[Heathkit] virus

[Jim Shorney]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:42:13 -0500, Bill Kuhn wrote:

>You should think first. Yes, I've built and used Debian, Ubuntu, and
>Redhat servers and desktops.
>
>All were a pain in the a$$ to set up and configure

Indeed, a there has been a lot of that over the years. I was pleasantly
surprised when I installed last year's version of Kubuntu on a Tyan Tiger dual
Athlon 2800+ box. I was prepared for the worst with Tyan being a bit more
esoteric than your usual klone hardware, but it went on with minimal fuss. Even
when I dropped in a WiFi card after the fact, I was prepared for much wailing
and gnashing of teeth because wireless setup has always involved many
four-letter incantations and jumping through hoops. Even that was virtually
painless. The latest Xastir compiled and ran like a dream.

Granted, the computer has only been used once a year since as an APRS demo box
at a hamfest, but it's been trouble free. Even after sitting for a year and
having parts swapped out of it to troubleshoot another box... :)

If I had 144.39 crystals for that old Heathkit 2-Meter rig, I would put it on
the air "Powered by Heath".

Similar story when I installed Kubuntu on a dual-boot IBM 6850 dual Xeon. I
just didn't have time to follow the learning curve to set it up as a server
before I had to actually use it as a server when I needed storage space RIGHT
NOW, so it sits in a corner running XP Pro. Waste of computer horsepower...
I'll get a round tuit someday. Eventually I will set up a FreeNAS box, just
haven't fleshed the plan out yet.

I haven't migrated completely to Linux due to software concerns. Before I got
banished to Windows XP hell, I was an OS/2 power user. Microsoft has yet to
impress me, and I don't like having a big target virtually painted on my
computer.

73

-Jim
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