I am in the process of upgrading my XP computers to Win7 in anticipation
of the April 2014 "drop dead date". With a home network of 8 computers
and a NAS fileserver, it is not an overnight task. All computers must
talk to each other on the network.
I will end up with a couple of the computers running some version of
Linux to save the cost of additional copies of Win7 OS, and I am glad to
report that after 3 years of aborted attempts, I have finally found a
workable configuration file for Samba that will allow a Linux computer
to work on my home network.
BTW, I have been recommending the use of Spectrogram for the Dial
Calibration and filter alignment of the K2 (and K1), and am happy to
report that it will run just fine under the most recent version of Wine.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/20/2013 12:03 AM, Rick Bates wrote:
I would NOT suggest using XP anymore. Software companies will no longer
offer their support when Microsoft drops it next April (2014). If the
software of your choice works, you win. If it doesn't, you're on your own.
Win7 is stable, usable and is supported. It is also fairly familiar (except
some folders are in different places per Microsoft [apparent] upgrade
policy).
And after a couple days exposure to Win8 - the interface SUX! It's the new
Vista. Avoid it like the plague until they fix it. Nothing is where it
should be.
______________________________________________________________
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
