Resonant Frequency

RF Podcast EP 49 Powerful Linux

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RF Podcast EP 49 Powerful Linux
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  • Topic more Linux
    • Linux makes sense
    • It is not hard to work with
    • Has more than one Great Desktop
    • Different flavors of Linux are called Distributions
    • The current focus is to make it more desktop friendly
    • Why
      • You don’t always want to have your ham stuff on your everyday equipment
      • Makes older computers run great
      • Can be run from a thumb drive
      • Live CD’s
      • Freedom
        • Free as in money
        • Open source
        • The other free
        • Modify it if you want
        • Make it yours
        • Share it with your friends
        • If I put it on my wife’s machine she wouldn’t know the difference
        • Best Distributions
          • Linux Mint (Debian Based)
          • Ubuntu (Debian Based)
          • Fedora ( Red Hat Based)
          • Crunch Bang (Now defunct)
          • Probably Not for the Novice
            • Debian but has a huge Amateur Radio Repo
            • Gentoo
            • Arch
            • Read about other Distros and see there top ten list at Distrowatch
            • Amateur Radio
              • All the software is in one place
              • lots of software in the repositories
                • Rig Control
                • Packet
                • Logging
                • Digital Modes software
                • CW Trainers
                • Satellite Software
                • DX Cluster
                • Did an interview with the writer of FLdigi once
                  • Free Soft Ware like FlDigi Linux and Windows
                  • CQRlog
                  • XDX
                  • Drats
                    • Feature Rich D-Star Data
                    • Richards Story Time
                      • Crunch Bang Linux
                      • on a 12 year old laptop
                      • A bunch of computer stuff
                      • Use Linux Mint and take a test drive
                      • I hate Windows
                      • Started on Windows 2.0 before that I was a DOS guy
                      • Check out the Gal in the Heil headset
                      • SEND ME YOUR FEEDBACK!
                      • Brad Sucks Rocks

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