[pskmail] Re: Acer Aspire One?
- From: "John Douyere" <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:26:55 +1000
Hello Mike,
Yes, puppy linux allows you to mount the other storage devices in your
laptop so that you can read and write to them. So no issue with accessing
your data after the pskmail/fldigi sessions.
On mine I didn't even bother to setup wifi and so on as I do exactly that:
connect, get the info and access it from the original o/s afterwards. Linux
boots so fast anyway.
73s, John
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Michael Schrody <kd7tkq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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