[Xastir] UK APRS With XASTIR??

[Paul]

In message <CEEDLFEPCNELJOIEFPOGAEGNCAAA.george.smart1 at btinternet.com>,
George Smart (Abbs Cross School) <george.smart1 at btinternet.com> writes
>Hello All.
>I ahve been running APRS in the UK for a number of months now (windows
>based), and being a radio amateur, and wanting to mess about, i wondered if
>xastir would be of any use in the United kingdom??

I hope it's of use as I have been running it for the last 9 months or so
in Norfolk, have also got a friend using it as well :) 

I have had no problems with it on mandrake 8.2 or 9. Don't know what
distro you are using but it should be OK

>  I'm fed up of the
>Unreliability of Windows Based programs, and run a BBS/Node in south
>england, on linux, but untill now, was unable to find anything that would
>enable me to do APRS on Linux based machines.
>
>If anyone can help me, with info on xastir then don't hesitate to drop me an
>E-Mail.
>
>Best 73 to all.
>de GEORGE SMART - 2E1ZZZ / M3PKT (SYSOP of ELMPRK NODE/BBS)

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Paul G4UVA