> 1. Linux Journal Guest Editor, KG4GIY Talks about Ham Radio > Posted by: "Mark Thompson" [email protected] wb9qzb_groups > Date: Wed Jan 6, 2010 3:02 pm ((PST)) > > RAIN Report: Linux Journal Guest Editor David Lane, KG4GIY, talks > about featuring ham radio in the January 2010 issue. (11 minutes) > www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-1-2-2010.mp3
If there are any of you with a Linux bent looking to give back, the Fedora Project is looking for help with it's Amateur Radio Guide. Indeed, the gnuradio application is one of those we need to get documented. Fedora recently re-released it's documentation using the CC-by-SA license, which makes it easier for other distributions to use Fedora documentation for their own documentation. Fedora is also one of the easiest of the projects to get involved in, and has an active Amateur Radio SIG. The current (skelatal) ARG is at http://jjmcd.fedorapeople.org/amateur-radio-guide/ Yes, there are a LOT of empty chapters to fill in, and quite a few more that have nothing but a screenshot. Many hands make light work, and if you could pick even one application to write about it would be much appreciated. If you would like to help, contact me directly by email, and/or take a look at the "join" page: http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora Hams have typically gravitated toward Ubuntu or Knoppix, and that is fine. Each distribution has it's own emphasis, but many people don't realize there more cooperation among the distros then there is competition. What is good for Ubuntu is good for Fedora, and vice-versa. Fedora's niche is: - First with the latest "stuff". This is a mixed blessing; there is a new release every six months and a release is only fully supported for thirteen months, on the other hand, you get all the latest applications without the frustration of trying to install tarballs. - Fully free and open source. Everything included in Fedora is totally free, not only free as in beer but free as in speech. This does mean that some popular applications don't make it into Fedora. But most can be installed easily, and Fedora works hard to develop fully free alternatives. - Highly secure. Fedora, as the upstream for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, focuses on a very high level of security. Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is enabled by default, and polished to the point that it isn't a problem. (SELinux is included on virtually all distros, but other than Fedora and it's descendants, I know of none that turn it on). - Friendly. Fedora likes to think of itself as the easiest distro to get involved with. There's a great bunch of folks willing to help, and people at all levels of capability are welcome. You don't need to switch to Fedora to help. If you want to see great documentation for, say, theBridge, write about how to set it up and use it, install Fedora on a USB stick to check differences and grab screenshots, and then go get involved in your favorite distro and get them to develop their own version of the Amateur Radio Guide, borrowing liberally from Fedora's guide where appropriate. That's how open source works. Consider contributing and making open source better for everyone. 73 de WB8RCR
