I use my comoputer mostly for ham radio applications. I would cross over to Linux in a NY minute IF it there were applications for: Telnet dx spotting Comprehensive logging program with telnet, rotor control, contesting....etc. PowerSDR Mapping...similar to DX Atlas
I like having all these features interact with each other. If this was available in Linux without the crazy usual windows bog downs it would be a no brainer for me to switch. Greg AB7R -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of KD5NWA Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:33 PM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Linux, any chance of a knoppix like setup? Frank Brickle wrote: > Ken -- > > The stuff has to be finished and shrink-wrapped first. The > hardware dependencies aren't big problems. > > The basic issue is that the Linux development has been getting > little more than crumbs. Brilliant crumbs, to be sure, like John > Melton, Edson Pereira, and Bob Cowdery. Crumbs nonetheless. > > Every time it's looked like proper attention could be paid to > really finishing the Linux version (read: I've stamped my feet and > thrown a tantrum), one fire or another has sprung up on the > Windows side which drained away any of the available "official" > resources that could be devoted to Linux. This situation is likely > to continue unless there is at least *some* demand on the part of > users or potential users for a quality Linux product. > > One of my New Year's resolutions (actually went into effect a few > months ago) was to do nothing on the Flex front that wasn't > directly applicaMble first and immediately to the new software > design under Linux. In part this is because none of the really > interesting pending SDR features (like co-channel interference > removal or comprehensive automatic signal classification) is worth > even thinking about under the current design, or under Windows in > general for that matter. Vista only makes it worse. > > If people want a consumer-oriented Linux version, there has to be > a groundswell of popular support for it. Otherwise the individual > Linux developers are going to continue to write to suit > themselves, and that development is, for now, aimed almost > exclusively at experimenters. > > 73 and Happy New Year > Frank > AB2KT > I would like to add my voice to the groundswell of demand for a Linux version. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com "Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger!" Don Seglio Batuna _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
