Which Linux? I have Ubuntu on my laptop but when it comes to the question of which Linux it is usually a question of which desktop U/I is your favorite. As for me, I don't like any of the Linux desktops and I primarily use Linux using a terminal window and vi as the editor. Major development work I still do on my Mac and merely move it to the Linux system if that is where it is to be executed. None of my stuff uses a graphic U/I on Linux. It is all under the covers system oriented stuff and primarily for play, not real stuff, or now-and-then, doing work related to my former company and its software that runs on Linux.
Besides, I am liking RPi a lot more and I know what you mean by real estate. Merely having the monitor on the desk top is a hassle so I don't do that. Instead I network into the RPi and use SSH and this gets rid of the keyboard, the mouse, and the display since I am doing this from the iMac or my Macbook Pro. The RPi is running all the time (or, most of the time) with a short little CAT5 cable into my WiFi router Ethernet port (so it is on the same subnet as wireless in the house). I almost never use the desktop U/I with RPi but some day when I get around to it I am thinking of experimenting with client X-Window U/I running on my Mac and served from RPi (of course, the X-Window system reverses the common notion of client/server). Performance on RPi -- well, I bet your HP Win8.1 is a speed demon in comparison to RPi but RPi is not bad if you are NOT running the X Window system and the desktop. 73, phil, K7PEH On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > My problem with the RPi is that it has so many pieces: Keyboard, RPi, Monitor > (and converter to let me use SVGA monitor with it), etc.. So it's too spread > out to use at my operating position *and* do ham radio. > > My $280 HP Win 8.1 machine is small, usable but a bit slow (1 GHz CPU, 2 GB > RAM) but has a 320 GB HDD. I'm thinking of installing a Linux version on that > (making it dual boot). Suggestions of which to install will be appreciated. > First I need to figure out how to make it dual-boot: It didn't come with a > Bootcamp, though for all I know Win 8.1 has one in there somewhere! > > 73, Phil w7ox > > On 3/29/14, 7:47 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> Further on this question... >> >> Has anyone tried out the Linux version of the Elecraft utilities on >> Raspberry Pi? Oh, maybe I can do that if I steal some time from other >> projects. I have never bothered to even look at these Linux version >> utilities to see what dependencies they might have. >> >> My only use of computers in the ham shack is for running the Elecraft >> utilities which I do on my iMac desktop (currently writing on my Macbook Pro >> laptop). A full Apple Mac house here. I did have Windows running on an old >> laptop which I kept for running Eznec only but I have switched over from >> Eznec to NEC4 totally and I am working on doing the graphic work in >> Mathematica -- both of these are on my Mac computers. I still have that old >> windows laptop but now it is an old Linux laptop that is collecting the same >> amount of dust as it did with windows loaded on it (I like Linux but there >> is nothing I can do on Linux I can't do on my Macs). >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Anthony Marriott <paul.marri...@icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am very much the same way - I have an iMac and Macbook Air but recently >>> built a dual boot Win7/Linux box. Originally I went for Win7 since I had >>> had enough of running some Ham aps under VMWare on the mac. Now I find >>> myself mostly in Linux mode for Ham use - I use Elementary OS as my Linux >>> “distro” of choice because I can configure it more to look like OSX. Linux >>> has a lot of Ham support, more than OSX probably, and I can configure >>> fldigi without issue to operate digital. I still have not given up the mac >>> since I am also a photographer, and Photoshop is not available under Linux, >>> so the iMac is still my workhorse photo machine. >>> >>> For an old machine, I’d most certainly try Linux - try eOS, or other Ubuntu >>> distro like Mint. >>> >>> Paul >>> AF5BV >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:21 PM, Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm with Don on this one. I use two Macs, with OS X 10.9.x, for most of my >>>> work -- but both have Windows 7 installed in dual boot configuration, >>>> because Windows has better support for some needs -- like ham radio and >>>> managing my GPS map loads to name two. My workhorse ripping and burning >>>> machine is a 5-year old Dell running Win 7 (was XP) because I can use very >>>> fast optical drives with it and I prefer the software on that platform. >>>> And my ham shack machine is a $280, 10.1" HP running Win 8.1; it does all >>>> the Elecraft support quite well, as well as digital modes. >>>> >>>> But I do have a Raspberry Pi running Linux :-) >>>> >>>> 73, Phil w7ox >>>> >>>> On 3/28/14, 7:05 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >>>>> I have tried Linux. It is just fine for those who have computers that >>>>> are not networked to each other and do not need access to files on other >>>>> computers on a network. Yes, for Linux geeks, it can be made to work, >>>>> but discovering just the right 'tweeks' for Samba can be frustrating. >>>>> >>>>> If all one wants is a computer to do email and surfing the internet, >>>>> Linux is an extremely good no cost solution, but if integration into a >>>>> Windows Network is part of your operation, I suggest that you upgrade to >>>>> Win 7 or Win 8, there are just too many hurdles to leap in that situation >>>>> with Linux. Besides, most ham applications are Windows based, and >>>>> several do not run well under Wine. Getting COM port assignments when >>>>> using Wine has been an exercise in frustration for me, most recently with >>>>> USB adapters. Maybe I am just not "geek enough", but it was frustrating >>>>> and not successful. >>>>> >>>>> Linux may be good (and getting better), but it is not the cure for all >>>>> ills. As I indicated, it is a good, no cost solution for old Win XP >>>>> computers that will be used primarily as standalone computers for email >>>>> and internet surfing. For that I like Linux Mint with the Mate desktop - >>>>> it is quite "windows-like" and can be easily used by users who are >>>>> transitioning from Windows. >>>>> >>>>> I have 8 computers plus a file server on my network that talk to each >>>>> other, all running Win 7, but 2 of them dual boot to Linux Mint for those >>>>> occasional excursions for things that do not work on Windows - but those >>>>> are not mainstream items, they are "sideshows". The workbench computer >>>>> and the ham shack computer are the only 2 with that dual boot >>>>> installation. >>>>> >>>>> 73, >>>>> Don W3FPR >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
