[hpsdr] FYI: Skywave Linux

[Michael Cozzi]

     Thanks Roger,

     I had been aware of this for some time but hadn't given it a whirl. 
Been thinking of seeing how far I could go open source and still do what 
I want to do.

     Thanks for the reminder.

     Michael- KD8TUT

On 8/10/2016 6:51 PM, Roger Rehr W3SZ wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I haven't tried this but thought others on the list might be 
> interested in it but unaware of it.  Perhaps some list members have 
> even contributed to this project.
>
> It is a special build of Ubuntu 15.1 that comes with some 
> pre-installed applications for multiple SDRs, including HPSDR hardware 
> through QTRadio.
>
> I know nothing about it but what is contained on the URL and the first 
> 3 pages of Google searches on the words "skywave linux" , and I 
> specifically don't know enough to vouch for the source, even though 
> its been around for at least a year.  The project URL is:
>
> http://skywavelinux.com/
>
> I haven't heard from a reputable source that it is malware-free, so if 
> I were using it, at least initially I would play it safe and not use 
> this distro for anything except running the SDRs.  And I would not do 
> the initial download iso burn with a system containing any "private" 
> information.  If someone on the list vouched for the source of this 
> distro and the website from which it is available, one could consider 
> relaxing this constraint, although I probably would not do so myself 
> for quite some time.
>
> I suspect that most folks on this list setting up a Linux installation 
> would take the route of installing their own choice of linux distros 
> and then installing themselves the various applications using either 
> packages or source-and-then-compiling, which is what I do here.  But 
> for someone wanting to "check out" what is available on Linux in the 
> SDR sphere without exerting much effort, this is a relatively simple, 
> painless way to do that.  I use the adjective "painless" assuming that 
> the precautions I noted above will be taken.  If they are not 
> followed, then it is possible that it might not be quite so painless.
>
> For those interested in the origin of this info, it came to me via the 
> Yahoo Odyssey-TRX list.
>
> 73,
>
> Roger Rehr
>
> W3SZ
>
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