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January 16, 2018LHS Episode #203: Choosing Your Linux Distribution
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[audio:https://bsmarchive.info/lhs/mp3/lhs204.mp3]
Segment 1 (Main Topic)
Choosing the Right Distribution for Your Ham Shack
Application Availability
Hardware Support
Ease of Installation
GUI
Security & Updates
Popular Distributions to Consider
Debian - 4.5
Solus - 2.5
TrueOS - 3.5
Ubuntu 16.04 - 3.5
ElementaryOS (Loki/Luna) - 3.8
ElementaryOS (Dev) - 4.0
Gentoo - 2.1
Ubuntu 16.10 - 4.3
Antergos - 2.6
Fedora 25 - 4.6
Manjaro - 3.4
ZorinOS - 0.0
Bodhi - 3.6
Rebellin - 4.5
Deepin - 4.8
GeckoLinux - 4.0
Segment 2 (Listener Feedback & Announcements)
Announcement from Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs, G7VRI
OggCamp is a 2 day unconference celebrating all things permissively licensed (F/LOSS, CC, Open Hardware etc), digital rights and collaboratively built. On its 9th year, in Sheffield, UK on the 18th and 19th August. Pay-what-you-want-including-free tickets from OggCamp.org.
Comment from Daniel, N9MUF
Comment from Johnny, N4JEK
Comment from Pete
Comment from John
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1 hr 14 min
January 16, 2018 LHS Episode #203: Choosing Your Linux Distribution
In Episode #203 of Linux in the Ham Shack, your hosts take a deep dive into the factors you should consider when choosing a Linux distribution that suits you. These …
1 hr 14 min
January 12, 2018LHS Episode #202: The Weekender
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Cheryl’s Recipe Corner
Homemade Pizza Rolls
Ingredients
4 cups shredded pizza cheese blend or part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 pound bulk Italian sausage, cooked and drained
2 packages (3 ounces each) sliced pepperoni, chopped
1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
1 medium sweet red pepper, finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 jars (14 ounces each) pizza sauce
32 egg roll wrappers
Oil for frying
Additional pizza sauce for dipping, warmed, optional
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the cheese, sausage, pepperoni, peppers and onion. Stir in pizza sauce until combined. Place about 1/4 cup filling in the center of each egg roll wrapper. Fold bottom corner over filling; fold sides toward center over filling. Moisten remaining corner with water and roll up tightly to seal. In an electric skillet, heat 1 in. of oil to 375°. Fry pizza rolls for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve with additional pizza sauce if desired. Yield: 32 rolls. Also good with leftover rotisserie chicken, provolone, buffalo sauce with blue cheese dipping sauce. These freeze well! Suggested to assemble then freeze “raw”… not sure how they would freeze pre-cooked.
Russ’s Drink Corner
Highland Park Dark Origins
ABV: 46.8% (93.6 Proof)
Region: Island
Color: Dark honey caramel (likely colored)
Nose: Milk chocolate, toffee, butterscotch, dried cherry
Taste: Toffee, vanilla, rich chocolate, dried fruit, dark cherry, cirtus zest, smoke
Cost: $75-$90 (750ml)
Rating: 93
LHS Weekend Challenge
Make 10 JT-65 contacts (not FT-8) and use WSJT-X on Linux to do it. Bonus “points” if one of those contacts is with an LHS host.
LHS Shop Talk
On the YouTube channel. Check it out if you get a chance. There is actual ham radio, open source content there!
Things to Do in Amateur Radio This Weekend
North American QSO Party CW runs from Saturday at 1800z to Sunday at 0559z. This is a low power contest, meaning the maximum power you can operate and qualify for a class is 100 watts. The exchange is simple, just your name and state/province. If CW isn’t your game, checkout this one when they do the SSB or RTTY modes.
NI6IW will be the callsign for the USS Midway Museum Ship Special Event: Desert Storm Kickoff on Saturday from 1700z to 2359z.
K2BSA/6 will be active on Saturday during daylight hours at Polar Camp in Idlywild, CA.
Announcements
If you have a contest, special event station, hamfest, or something you’d like us to mention in this section, send us feedback.
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41 min
January 12, 2018 LHS Episode #202: The Weekender
Welcome to the first edition of LHS "The Weekender." We will be recording these every other Thursday night. They are a round-table done on Mumble wherein we talk about stuff …
41 min
January 09, 2018LHS Episode #201: It’s Alive!
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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)
We’re Back!
Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)
ARRL Board Transparency
Sources:
https://lhs.fyi/5a (My ARRL Voice)
https://lhs.fyi/5b (Petition)
Additional Info:
By-Laws Changes: https://lhs.fyi/5c (Google Docs)
NE4RD Amateur Radio Updates
K5TUX Amateur Radio Updates
Segment 3 (Open Source)
We Need Open Source CPUs
Source: https://lhs.fyi/57 (ZDNet)
Lindows Has Been Resurrected
Source: https://lhs.fyi/58 (FOSSBytes)
Additional Info:
https://lhs.fyi/freespire (Freespire)
https://lhs.fyi/linspire (Linspire)
Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)
SDR Touch
Source: https://lhs.fyi/59 (Google Play)
Additional Info:
Running on OnePlus3: https://lhs.fyi/5d (Google Photos)
mhuxd
Source: https://lhs.fyi/mhuxd (dj5qv.de)
Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)
Facebook
Misha LeBlanc
Kolby McKinney
Adam Kimbrough
Sean Cunningham
Google+
Dror Kobi
Jay Bird
Twitter
@armydad451
@ham_garlic
@kdavec
@SitalDaylong
@FieldRadioPod
@Georgharoldnep
@AspidistraVE2
@EgebergPhilip
@dcummingskg7dro
@jakeboaz
@BroomyDrive
@rocktech33
@KA5KVF
@kd4wov
@G7UHN
@RLStoner
@Kimbroughski
@Mikie140
@7Z1AL
@dugbofj62
@radiocarsigns
@LightFighter_SC
@scanner_school
@Stepnjump1
@kmacy1966
@SilahtarliHABiP
@crocosmia007
@SkunkHam
YouTube
Ryan Kingsbury
Don Biederman
Carlen Cagle
Tom Cain
Dave Thurston
Mailing List
Rick Bennett
Adam Kimbrough
Mike Darrol
Larry Jones
Michael Combs
Scott Mayes
Russell Mayes
Dwight Myers
Raymond Van Syckle
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53 min
January 09, 2018 LHS Episode #201: It’s Alive!
Welcome back to Linux in the Ham Shack! We have been on a three-month hiatus but we're back. The show is bigger and better than ever. We're packing in more …
53 min
December 15, 2017BSD in the Ham Shack Episode 1
History of the BSDs on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Early FreeBSD by Rodney Grimes from BSDCan 2016
https://www.bsdcan.org/2016/schedule/events/774.en.html
The Main Flavors of BSD
https://www.freebsd.org
https://netbsd.org
https://www.openbsd.org
https://openbsdjumpstart.org
Other Flavors of BSD
https://www.dragonflybsd.org
https://www.trueos.org
https://www.ghostbsd.org
https://www.midnightbsd.org
https://www.desktopbsd.net
https://www.mirbsd.org
https://www.freesbie.org
Ham Radio on FreeBSD
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Hamradio%20On%20FreeBSD
BSDTalk Podcast with Will Backman, KC1FHQ
https://bsdtalk.blogspot.com
BSDNow Podcast
https://www.bsdnow.tv
Amateur Radio and BSD, Article by Diane Bruce, VA3DB
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HAMradioBruce.pdf
OpenBSD and FBI Backdoor Allegations, Jason Wright, AI4JW
https://gcn.com/articles/2010/12/15/openbsd-backdoors-fbi.aspx
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129244045916861&w=2
Amateur Radio and SDR, Aaron Poffenberger, KG5DQJ
https://www.bsdcan.org/2016/schedule/events/696.en.html
Walnut Creek Freeware and Shareware CD-Roms
https://archive.org/details/walnutcreekcdrom
Ham Radio Horizons Magazine
https://archive.org/details/hamradiohorizons
David Larsen, KK4WW, Sells His Apple 1
https://www.cnet.com/news/auction-apple-1-steve-jobs-autograph
https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/1359400
https://bugbookmuseum.blogspot.com/2017/08/charitybuzz-auction-of-my-schoolsky.html
https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/kk4ww
YouTube Downloaders
https://www.unixmen.com/install-use-gui-version-youtube-dl-video-downloader-tool
https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui
50 min
December 15, 2017 BSD in the Ham Shack Episode 1
Our good buddy and co-host-on-hiatus Rich, KD0RG, is supplementing our vacation with some content for your ear holes! This is the first installment of his series, BSD in the Ham …
50 min
October 09, 2017 LHS Episode #200: We Made It
Episode 200
Welcome to Episode #200 of Linux in the Ham Shack. We’ve come a long way in the last nine years but thanks to all of our listeners and supporters, we …
1 hr 50 min
October 09, 2017 LHS Episode #200: We Made It
Welcome to Episode #200 of Linux in the Ham Shack. We've come a long way in the last nine years but thanks to all of our listeners and supporters, we …
1 hr 50 min