Rob Compton said:
> What I think is really needed is some sort of prog for X where you enter the
> ports you want to use, serial i/o for KISS, serial i/o for YAM modem,
> parallel for PICPAR, pc-card solutions like PC100/120, DRSI, BAYCOM, etc..
> and that then compiles the config files which get's the whole shooting match
> up and running, without the need for a masters degree in C++, and 25 years
> of UNIX experience to make it tick.
I'd agree with you here that there needs to be some sort of auto-configuration
program for the hamradio config files. It is a little bit tricky to do
but not impossible.
Stored somewhere in the dungeons of one of my sytems is the start of
such a program. I'll have another look at it and see what I can do.
I envisage a program that will use perl and gnome and make the whole
nasty process of configuration a lot easier. I'm hoping to have
enough separation between the UI and backends so that other UIs, such
as ncurses, is possible. I run X now and so only write UIs for X.
> If Linux is to win the war with NT, then it must be as easy to set up. I
> know there are books on the subject, but at the end of the day, Joe Public
> isn't interested in them, he want's a system that's easy to configure and
> reliable when it's running.
I'm not really interested in Joe Public. I get paid to be a network engineer,
Linux is just something I do for fun.
- Craig
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