I have mixed feelings about the recent trend to 'demand' Elecraft
release their utility pgms for linux in 64 bit versions, in addition to
the 32 bit versions they already release.
Here are a couple of thoughts....
In most of my readings on different radio related forums as well as
email groups, IMO the trend for computers used by the majority of hams
in their shacks are the of the older 32 bit models. I say that based in
part on the hue and cry about having to retire their XP machines and how
stressed they are that they will have actually go out and to buy a newer
(64bit) computer to use beside their $3k to $5k rigs. <g>
Instead of adding to the Elecraft software guys load by asking them to
build tailor made releases, when IMO their time might be better spent
working on the coding for the many firmware upgrades we have requested
for each of their growing list of products.....
Maybe some of the more knowledgeable *nix gurus on the list, could
contribute a Distro specific howto write up for installation on their
favorite operating systems (distros). Send it in and let Elecraft post
the info on the pages in a paragraph right below the Linux utility links.
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Something like K1JT has done for WSJT-X at the bottom of this page:
http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html
<quote>
Linux: Thanks to AC6SL and KA6MAL, packages for v1.1.1 r3520 on Ubuntu
12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 are available at
https://launchpad.net/~jnogatch/+archive/wsjtx
Ubuntu Linux installation instructions:
1. If you have not obtained packages from this PPA (Personal Package
Archive) before:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jnogatch/wsjtx
2. To obtain the latest version from this PPA:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wsjtx
3. You should also download kvasd and put it in the same directory as
executable binaries wsjtx and jt9. Normally (after running the script
/usr/bin/wsjtx once) this directory will be $HOME/.wsjtx
</quote>
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Or how about creating a PPA (Personal Package Archive) (complete with a
how2 use it) and sharing their work with the folks at Elecraft so they
can add those links. Like John Nogatch did here:
https://launchpad.net/~jnogatch/+archive/wsjtx
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Another good example of what I would like to see, would be the multi
distro help links found for Fldigi contributed by other found at the
bottom of this page: http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html
where you will find links to:
<quote>
Puppy / NBEMS How-To-Install
RPMS for Open SuSE: Maintained by DL8FCL
COPR for Fedora Maintained by Richard Shaw
Open SuSE Spec files:Spec File Site
Centos Spec files: Index of Centos NBEMS redhat SPECS
Debs for Ubuntu:
https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/fldigi
How To Install from Kamal's PPA
Past versions of software
Berlios archives
Wiki for fldigi etc.
</quote>
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<rant on>
When I started using linux in 1994 or so, folks didn't go around
demanding others do stuff for them, instead they *ask* what they could
do to learn how to do it for themselves. In response the more
knowledgeable folks ask what they could do to help create how2's so
others could learn to do it for themselves. Seems the current batch of
linux users have shifted from the point of helping themselves and
others, to where they now *demand* _others_ 'do it for us' because they
'owe it to us'.
</rant off>
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
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