Hi hams
I may be going off "half-cocked" here but last time I checked.....
Consider how people become subscribers to linux-hams. Generally I would say
that they notice a "HAM HOWTO"
and an "AX25-HOWTO" amongst the docs on their freshly installed but still
rather mysterious system or they notice the "AMATEUR RADIO" menu in config
when they compile their first kernel.
Terry Dawson's Howtos were excellent manuals when first written but they
have not been maintained for a long
time and are now obsolete. I don't think I have the experience or the time
to maintain them myself.
This means that setting up linux amateur radio will be a disappointing
experience for anyone who follows them.
Then they will read the last page which recommends this list. Many of them
(like myself) will be behind a corporate firewall
and therefore unable to access archived stuff.
Remember that many of these people have only ever experienced the more
common types of commercial operating
systems and are in need of sympathy and rehabilitation, not chastisement and
ridicule.
Abusing bewildered newcomers will drive them away and turn them into ENEMIES
OF LINUX.
Is that what we want?
cheers 73 de vk6pec
