It was thought about, and discussed over 4 years ago on this very email list, even before the existence of the 5K was made public: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio@flex-radio.biz/msg13073.html And also prior to the existence of this email list in the forums... Some the forum discussions go clear back to the 2004-2005 time-frame. Search them. While Linux back-ends weren't necessarily specifically talked about, the notion that the "headless" back-ends could be Linux I'm sure was rattling around inside the the heads of those who were involved with those discussions. And purpose built Linux distro's were also being discussed around those same times as well. So these ideas are not new.. Duane N9DG --- On Fri, 9/16/11, Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> wrote:
From: Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows 8 To: "Frank Brickle" <bric...@pobox.com> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Friday, September 16, 2011, 9:50 AM On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Frank Brickle <bric...@pobox.com> wrote: > :-) Well, thanks. > > I suspect Ubuntu may no longer be the distro of choice. Fedora would > be, these days, probably. I couldn't say for sure, having been working > mostly on OS X for a few years now. > > Were some team to develop a Linux-based app for the Flex products, > they'd likely be best off just putting together their *own* distro > based on, say, Fedora. It could run off a live CD or USB stick just > fine. > > The SDR app should be running headless on a separate dedicated host, anyway. What a great idea! I wonder why no one else has thought of it? -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
