Great stuff. This has been my rationale behind taking my first steps with Linux Mint, and Andy’s seems like a great fit for an old i3 ASUS that has had a couple of Linux distros on it. Installed without drama today, whereas Debian gave me fits. So far so good.
After about 30 years of "well, it's been 10 years, let's renew", I'm ready to get active again. And I do have a smattering of Linux knowledge and a couple old laptops around. Thanks for this, you will be keeping me off the streets and out of the gangs by keeping me occupied on a computer/radio setup :)
Damn. I wish I had seen this video an hour ago. I literally just started setting up an old laptop with Ubuntu Linux and still have to track down and install of the ham apps. 😂
I just saved this link. Your video is exactly what I was looking for for my old notebook PC for ham pgms. Having only a little knowledge of PC OS's and application installation sorts of stuff, and none with Linux I was concerned that I'd spend hours pulling out what little hair I have left and just end up with a trashed PC. So thank you for your tutorial and links.
Hi Rob, Thanks for this information. Have downloaded Andy's Linux and Rufus. I have two Dell Latitude laptops sitting around doing nothing. Always wanted to try a Linux based OS and this one looks easy to install and has many ham related applications. I already have some 500GB SSD drives I can install into the laptops for added drive space. Hope your Thanksgiving went well. You and your family stay safe. 73 WJ3U
I've revived a few old laptops with Linux, but now I need to get another one and set it up for logging. Hope I can get that sorted out. I've had "ham radio linux" before but never tried to interface it for logging or control.
Because of the Raspberry Pi shortage I wish that hotspot developers would engineer devices that could be installed in PIC-Express expansion slots that are in all desktop computers. I know there are some that are USB devices out there but there are so many computers coming off lease that are reasonably priced. Some can be had for nothing.
I wanted a portable way t o use an sdr so I grabbed a Latitude 3340 with a touch screen but no hard drive on ebay. I grabbed a ssd, battery, and some ram and a charger. I installed this on it. I think it was 90 all together. 1.7 ghz, 8 gigs ram, 250 gb drive. It's one of the more rugged laptops was why I picked it. I did have to use an external usb dvd drive though. I have Skywave Linux on my desktop and that is good too.
So, I have the same issue that my login does not work. How do I fix it? One other issue I have is when I put HAMRS in the menu I got an error message. It put it in under Ham radio but all the other programs in that file are gone. How do I get them back.
@@SevenFortyOne I tried linux for awhile and had to go give myself permission to use the com port of something like that. I can't remember. How is it working for you now?
Names are never as simple as the rest of any language. OS names are unique in that they're often a combination of acronyms and various ideas by each creator-who may speak any other language as ours. Perhaps someone should compile a "Guide to Linux Distros Pronunciations". Of course "Distrowatch" generally has all the info we need to find out for ourselves. My favorite Linux distro name and a fine example of a bare-bones, but easy OS: "#!" Which is impossible to search for, so they now label it "Crunchbang" so we know how to pronounce it (and be able to find it). #! is what I put on an ancient win98 laptop and it gave it a new life. But it needs a battery so I don't use it.
Great stuff. This has been my rationale behind taking my first steps with Linux Mint, and Andy’s seems like a great fit for an old i3 ASUS that has had a couple of Linux distros on it. Installed without drama today, whereas Debian gave me fits. So far so good.
After about 30 years of "well, it's been 10 years, let's renew", I'm ready to get active again. And I do have a smattering of Linux knowledge and a couple old laptops around. Thanks for this, you will be keeping me off the streets and out of the gangs by keeping me occupied on a computer/radio setup :)
Good to hear you'll be using your skills for good and not evil 😜 I'm glad you found value in this video!
Damn. I wish I had seen this video an hour ago. I literally just started setting up an old laptop with Ubuntu Linux and still have to track down and install of the ham apps. 😂
I just saved this link. Your video is exactly what I was looking for for my old notebook PC for ham pgms. Having only a little knowledge of PC OS's and application installation sorts of stuff, and none with Linux I was concerned that I'd spend hours pulling out what little hair I have left and just end up with a trashed PC. So thank you for your tutorial and links.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for this information. Have downloaded Andy's Linux and Rufus. I have two Dell Latitude laptops sitting around doing nothing. Always wanted to try a Linux based OS and this one looks easy to install and has many ham related applications. I already have some 500GB SSD drives I can install into the laptops for added drive space. Hope your Thanksgiving went well. You and your family stay safe. 73 WJ3U
Have fun with this linux if you try it out! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too!
The rabbit hole is deep
Very cool. I didn't know of this package. Sounds very easy to setup.👍
It is...
I have an old dell that was used for home server, have always wanted to try Linux and this looks very easy.
Thanks for the info
This is cool! Is this why I see all of these "working" old laptops at the hamfests?
Thanks for this video. I'll give it a shot this weekend.
I've revived a few old laptops with Linux, but now I need to get another one and set it up for logging. Hope I can get that sorted out. I've had "ham radio linux" before but never tried to interface it for logging or control.
Hi Rob. Thanks for activating today. I did not know it was you until after the contact. KCS1PSK. Hello from Windsor Locks!!
No worries! thanks for making the contact today...I think your were my closest
Thanx for explaining the Distro a bit, going to give it a try on a 4yr old Chrome book thats collecting dust
Because of the Raspberry Pi shortage I wish that hotspot developers would engineer devices that could be installed in PIC-Express expansion slots that are in all desktop computers. I know there are some that are USB devices out there but there are so many computers coming off lease that are reasonably priced. Some can be had for nothing.
Good points!
Nice tutorial Rob. 👏🏻👍
I wanted a portable way t o use an sdr so I grabbed a Latitude 3340 with a touch screen but no hard drive on ebay. I grabbed a ssd, battery, and some ram and a charger. I installed this on it. I think it was 90 all together. 1.7 ghz, 8 gigs ram, 250 gb drive. It's one of the more rugged laptops was why I picked it. I did have to use an external usb dvd drive though. I have Skywave Linux on my desktop and that is good too.
I like Devuan for old laptops, it's really fast.
I'll install it as a dual-boot with DragonOs. That should cover all the bases.
So, I have the same issue that my login does not work. How do I fix it? One other issue I have is when I put HAMRS in the menu I got an error message. It put it in under Ham radio but all the other programs in that file are gone. How do I get them back.
Same here how do I get the list of ham programs back?
found ham programs in internet and multi media folders , is there a way to put them back where they belong.
What was the CPU problem, did you figure out? Mine is a failing hard drive, haha
Downloading...... Thanks!
Cool!
Is chirp on it? Getting chirp to work on Linux takes 8hrs of kernal compiling.
Chirp is there and it opens. Not sure how to get it to see my radio yet though . Still messing with that...
@@SevenFortyOne should be one of the 1,467 dev/ttyl just spend 4 days trying each one.
@@SevenFortyOne I tried linux for awhile and had to go give myself permission to use the com port of something like that. I can't remember. How is it working for you now?
I love Linux! What, no command line action?
Didn't need it ..Andy took care of everything
How dare you make a mistake! 😂🤣
I never mispronounced anything...
Linux pronounciations are insane and stupid. Like Gnome is pronounced Guh-nome, Suse is pronounced Soo-seh, GNU is guh-new.
People get worked up over pronunciation. I don't worry too much about it myself...
It’s only the people that have nothing to contribute 😂
Names are never as simple as the rest of any language. OS names are unique in that they're often a combination of acronyms and various ideas by each creator-who may speak any other language as ours. Perhaps someone should compile a "Guide to Linux Distros Pronunciations". Of course "Distrowatch" generally has all the info we need to find out for ourselves.
My favorite Linux distro name and a fine example of a bare-bones, but easy OS: "#!"
Which is impossible to search for, so they now label it "Crunchbang" so we know how to pronounce it (and be able to find it). #! is what I put on an ancient win98 laptop and it gave it a new life. But it needs a battery so I don't use it.
I always say zzubuntu, no idea if its better