I haven't tried raspberry pie yet, so can't comment. After trying many Linux distros I finally ended with Elementary OS
I too understand the real estate issue. The plan was to sell the iMac and stick with the Linux/win7 desktop. Well, it didn't happen! Now I use both and my ham shack is full of radios computers and half built stuff. Typical HAM! Paul AF5BV Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2014, at 11:49, Phil Hystad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Which Linux? > > I have Ubuntu on my laptop but when it comes to the question of which Linux > it is usually a question of which desktop U/I is your favorite. As for me, I > don't like any of the Linux desktops and I primarily use Linux using a > terminal window and vi as the editor. Major development work I still do on > my Mac and merely move it to the Linux system if that is where it is to be > executed. None of my stuff uses a graphic U/I on Linux. It is all under the > covers system oriented stuff and primarily for play, not real stuff, or > now-and-then, doing work related to my former company and its software that > runs on Linux. > > Besides, I am liking RPi a lot more and I know what you mean by real estate. > Merely having the monitor on the desk top is a hassle so I don't do that. > Instead I network into the RPi and use SSH and this gets rid of the keyboard, > the mouse, and the display since I am doing this from the iMac or my Macbook > Pro. The RPi is running all the time (or, most of the time) with a short > little CAT5 cable into my WiFi router Ethernet port (so it is on the same > subnet as wireless in the house). > > I almost never use the desktop U/I with RPi but some day when I get around to > it I am thinking of experimenting with client X-Window U/I running on my Mac > and served from RPi (of course, the X-Window system reverses the common > notion of client/server). > > Performance on RPi -- well, I bet your HP Win8.1 is a speed demon in > comparison to RPi but RPi is not bad if you are NOT running the X Window > system and the desktop. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My problem with the RPi is that it has so many pieces: Keyboard, RPi, >> Monitor (and converter to let me use SVGA monitor with it), etc.. So it's >> too spread out to use at my operating position *and* do ham radio. >> >> My $280 HP Win 8.1 machine is small, usable but a bit slow (1 GHz CPU, 2 GB >> RAM) but has a 320 GB HDD. I'm thinking of installing a Linux version on >> that (making it dual boot). Suggestions of which to install will be >> appreciated. First I need to figure out how to make it dual-boot: It didn't >> come with a Bootcamp, though for all I know Win 8.1 has one in there >> somewhere! >> >> 73, Phil w7ox >> >>> On 3/29/14, 7:47 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: >>> Further on this question... >>> >>> Has anyone tried out the Linux version of the Elecraft utilities on >>> Raspberry Pi? Oh, maybe I can do that if I steal some time from other >>> projects. I have never bothered to even look at these Linux version >>> utilities to see what dependencies they might have. >>> >>> My only use of computers in the ham shack is for running the Elecraft >>> utilities which I do on my iMac desktop (currently writing on my Macbook >>> Pro laptop). A full Apple Mac house here. I did have Windows running on >>> an old laptop which I kept for running Eznec only but I have switched over >>> from Eznec to NEC4 totally and I am working on doing the graphic work in >>> Mathematica -- both of these are on my Mac computers. I still have that >>> old windows laptop but now it is an old Linux laptop that is collecting the >>> same amount of dust as it did with windows loaded on it (I like Linux but >>> there is nothing I can do on Linux I can't do on my Macs). >>> >>> 73, phil, K7PEH >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Anthony Marriott <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am very much the same way - I have an iMac and Macbook Air but recently >>>> built a dual boot Win7/Linux box. Originally I went for Win7 since I had >>>> had enough of running some Ham aps under VMWare on the mac. Now I find >>>> myself mostly in Linux mode for Ham use - I use Elementary OS as my Linux >>>> “distro” of choice because I can configure it more to look like OSX. >>>> Linux has a lot of Ham support, more than OSX probably, and I can >>>> configure fldigi without issue to operate digital. I still have not given >>>> up the mac since I am also a photographer, and Photoshop is not available >>>> under Linux, so the iMac is still my workhorse photo machine. >>>> >>>> For an old machine, I’d most certainly try Linux - try eOS, or other >>>> Ubuntu distro like Mint. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> AF5BV >>>> >>>>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:21 PM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm with Don on this one. I use two Macs, with OS X 10.9.x, for most of >>>>> my work -- but both have Windows 7 installed in dual boot configuration, >>>>> because Windows has better support for some needs -- like ham radio and >>>>> managing my GPS map loads to name two. My workhorse ripping and burning >>>>> machine is a 5-year old Dell running Win 7 (was XP) because I can use >>>>> very fast optical drives with it and I prefer the software on that >>>>> platform. And my ham shack machine is a $280, 10.1" HP running Win 8.1; >>>>> it does all the Elecraft support quite well, as well as digital modes. >>>>> >>>>> But I do have a Raspberry Pi running Linux :-) >>>>> >>>>> 73, Phil w7ox >>>>> >>>>>> On 3/28/14, 7:05 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >>>>>> I have tried Linux. It is just fine for those who have computers that >>>>>> are not networked to each other and do not need access to files on other >>>>>> computers on a network. Yes, for Linux geeks, it can be made to work, >>>>>> but discovering just the right 'tweeks' for Samba can be frustrating. >>>>>> >>>>>> If all one wants is a computer to do email and surfing the internet, >>>>>> Linux is an extremely good no cost solution, but if integration into a >>>>>> Windows Network is part of your operation, I suggest that you upgrade to >>>>>> Win 7 or Win 8, there are just too many hurdles to leap in that >>>>>> situation with Linux. Besides, most ham applications are Windows based, >>>>>> and several do not run well under Wine. Getting COM port assignments >>>>>> when using Wine has been an exercise in frustration for me, most >>>>>> recently with USB adapters. Maybe I am just not "geek enough", but it >>>>>> was frustrating and not successful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Linux may be good (and getting better), but it is not the cure for all >>>>>> ills. As I indicated, it is a good, no cost solution for old Win XP >>>>>> computers that will be used primarily as standalone computers for email >>>>>> and internet surfing. For that I like Linux Mint with the Mate desktop >>>>>> - it is quite "windows-like" and can be easily used by users who are >>>>>> transitioning from Windows. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have 8 computers plus a file server on my network that talk to each >>>>>> other, all running Win 7, but 2 of them dual boot to Linux Mint for >>>>>> those occasional excursions for things that do not work on Windows - but >>>>>> those are not mainstream items, they are "sideshows". The workbench >>>>>> computer and the ham shack computer are the only 2 with that dual boot >>>>>> installation. >>>>>> >>>>>> 73, >>>>>> Don W3FPR > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
