[Ham-Computers] Linux in the ham shack

[Paul]

jeff wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 09:51, Ken Sprouse / WA3FKG wrote:
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>>Is  anyone out there using Fedora Core in the ham shack?  
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>Nope - I use Knoppix/Debian.
>And the faulty OS to control my scanners.
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>>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 
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>ham software tends to lag a bit in the linux dept.  But this isn't all
>that surprising, considering that I see Win 3.1 and 98 at hamfests.
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>There's an actual distribution for hams but I forget where... I believe
>it's built on Knoppix.  If nothing else, it'll be rock-solid.  Google
>will turn it up.  Hamsoft is one key word to search on.
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Check out the linux ham radio utilities and applications page at:

http://radio.linux.org.au/

knoppix AFU for hams can be found at http://www.afu-knoppix.de/

its a German  distro so you'll be faced with the hardship of typing 
'knoppix lang=us' at the boot.

Alternatively, you can get a CD for USD 3.50 from:

http://www.wulfden.org/DiskShop.shtml

In the past I've tried Red Hat (starting at 5) then SuSE, followed by 
debian, but for the past couple of years its been Mandrake.  Its 
installation system (urpmi) I'd rate as on a par with debian's now - if 
not better.