[Elecraft] K3: Using Linux - OT

[Mike Markowski]

Regarding networking linux and Windows, it's not an issue these days. 
At work our lab has a network of gear from Keysight, Tektronix, and 
Rohde & Schwarz, as well as Windows and linux computers.  Absolutely no 
issues and none of us are IT guys.  We managed - thank you, Google! - to 
set up one machine as dhcp server, ntp server and file server.  Another 
runs an ubuntu mirror since our lab must remain off the internet.

We record and edit signals with Keysight software on Windows, automate 
tests in python on linux, and run Matlab on both OSes.  A web server for 
the lab makes data accessible throughout.  We find that Windows is good 
for 'canned' software when you need to run commercial stuff.  When you 
need to do custom work linux is the way to go.  To format higher 
mathematics use LaTeX on either OS.

Bringing this back to ham radio, I think OS can be chosen along similar 
lines.  Mix and match what you need with whatever OS supports it.  Our 
lab is proof that it's not hard anymore.

73,
Mike ab3ap