> I too understand the real estate issue. The plan was to sell the iMac and > stick with the Linux/win7 desktop.
The lack of surface area is an ever increasing problem for me in my shack but I have found a partial solution. Decided to sell all non-Elecraft rigs. I just sold my Icom 756 Pro III earlier this week. Two months ago, I sold my Icom PW-1 linear. Other stuff that I have not yet decide to keep or sell is currently in storage and I gained more room on the shelf. Ham radio seems to be one of those hobbies where people collect way too much stuff -- way more than they can use and sometimes way more than they can even look at or touch. Result, overcrowded shacks. PEH's iPad On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Anthony Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
