[pskmail] Re: Acer Aspire One?
- From: Michael Schrody <kd7tkq@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:18:51 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for replying, John. Yeah, you're probably right - a bootable flash drive
would be the best way to go. I guess I would still be able to save
files/emails/QSOs to use "offline".
Oh, FWIW, the Linpus Linux distro is a customized subset of Fedora. Before I
got the machine, I thought about loading up Fluxbuntu or the Netbook Remix, but
for now I think I'll just see what I can do with it as it is. Another good
reason to try the bootable flash drive first.
73 de Mike KD7TKQ
Blessed is the person who can laugh at himself - he'll never cease to be amused.
----- Original Message ----
From: John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 4:52:30 PM
Subject: [pskmail] Re: Acer Aspire One?
Hi Mike,
I use an eee 701 so I can't comment on the Acer unit. I believe the last option
you mention (usb stick/memory card) with the live cd is the best compromise
option. This is the solution I use, with the standard operating system still in
place and I boot from the SD card when I want to run pskmail and/or fldigi.
Here is my take on the pluses and minuses of that approach:
+ you do not interfere with the main o/s by installing additional libarries
(which in the case of the eee is not possible without breaking the Xandros
Linux system as far as I know!!!). Big plus for me, otherwise I would have had
to install eeebuntu or another equivalent distro, then install all the
libraries and then install pskmail. Not without a few headaches in my opinion.
+ the pace of changes is quite high for the pskmail/fldigi software and just
copying a few files over to your memory stick is all you need to do to upgrade
(just remember the tweaks you applied last time if any).
- you don't have all the main applications you have in your system
- sometimes you have to add some drivers or tweaks to the live cd o/s (Puppy
Linux in this case) to get it to work on your machine. But most of the time it
is pretty straitforward. Someone in the forums will have done it before.
- It's another Linux distro to lear/now about.
All in all I believe from having used it for a few months and having been
through one upgrade that it is the easiest way to go.
Hope this helps.
Good luck with the new machine, let us know how you go.
73s, John (VK2ETA)
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