[Leaplist] Re: hamcation setup etc.

[Fuzzy Conner]

(lots of clipping, my apologies)
>> 
With 
that 
said, 
I 
think 
any 
modern 
distribution 
or 
two 
will 
work.
>>
>>
So 
how 
about 
this:
>> 
100 
Kubuntu 
latest 
version.
>>
http://www.kubuntu.org/download.php
>> 
kubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso 
is 
the 
one 
we 
want.
>> sounds 
like 
a 
job 
for 
a 
non-ham... 
like 
fuzzy?
>> 
>>
50 
Linux 
Mint.
>> 
4.0 
Beta 
Main 
Edition 
(I'm 
pulling 
this 
down 
right 
now)
>>
>> now 
that 
i 
think 
of 
it, 
i've 
already 
got 
the 
mint 
ISO...
>> maybe 
i should 
burn 
50 
of 
those,
>> one 
thing 
that 
worries 
me, 
though, 
is 
having 
too 
many
>> different choices 
on 
the 
table. 
if 
we're 
doing 
kubuntu
>> as 
our 
"standard" 
linux distro, 
does 
it 
make 
sense 
to
>> also 
do 
mint- 
especially 
a 
non-ham version?

Agreed... In other years we had three discs:
(1) The OpenCD
(2) Some not-specifically-for-amateur-radio distro
(3) Some specifically-for-amateur-radio distro

So for our not-specific-to-amateur-radio distro
*** do we want Mint or do we want Kubuntu? ***
I can do either.

Also, has anybody used the following before?

>>
100 
Ham 
Puppy 
Linux
>> 
http://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/linux/ham/pskmail/puppy/ham_pup-1.2.iso
>> is 
this 
the 
same 
"EMCpup" 
distro 
you 
found 
before?

>> http://www.w1hkj.com/emcpup.html

Any thoughts?
*** Is this what we want to use as the
specifically-for-amateur-radio distro? ***

>> the 
other 
thing 
we 
need 
is 
a 
machine 
with 
one 
of 
those
>> high-speed internet 
cards 
from 
verizon 
or 
somebody, 
from
>> which 
we 
can 
get internet 
access. 
tom 
parker 
brought 
a
>> pre-made 
linux 
router 
machine with 
one 
of 
these 
in 
years 
past,

I just talked with Tom, he's willing to lend that box to LEAP.
Tom's "pre-made linux router" + Fuzzy's broadband EVDO Rev A
access = The Internet for LEAP at Hamcation.






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