Absolutely Paul Guys, I've been running my SDR 1000 since early 2005 without problem. In that time the only real concern I've had was with latency in the monitoring circuit. It's gone now. The guys at Flex will take care of business.
(Abandon the windows operating system? Don't kid yourself. That isn't going to happen as long as windows is number 1 and in more houses than any software in the world) It doesn't matter to me one way or another what programming language or software they use to make my radio work. What matters to me is that it works and works right. Isn't that the most important thing here? I'm going to relax, enjoy and let these guys worry about the fine print. I have to get my words in everyday. 73 De n5ifi <<How about an answer as to why..........> Based on what is said, and my professional background, here is my take of "why".... Correctly implemented, the original development environment used is indivisible to the end user. Windows users will see it as a Windows application. Don't get lost in the technical details. Using Linux for development provides a number of advantages for the developer which is not available in Windows development environments. These include an operating systems which is completely visible (at all levels) to the programmers. This allows the development team to focus on the technology they are developing without having to do troubleshooting battle with a non-visible underlining OS. Often when developing real-time software, or any unusual application, one uncovers previously unknown problems in the OS code. If the OS code isn't completely visible you end up spending far more time trying to "prove" it's the OS problem instead of "your" code. It is far easier in more simple systems such as Linux -- particularly when you can open the source code and review what's really happening. In addition, there seems to be, in my view, a larger number of open source programmers working in the Linux environment than in Windows. This is, in my opinion, part of the open source cultural's view of open source being a "Us againt Microsoft". This leads to more successful Linux open source programs than open source Windows. Again, porting allows everyone to benefit in the end. In the end, hard-core highly technical programmers like Linux better so they'll be far more productive there. Once your code is proven, it is easier to identify OS problems during the port. This is particularly true now that there is such a large selection of available software tools to help do the ports. -p Re: [Flexradio] So, the new PowerSDR is moving to Linux? icstars Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:27:40 -0800 How about an answer as to why.......... Owen KB5XE >>>> **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) _______________________________________________ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
