[Ham-Linux] RE: Anyone using . . .

[kd4e]

> Linrad is available for Linux only. It is an SDR package that allows
> reception under heavy QRN+QRM when no other radio will work. It has
> brought many new users to Linux:-)
> 
> The Linrad home page is here:
> http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm
> 
> The usage of Linrad has been growing very slowly because it does not
> run under MS Windows. As a consequence the demand for appropriate
> hardware has grown very slowly so cost efficient solutions do not
> yet exist for people who are unwilling to build their own equipment.
> 
> Leif / SM5BSZ

If Linrad were to be packaged with a tiny and simple
Linux distro like Puppy Linux I believe it could be
widely distributed to Hams.

Puppy will load and run from CD, zip, cf card, usb stick, etc.

It loads on any PC, does not disturb the MS Windows settings,
and cleans up after itself when the PC has been rebooted.

Such a combo would allow Hams to experiment with Linrad
without disturbing their existing MS Windows setup.

Once they've tried Puppy Linux they will realize that they
don't really need MS Windows for 99% of what they do.  ;-)

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