks for the mention of AURALiC. I am not familiar with them or Bluesound. It does look like a couple AURALiC products have the features I was seeking:
AURALiC ARIES G2 Wireless Streaming Transporter
AURALiC Aries Wireless Streaming Bridge

In particular, I would like the device to have a USB output that can be connected to the USB input of my DAC. However, since I am already happy with my DAC and all I am seeking is to replace the USB cable with WiFi, I don't understand what value the AURALiC products add that makes them worth several thousand dollars. There are $50 Bluetooth music receivers that support the aptX low latency protocol. Something like that would almost be sufficient, it seems, except they only offer RCA outputs and I would prefer WiFi instead of Bluetooth.

It seems that there should be a range of products in between these low end Bluetooth music receivers and the AURALiC Wireless Streaming products. The AURALiC products cost more than my DAC and I'm happy with my DAC. Apparently I do not understand the value-add of these products.
Check their web site. I believe it is available on linux.

You have to run plex server to host a library. Plex app or plex.tv in browser accesses Plex. With any home computer you can run both on same linux host and do usb digital or analog out from there. Or you can run plex app on any supported device and connect that to the server.
@mapman thanks for the tips about Plex. I see that the Plex server is available for Linux. Plex does look interesting and I will look into it further; but I cannot see how it solves my present problem. I still need a wireless connection to my DAC. The problem I have is where you said:
Connect digital out to dac

I am presently doing that with a 30 foot long USB cable and I wish to make the connection wireless. With Plex, I still have to do that -- or I could set up a small Windows NUC at my DAC and run the Plex player on it, but that's not the kind of elegant solution I'm looking for. It adds yet one more computing device that I have to maintain into my system. I like my present system and I mainly wish to replace a 30 foot long USB cable with a wireless connection.
I use an Ultra Rendu and a Schitt DAC with ROON software. The Ultra Rendu needs wired (CAT x) connection. But... I can use any computer on my network (wired or wireless) including my iPad or iPhone, to play music. 
Audio engine maybe others sell wireless dac. Easy solution is put plex app on a tablet or similar device with WiFi near hifi and connect that to hifi. Then use a separate phone with plex app also as a WiFi remote controller. You have to connect something physically to the hifi unless it has built in streaming.