On 20 Apr, Mike Bilow wrote:
> There have been attempts to do this sort of thing before, most notably Bruce
> Perens' "Linux for Hams" project. What really worries me is that a decent book
> of 100-200 pages on using Linux for ham radio would tend to be too short, and a
> proper treatment would take at least six months to write -- by which time it
> would be largely out of date. The shorter the book, the more quickly it could
> be produced and the more frequently it could be updated. It should certainly
> come with a CD-ROM. The speed at which Linux evolves is going to force some
> new ways of thinking about publishing.
I'd like to note with no small sense of irony that the "Linux for HAMS
CDROM" project is continuing, despite Bruce not being to continue it.
Debian will be "Linux for Hams" one way or another. It'd be nice to
have a book (or two) to go with it.
Terry
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Linux: standard and fully integrated support for Amateur Radio protocols
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