I've used Ubuntu exclusively since 6.06. I upgraded to 10.04 in May and things are working for me: xastir (now built from source, but originally from Ubuntu .deb) soundmodem (built from source) ax25 linpac fldigi
I am using audio connections to a 2m HT and to my HF rig and a serial connection to a MFJ TNC (maybe a 1240, certainly old). I tried the xastir kiss interface to the TNC once, long ago and dropped it after I learned that xastir could work with the TNC without kiss. The main reason I dropped kiss to the TNC is that I could never remember how to get out if it :-) I have used both a direct connection from xastir to soundmodem and the kernel ax25 interface, though I am using the direct TNC connection at this point. I am running ham apps on on both a Dell desktop and a D600 laptop. My biggest problem these days is the sound interface, alsa, pulse, jack, and the others that seem to come up. I'm pretty happy with the default Ubuntu choice in 10.04 (pulse), particularly after I installed some of the pulse tools. One other note, a friend in the neighborhood has a preference for Centos, but he has been having a bear of a time getting the ham apps to work. Last we talked he was considering Ubuntu again, even though he dislikes the GUI admin interfaces. He is quite an expert at Centos, so since he is having so much diffculty you might want to strike it from your list of options. 73, ...jerry KA6HLD On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Kevin Paetzold <[email protected]> wrote: > i built for fedora 13 with no problems with the packages below: > gdal-1.6.1 > ImageMagick-6.5.7-9 > lesstif-0.95.2 > libax25-0.0.12-rc2 > libgeotiff-1.2.3 > pcre-6.3 > proj-4.4.9 > shapelib-1.2.10 > > I also built: > ax25-apps-0.0.8-rc2 > ax25-tools-0.0.10-rc2 > I needed "ncurses-5.7" for axlisten to build. > > fedora 13 has been a positive experience overall. > > 73, > > Kevin (K1KWP) > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
