Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:36:38 +0100 Received: by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E3wBi-00077N-08 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:36:38 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1E3wBh-00077G-J2 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:36:37 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1E3wAn-0008ND-3E for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:35:41 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1E3wAm-0008N4-3y for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:35:40 +0100 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net ([165.212.64.31]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1E3wSC-0001gN-HD for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:53:42 +0100 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net (cmsout01.mbox.net [165.212.64.31]) by cmsout01.mbox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264C778056; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:35:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ca28 [165.212.11.128] by cmsout01.mbox.net via smtad (C8.MAIN.3.21U); Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:35:30 GMT X-USANET-Source: 165.212.11.128 IN dibene@usa.net ca28 X-USANET-MsgId: XID553JHmNjE0532X01 Received: from [192.168.0.6] [151.46.141.223] by ca28 (ASMTP/dibene@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.21E) with ESMTP id 646JHmNjb0189M28; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:35:28 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 151.46.141.223 AUTH dibene@usa.net [192.168.0.6] Message-ID: <42FDF720.8070608@usa.net> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:35:28 +0200 From: Alberto di Bene User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Cc: Post LWCA Lowfer References: <42FDB207.1090205@genesiswireless.us> In-Reply-To: <42FDB207.1090205@genesiswireless.us> Z-USANET-MsgId: XID646JHmNjC0189X28 Subject: Re: LF: Linux software??? Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SpamFiltered: by PlusNet MXCore (v2.00) Mike,

I seem to recall to have received a report a couple of years ago saying that somebody (don't remember who)
did succeed in running Argo under some Windows emulator (maybe it was Wine).

At the risk of being flamed (please don't) my opinion about Linux is that it is an excellent OS for running
server applications, but as far as the desktop PC is concerned, it still lacks some user friendliness and ease of
use when compared to Windows. I have Fedora Core 4 installed on my multi boot PC, and so can compare
directly Win XP and Linux on the same hardware. Linux is slower, expecially in the GUI part, and, speaking
from a developer point of view, it still lacks some development tools that Windows has.

I am convinced that this situation will change in a few years, if the current momentum in favor of Linux will
continue. Then probably I will make myself the switchover, producing Linux versions of Argo/Spectran/SDRadio
etc.

73 Alberto I2PHD
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WE0H Mike wrote:

Is any of Alberto's software written for Linux? I did a Lebranet install 
the other night and am finding it way better than Winblows so I want to 
use Linux for my LW station if possible. I haven't tried any software in 
the Windows emulator yet so that may work fine but I would rather have 
true Linux ARGO or whatever if possible.

Thanks,

Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI


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