Category Archives: Linux
Digital on Board
Summer is in full swing here in the Hudson Valley, alternating between humid rainy days, and blindingly hot humid sunny days. Did I mention humid? So once again, on the drier days I’m out whenever possible with one of the … Continue reading
Conky Pi.
This post is all about Linux. Not a smidge of ham radio included. During my Intense Reloading of Linux Period (IRLP), I sampled many different distros on several different machines, and one of them really caught my eye – CrunchBang. … Continue reading
What’s in your shoe box?
This blog post is about 50/50 ham radio/Linux. We’ll start with the ham radio stuff. One of the institutions of ham radio that I have reluctantly embraced in recent years is LOTW – the “Logbook of the World” – created and … Continue reading
The serial port’s dark secret, and why you should always have a Plan B.
This post is certainly ham radio motivated, but it is 99% Linux. This event happened during my “Intense Re-installation of Linux Period” (not to be confused with any other type of IRLP) described in the previous post. I was working … Continue reading
A fist full of distros…
Spoiler alert: I don’t think this is the most compelling blog post you’ll ever read, but it’s part of the story and I think it needs to be here. Feel free to skim along and look at the links, and … Continue reading
Getting Started
We are a mostly Mac OS X household. The only computer running Windows in the house is a old T61 laptop, which I maintain because of certain software (ham radio applications, and geocaching) which I haven’t found replacements for under … Continue reading
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