Hey,
  I ordered a Pocket CHIP last summer for the heck of it and it arrived last 
week. Next Thing Co.   After getting through some issuesof flashing the thing 
with the 4.4 GUI  C.H.I.P. Flasher I got Xastir through apt-get.  It's a Debian 
Jessie distro and the 4.4 and 4.3 gui'swith Gnome run on the Pocket CHIP.  Just 
some issues with window size positions but I found putting the taskbar at the 
bottom of the screenworks better.  I had a situation when some of Xastir 
screens had to be repositioned and I couldn't get 'em closed.  I used the 
online OSM maps and APRS-IS.  It's not bad.  I'm going to try to pair with a 
B/T GPS to get the local position in and either aMobilinkd, AP510 or an 
EggFinder NMEA receiver for APRS or remote monitoring tracking.  One kicker is 
I had to use a standard USB or Rf USB mouse to get it going but was able to 
then pair a B/T mouse if I wanted to use it.     If I could configure the 
screens to be "draggable" with a mouse so I can get at some of the Xastir menus 
it would be nicer but I've just started outwith it.  I'll have to see if 
there's enough room to use some of the Tiger or Cloudmade maps of where I live.
  B/T I think will work o.k. for APRS and NMEA as I was able to get an old 
Royaltek B/T GPS paired and after I apt-get minicom, the strings weredisplayed 
beautifully in a terminal.
  Even though the screen is small, Xastir fills the whole thing and it's more 
usable than I though it would be.  Kurt 

  
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