Hi all.
Normally, I don't go around asking people to crash polls, but we need
to let others know we're out here. The American Radio Relay League
currently is running a click pool on their home page
(http://www.arrl.org) with regard to what OS is used in the shack.
Right now Linux is running a distant second with 10% of the vote
(1288 votes as I write this), however I am encouraged! If you
legitimately use Linux in the shack or plan to in the future, it
may be a good idea to register your preference. I don't expect to
see ARRL have Linux versions of its software at next year's
Hamvention, but with 10% or more of the potential market
now using Linux it stands to reason that their marketing and
advertising depts may take notice of us.
Really, I don't care if the commercial vendors support Linux at all
so long as radio interface information remains publicly available.
I did some checking at Ten-tec's site and found they have released
the source code for the Pegasus under the GPL. Is anyone working
on this? Also, I hope the League and QST's editors will recognize
that many of the projects that use WinX programs are difficult or
off limits to us using Linux. This month's PSK31 transceiver is
something I'd really love to build and use, although I am unsure
if it will work with any of the Linux PSK31 programs currently under
development as it seems to refer to DigiPan quite often.
Hopefully, a good showing in this poll will lead to the addition
of Linux capable projects in QST in the future.
73, de Nate >>
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