[Elecraft] OT Linux for Elecraft K3 use - Which Distribution to use?

[Doug Person]

It's nice to hear some good words about linux.  It's a great operating 
system.  The advances in the user interface in the last few years have 
been very dramatic.  Linux is now easier to use then Windows.  There are 
4 or 5 different interfaces and you can use any or all when ever you 
want. (You just log off, select a different desktop interface and log 
back on).  I prefer ubuntu myself and you can select and install all of 
the popular ham software directly from the free software catalog. The 
installation is all automatic.

I've been working with Windows literally from day one of its first 
version.  Windows always had a lead over linux.  It was more stable and 
easier to use. Now the tables are turned and the reverse is true.  
Windows 7 is pretty good.  Better than any Windows version yet.  But 
linux, especially my favorite - ubuntu, has been on an accelerated 
development curve.  And in the last few releases, it has become a 
stunner.  Its beautiful, stable, logical, easy to get the hang of and 
has just about every kind of software you need - completely free.  You 
can install ubuntu linux right on your Windows machine without changing 
anything permanently.  Its incredibly simple.

I suspect there are a number of linux fans lurking about here.  If you 
have any questions about how to use linux with your K2 or K3, I'll bet 
the answers will come quickly.  I use several of the linux PSK31 
programs and they work great and were a snap to setup and get working.  
I'm always happy to answer questions if anyone wants to try linux needs 
help getting started.

73, Doug -- K0DXV

On 6/2/2011 9:09 AM, Charles wrote:
> On 02/06/11 12:35, Jeff Cochrane wrote:
>> What I want to be able to do is to run a logging program, update&   control
>> my K3 and do other general around the shack work.
> I am currently running Linux Ubuntu 10.10 and CQRLOG on my Acer 5742Z
> laptop in the shack. CQRLOG is fully integrated with the K3 and
> certainly makes DX chasing a lot easier. I recently demonstrated the
> setup at my radio club when my friend John G3BFP (FOC) nabbed a Russian
> op who was in Taiwan on 20m. The antenna was a bit of wire up a nearby
> flagpole. I doubt if we would have found him without the help of CQRLOG.
>
> I have not used Microsoft Windows for the last twelve years and the
> Linux GUI has improved considerably in that time.
>
> The current setup is the best operating system and the best logging
> program that I have experienced and it is all free of cost.
> Never had a virus of any kind since leaving Windows behind :-)
>
> Charles
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