Posted: 3/8/2015 12:49:37 PM EDT
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Let me start off by saying there is licensing issues that go along with this (joys of MS Windows). There is plenty of talk about it on the web that you can read about from people smarter than me.
I am a Linux fanboi. I have used Linux daily since 2008 and have become pretty comfortable with it. My wife also uses Linux to run her business. My 4 year old daughter has an old netbook with DouDou Linux. You could say we are a Linux family. However that doesn't mean from time to time we don't have a need for Windows. Enter stage right..... Virtualization. Virtualization allows you to run operating systems inside your operating system. Insert Xzibit meme. That allows me to use Linux day to day and if the need arises I have a clean install of Windows 7 I can start up and use inside of Linux. I use Virtualbox. There are others namely VMWare, and Parallels. I like Virtualbox the best because of its license. Using virtualbox there are a ton of configuration options. RAM, video memory, storage, networking etc etc. You can even copy text in Linux and paste it in Windows. There is a "seamless" mode that integrates the two operating systems together. You can take "snapshots" of your VM (virtual machine) and if you mess something up or get a virus you can restore it from that point. This lets you use programs like SDR#, HRD, PowerSDR in Linux. So everything is perfect right? Not exactly, one you feel dirty for using Windows and two you need a decent machine. Most desktops can handle this pretty easy, laptops can too if you get the right one. I am using a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 with 16GB of RAM and an i7 CPU. This is about a $500 setup, but is my everyday computer and with dual SSDs to top off the storage it is pretty fast. You aren't going to get usable performance out of $50 netbook you picked up at a garage sale. And that is the secret to the magic trick. 
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two questions. . .
1. which version of linux do you prefer, mint ?...which one ? cinnamon, etc. ( I can do 64 bit ) 2. can you get HAM RADIO DELUXE to run properly, and stable ( rigcontrol, soundcard RX./TX. ) ? I started using UBUNTU since the 6.06 version, but gave up around 10.04 because, other than FLDIGI, I couldn't get it to run any ham software |
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I use Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE. MATE and Cinnamon are both good desktop environments too. Later this afternoon I will bust out the KX3 and make a QSO or two. I've got Mint Cinnamon 17 installed ( running it now ) got FLDIGI installed with RX/TX, but no rig control yet. Kids, and Dillon 550b trouble kept me busy all weekend. My plan is to get FLDIGI and a logging program ( CQRLOG ?) fully operational with the TS-590 before even trying HRD |
