[Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version

[Fred Jensen]

I've migrated through several OS worlds over the decades.  IBM's 
universe had a significant amount of acronyms that required careful 
tongue maneuvers to pronounce ... "DASD" was one of the easiest, as was 
"ISAM" ["Incredibly Slow Access Method"].  EB-se-dick, a little harder.  
Eventually, Unix became essential and I grep-ped and glob-bed, and 
struggled with regular expressions about as much as I had to with 
partial differential equations.  When I retired, I decided to learn how 
to read Russian with all the free time I was going to have.  Russian was 
much easier than Unix.  The free time never materialized.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 6/11/2018 9:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> If you are not good at deciphering cryptic messages with geek words, 
> don't use Linux.
> I do wish it were better, but Linux seems to be steeped in "geekdom 
> language" - if you are not educated in the language, you do not 
> deserve to be part of our culture.
> Until Linux produces plain text language for errors and such messages, 
> it will not be a major player in the computer operating systems.
> Windows has its share of cryptic messages, but at least it is in plain 
> text and does not often refer to "gobbledygook" that is only 
> understood by Windows geeks.
> I have tried Linux and have been stiffed by questions to the forums 
> saying essentially "if you don't understand the language, go away".
> I am not a computer dummy - I understand DOS, but the Linux language 
> is a thing unto itself.
> Ubuntu and Linux Mint have reduced the Linux install process 
> difficulty, but have not tackled the cryptic messages that can result.
> If you only want to do only email and web surfing, then Linux can work 
> well for you, but anything else can be daunting with cryptic requests 
> to enter a nonsensical string of commands for "who knows what results" 
> and be shamed by the forum geeks who blame you for not understanding 
> the language.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR