Can anyone add more to these guys before they start down the Micro$oft route ?
BTW - thank you VERY much for coming to the Cary Swapfest. We should get together with you guys and have a more fully loaded Ham workstation for support of digital modes, especially APRS and PSK31. My preference is Redhat, mainly because I'm more familiar with it , though I've toyed with Lindows (less impressed). What about a supplemental CD for Linux users to install support for modes above on a Linux PC or laptop. Your help and advice on what to put in that build would be appreciated. And I've got kids at Phillips MS working on Cybiko PDAs to support ham radio. The tools are available from Linux, have to admit haven't pursued them at this point, but the Window$ build tools are very Linux/Unix makefile oriented and lend themselves well to transition into a Linux environment. Cheers & 73s de Mark W4CHL --------------------forwarded note------------------- Dear Youth of Today, A couple of things, as mentioned earlier do you have any familiarity with Linux ? There are at least two versions (distributions) of Linux that are very well documented, easy to install, and have good support. Each includes Star Office as mentioned earlier and one needs only have one full version (or lots of patience in downloading and installing !) in order to be able to load all your donated machines with a very up to date, and Windows-like operating environment. If you are mainly going to offer: - Internet access - Interaction with PCs via web based programs and sites - web based e-mail - ability to download and print - and don't want to deal with as many of the virus and worm issues as Microsoft users do Then Linux may be for you. There are also wonderful regional Linux support groups that can help you with specific questions. The biggest in the area is the Triangle Linux group, see: http://www.trilug.org/ Even though you can go the Microsoft route by possibly getting older licenses donated (that haven't been part of upgrades), I think you should contact Triangle Linux User's group (they have a mailing list from the web site before purusing "donations" of Microsoft software. Cheers de Mark Smith, W4CHL OC ARES liaison to PARC rtpnet.org/parc Mark R. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chapel Hill, NC http://www.qsl.net/w4chl _______________________________________________ rtpnet-tact mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/rtpnet-tact -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
