[Ham-Linux] Any current Linux Distros for Ham Radio?

[Rob Frohne]

Hi Jack,

I am using Ubuntu, and prefer that because there seem to be more hams 
(and others) using Ubuntu than more specialized distributions, and that 
makes it easier to find solutions to problems.  Karmic (10.04) finally 
seems to have a working pulseaudio sound system.  They finally included 
jack and the pulse-jack plugin in the main distribution so now you can 
direct audio from most any application into jack and vice versa.  I 
really like that because I play with software defined radios (softrocks 
and the like) and use DttSP and jack to process the audio, which I also 
sometimes forward on to fldigi.  I use hamlib and xlog and a bunch of 
other ham radio applications with good success as well.

There is a Ubuntu hams group that supports ham radio on Ubuntu.

ubuntu-hams at lists.launchpad.net

and the web site:

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams

73,

Rob, KL7NA



On 06/24/2010 09:39 AM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> The ancient digipup seems to work reliably, so I don't see a need to
> trash it just because its more than a week old. I did find an update to
> fldigi dated this week. http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> On 6/23/2010 2:41 PM, Jack wrote:
>    
>> Digipup was great when it came out, but it's not been updated in ages.  I'm wondering if there are any other Linux Distros that include ham radio software you're using that are active.
>>
>> 73,
>> Jack, K6JEB
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