[Leaplist] Fwd: Port Saint Lucie Amateur Radio Association

[Phil Barnett]

John Simpson wrote:
>
> even better... phil, what was the logging software we used that one 
> year at field day, where the computers found each other on the network 
> and kept each others' logs up to date automatically?
FDlog
> I am compiling a listing, towards an objective of making a CDrom, of 
> Open Source design applications and programs for HAMs, and, in my 
> search, may find an Open Source compilation, and anyone can chime in 
> here!
>
> you could also use the puppy CD that phil made for the hamcation, and 
> add a bunch of these programs to it. i *think* i still have a "ham 
> linux" CD from last year, i remember it had a lot more programs on it- 
> that might be a good list to start from, or the last version of harv's 
> disc... just make sure we have current versions of each program, and 
> that at least one of us knows how to use each one.
>
> something else to add to the list... xastir, for doing APRS.
>
> here's another idea- why not master your own "ham linux" CD, not just 
> for this one meeting, but also as a regular online thing? "harv" 
> hasn't updated his disc in years, so there's certainly room for 
> somebody else to step up to the plate, especially if you're going to 
> keep on top of updates and so forth.
>
> if you want to do this, i'll donate the web hosting and set up a 
> mailing list where you and your users can talk about support and 
> suggestions.

The nice thing about puppy is that you can boot it, modify it and tell 
it to  make a new CD of what you just manipulated, so you can take my 
disk, add a bunch of stuff and create a new distro in one command.

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