Or stick my head in the fire also. Not quite that gullible ;) Fedora 17 looks v-good, The latest linux is much more GUI orientated and user friendly than years ago. Everyone seems to pick up Ubuntu, but the latest fedora is very good. CLI knowledge is very beneficial, also with windows. When your PC system goes down, that knowledge can save you.
The worst thing about windows is the virus and malware attacks. I use Microsoft Security Essentials (free) and find it very good rather than paying virus upgrade subscriptions for systems that tend to slow down PC performance. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows/products/security-essentials I also use windows 7 and xp on the laptop as well. You don't see many companies support the range of OS available like Elecraft do. Maybe getting OT this thread, but hey we all use computers now in ham radio even if occasionally. Adrian ... vk4tux -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nate Bargmann Sent: Sunday, 8 July 2012 11:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04 * On 2012 07 Jul 16:38 -0500, Adrian wrote: > I am very naughty here and run as root all the time now in fedora 17 > (started on centOS 5 and fedora 10), so permissions are not an issue. > > Have been doing that for 6 years and yet to have an issue. Until someone tells you to: cd / rm -rf * Have a nice day! ;-) 73, de Nate, N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
