On 08/24/2012 06:44 AM, Paul and Sue Huff wrote: > BTW, I know that Linux is a popular operating system for ham radio these days > but I don't really know anything about it. I can certainly try to learn, > however the computer has other uses in the family and so I would need to be > able > to easily switch it back into it's "standard" manufacturers configuration for > my > wife who is even less techie than I am. You can grab a live image, put it on a USB stick and boot from there. This way you can try it out without installing it on your hard drive. You can even keep running it this way permanently but it would run a bit slower than from hard drive.
The two most common distros are Fedora and Ubuntu. Info on the live images can be found from: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Quick_Start_Guide/index.html#Introduction http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install Ubuntu might be a bit user friendlier but Fedora is certainly more customizable. I believe both include hamlib that supports K2, K3/KX3 etc. Jussi Eloranta (AA6KJ) ps. Fedora ham radio guide is at: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Amateur_Radio_Guide/index.html but it is missing important things like cqrlog (which I use with my K3; see www.cqrlog.com). There is also a short intro for ubuntu for hams at http://www.arrl.org/ubuntu-linux-for-hams. Also a ham oriented spin off of ubuntu is available: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/; you might be able to run this off of a usb stick too. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
