[Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04

[Jim Lowman]

Okay, I said that I'd stop, but...

I have been in software development since before the days of DOS. For fun,
I took a five-course certification in Unix/Linux systems at the local UC 
campus.

It was fun to watch these younger guys struggle, after the instructor told
everyone on the first day of the first class to shell-out to the command 
line
and stay there.  Most of them had never seen a command line.

72/73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 7/10/2012 4:37 PM, Alan Jump wrote:
> All three can do some serious number-crunching. But Linux, especially in
> the command-line mode, is best described as "user-antagonistic". I
> happen to like command-line operation for certain tasks; it's actually
> faster than waiting for a graphic environment to open, especially if I'm
> doing something like network setups or troubleshooting. And I've been
> doing it long enough that I can (and probably have) worked through
> network problems in my sleep. Others aren't as comfortable typing in
> long, arcane strings of commands, options and arguments. For them, there
> are graphics-oriented packages that do the same job.
>
> We now return to our regularly-scheduled forum, already in progress...
> --
> 73 de N5ILN/6
> Alan
>