[Ham-Linux] Native Linux OTWINCFG Equivalent?

[doc at kd4e.com]

We have three people already:

You, me, and n3gxh at arrl.net

Any other cross-platform advocates out there?

I am no good with code any more, never was that good to begin
with, but I am pretty good at breaking ... errr ... testing things.

 > Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, doc at kd4e.com wrote:
>
>> "... whip up a Qt4 app to do it and make it cross-platform"
>>
>> This would still need to be updated - could Scott, or someone
>> there, make the necessary updates - once the app was complete?
>
> That would be the goal, and was my goal when I picked up what somebody
> else wrote with the WxWidgets app and updated it a few years back. Since
> it didn't replace the Windows version, it got dropped as far as updates
> and the Windows-specific version continued on. I'm not blaming Scott, he
> has enough on his plate. If the WxWidgets version had been good enough
> to supplant the Windows-specific config file, it would have, and we
> wouldn't be in this mess now. A Qt4 app could probably pull this trick off.
>
>
>> Do you suppose that is we asked around there might be enough
>> Linux Hams to donate a few bucks each to finance someone to
>> make the time to make this happen?
>>
>> I will donate for sure!
>>
>> How much do you think we'd need to raise to get it done?
>>
>> I despise being forced to do anything in a MS version of
>> windows and have always found it difficult to understand
>> what anyone would write for MS-only when writing a cross-
>> platform app is not significantly more effort.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Methinks the same as you do on this matter. I can't imagine writing for
> one platform these days as it's just a waste of time. Cross-platform is
> the way to go.
>
> For me it's a question of time and priorities. I'd love to see a project
> like this happen but don't have the time to do it myself. I might find
> time to contribute to a team of people, perhaps 2 or 3 others?
>
> I'd be interested in a similar app that could perform the same duties
> for the TT2/TT3/TT4 series (Byonics), since I have the same problem
> there: Trying to find a Windows machine to configure/flash them on when
> I've been avoiding using Windows for the last 19 years. hi hi
>

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