[Ares-races] Windows + Experience = Bad

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:44:54 -0500

Just a quick comment to this excellent discussion that has gotten me 
to dig out and connect MY packet gear...

Windows is generally to unstable (prone to crash) and is subject to 
assault by virus files of many kinds, making it unsuitable for any 
mission-critical use. Unix and it's free variant, Linux are really 
the only way to go if you want a computer that keeps running at all 
times.

That's why NASA uses Linux on all of the laptops on the space shuttle 
and in the International Space Station. That's why the United States 
Postal Service uses Linux on the mail sorting machines and that's why 
IBM now runs Linux on their mainframes,

Anyone who works with system that must not crash ever knows the power 
of Linux. Linux does not crash - but it is a little hard to learn 
compared to Windows.

For Packet work, the nice thing about Linux is that there are ample 
DOS emulators that run on top of linux. You can run AREAS DOS 
programs on Linux. That means you won't be sitting there waiting for 
your computer to reboot while messages pile up.

Most ham radio operators will be able to learn the basics of Linux in 
about a week. There are several "flavors" of Linux, and the one I'd 
suggest if you want to learn it is "Mandrake" linux. You can buy the 
CD in a store just about anywhere. You can also ger Red Hat Linux 
packages.

Also, Apple's new OS X (pronounced Oh Ess Ten) is based on type of 
Unix, and it to does not crash and is not prone to catching viruses. 
You CAN run DOS and Windows programs on a Mac with the addition of a 
program called Virtual PC.

Just some thoughts on the subject.

Marty
KC2CXH
Bucks County, PA

At 6:03 PM -0500 3/9/02, JOE wrote:
>Yes, this is the software that I was talking about.  The program at 
>http://www.qsl.net/ares_d24/techtalk.html is the Version 3.0 of this 
>program, but is a DOS program.  I wish that it had been updated to a 
>Windows version.
>
>BTW, this web site is for the Colorado ARES District 24 
>organization.  It has some really nice stuff listed, such as 
>procedures, forms, etc.  It's worth taking a look at.
>
>73, Joe, K1ike
>
>
>
>At 11:28 AM 3/9/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>Google brought up lots of hits on this.  I'm gonna have to get a copy of it
>>and look at it.  Sounds interesting.
>>
>>http://www.nmt.edu/sar/Software/software.html
>>
>>http://www.varpa.bc.ca/files/ARESPACK/
>>
>>http://www.qsl.net/ares_d24/techtalk.html
>
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Martin T. Focazio
KC2CXH
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania