[hpsdr] KISS Konsole on Ubuntu 14.04

[Jae Stutzman]

Joe,

This is obviously a proof of concept at this point. Some of the issues I
experienced years ago with Mono and WinForms are still there. Namely,
rendering issues. On Windows, WinForms is a thin wrapper on top of native
Windows libraries. On Linux, the Mono team wrote the entire library in
managed code before diving into the native X Windows UI layer. What I find
is that initial widget rendering is a bit slow and then size and location
of widgets don't always render correctly. However, the UI seems usable.

I'll definitely relay my findings to this group.

More to follow :)

73,
Jae - K5JAE
 On Aug 31, 2014 6:09 PM, "Joe Martin K5SO" <k5so at valornet.com> wrote:

> Congratulations, Jae!  That’s excellent news!
>
> I have just this past Thursday assembled a new computer system to allow me
> to begin exploring Linux.  I have installed Ubuntu, Synaptic,
> Mono-complete, MonoDevelop and am anxious to get rolling on porting some of
> my Windows C# radio astronomy apps that I have written over to Linux.  I am
> ecstatic to hear that you have KISS ported over now (in such a brief time
> too!!) and I am very interested to see how you did it.
>
> Also, I too have a strong interest in porting PowerSDR over to Linux and I
> have heard of your vast experience in such porting activities.  I am quite
> excited to learn of any progress that you make there so please do give us
> updates as to your progress.  I, naively of course, intended to give it a
> try myself as soon as I gain more familiarity with Linux, and Mono in
> particular.  I currently use Visual Studio 2013 to make mods to the
> PowerSDR code from time to time but I’m not a professional programmer and
> barely squeak along with VS to be truthful; but I’m continuing to learn all
> the time and am getting more proficient, I hope.
>
> I am a complete newbie with respect to Linux so please don’t be overly
> brief in your “how to” descriptions or they’ll go completely over my head
> for sure.
>
> Thanks, and congrats again!
>
> 73, Joe K5SO
>
>
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