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

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2010 24 Jun 14:24 -0500, richard wrote:
> The one thing you need to decide on is if you have a computer you share with
> someone like the xly who doesn't want her stuff mixed up with yours.
> If thats the case rule out Kubuntu ad ubuntu as these are single user distro,
> cut down .

I don't quite understand the assertion in the last sentence.  The *buntu
distributions are as multiuser as any other, in my experience.  The
difference is that upon installation, the first user account becomes the 
defacto administrator through the use of sudo.  Adding more accounts is 
as easy as selecting System|Administration|Users and Groups.  Admittedly, 
the added accounts won't be adminstrators until added (quite easy with 
the GUI) to that group.

In fact I just created a second user on a test Ubuntu 10.04 system to
verify the above and I am able to switch users and log the newly created
user into its desktop.  Now both users are logged into the sytem and
switching between them is as easy as clicking the "logout" icon at the
righthand of the upper panel (default Ubuntu GNOME position) and 
selecting the other user and providing the password.

IMHO, Ubuntu would be an excellent multi-user system as is any other
full-featured Linux distribution which includes all but the most light 
weight ones out there.

> If you want modern apps look at the three main rpm based distros, Mandriva,
> openSuse and Fedora, thats the free side of redhat which is now commercial.

I've no problem if one prefers an RPM distro over a Deb one, but
asserting that Ubuntu and friends are only single user systems and that
Fedora and friends are multi-user in contrast is not helpful and is 
actually harmful advocacy. 

We should all be rowing the boat in the same direction.  :-)

I might add that I've become involved in the Ubuntu Hams group a bit.
The reason being is that there seems to be some excitement within the
group whereas the Debian hams has become a bit moribund.  Perhaps this
is due to the more inclusive nature of Ubuntu, but I'm not sure.

73, de Nate >>

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