[Ham-Computers] Linux in the ham shack

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Am using Suse 9.2 here and plan to upgrade to 9.3

9.1 was a significant improvement over 9.1 and 9.3 contains several
major improvements for laptops.

I gave up on RedHat a while back when they made some changes to their
business model.

I have heard that Apple, whose rewritten OS is built on UNIX/Linux,
is thinking of porting over to PC hardware.  Since many more drivers
are made available for Apple than Linux due to commercial
considerations, and the anti-Linux/anti-Open Source attitude out there,
it would solve a bunch of hardware incompatibilities.

Just some thoughts ... back to preparing the house for company!

Ken Sprouse / WA3FKG wrote:
> Is  anyone out there using Fedora Core in the ham shack?  I am writing
> this on the main system in my shack which runs SuSe version 9.1
> Professional.  I just loaded Fedora Core 4 on a laptop and I like it a
> lot.  I am debating about switching distributions for use in the shack. 
> So far I don't have any "ham specific" software on the Linux systems.  I
> was using a logging program designed for Windows that had no Linux
> counterpart so I exported the log to an spread sheet and now keep track
> of contacts with Open Office.  If I reach the stage where I have a good
> control program for my scanners under Linux I will be Windows free.
> 

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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e

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