On 30/12/11 05:48, Bob Smits wrote:
On June 30, 2008 12:06:51 am Steinar Wenaas wrote:
Great, but do anyone know if the same SW can run on the more popular Ubuntu distro? In my pshere nearly everyone is using Ubuntu as Ubuntu is now the most popular Linux distro around the globe. I think development should be on the most used distro to gain momentum.
- LA7XQ Steinar Personally, I'd be grateful that someone has a repository at all for amateur radio software, and I wouldn't suggest asking for ubuntu only software on an open-suse listserve.
I think it does say something about the willingness of the open-suse community to support amateur radio software and a discussion listserve about it.
Perhaps the ubuntu hams are too busy, because they could have added a ham radio repository and listserve years ago.
Rather than choose a specific distribution, though, it would reach the most linux hams if new software came out in two variants - an rpm version that could be used for opensuse, red hat, fedora, mandriva and other rpm distros and debian which could be used for mint, (currently the #1 distro), ubuntu and other debian based distros.
These are some for Ubuntu and there are many more like xmsc, schart, etc. I'm sure there are more in ppa repositories. # apt-cache search hamradio ax25-apps - AX.25 ham radio applications ax25-tools - tools for AX.25 interface configuration ax25-xtools - tools for AX.25 interface configuration -- X11-based ax25mail-utils - hamradio utilities for fbb cqrlog - Advanced logging program for hamradio operators fldigi - digital modem program for hamradio operators gcb - Utility to calculate long and short path to a location libax25 - ax25 library for hamradio applications qsstv - Qt-based slow-scan TV and fax tucnak2 - VHF/UHF/SHF Hamradio contest log version 2 xlog - GTK+ Logging program for Hamradio Operators xlog-data - data for xlog, a GTK+ Logging program for Hamradio Operators # apt-cache search hamlib cqrlog - Advanced logging program for hamradio operators gpredict - Satellite tracking program grig - graphical user interface to the Ham Radio Control Libraries libhamlib++-dev - Development library to control radio transceivers and receivers libhamlib-dev - Development library to control radio transceivers and receivers libhamlib-doc - Documentation for the hamlib radio control library libhamlib-utils - Utilities to support the hamlib radio control library libhamlib2 - Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers libhamlib2++c2 - Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers libhamlib2-perl - Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers libhamlib2-tcl - Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers python-libhamlib2 - Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers xdx - DX-cluster tcp/ip client for amateur radio xlog - GTK+ Logging program for Hamradio Operators http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hamradio/openSUSE_Factory Fedora and debian have such repositories. Of course if you want to build your own apps there is no limit. I'm using ghpsdr3-alex on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu ARM and openSUSE. It is a SDR program that supports RX/TX and also allows remote access to servers over LAN, the internet even with an iPhone or Android phone and currently supports Softrock, UHFSDR, HPSDR and Perseus SDR gear. It's being developed on Ubuntu and is available as a package in a ppa repository, builds on openSUSE - I make sure it does by informing the authors who make any necessary changes so it builds on any distro, Fedora, Mint, etc. and Windows binaries are also available. http://napan.ca/ghpsdr3/index.php/Main_Page If you have to build it for any particular distro, it's simplicity itself. I have built a .deb on openSUSE and deployed on Kubuntu. The latest distros are not far apart in what they supply. I am using x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 0, Ubuntu 11.10, Kubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu ARM 11.10 on a Beagleboard XM. If your ability is limited to using 3 fingers to operate a mouse but 2 fingers to type prove impossible, there's always help available. 73 ... Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot, Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ham+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ham+owner@opensuse.org