[Xastir] System power needed

[Tom Young]

You might like to try the KNOPPIX distribution, first.   It runs
entirely off a CD, so
it is a nice way to see how well Linux runs on your laptop without
messing with your hard drive.    Unfortunately, you won't be able to
install Xastir on the CD, 
without a lot of difficulty.   If there is any interest, I could install
the next
stable version of Xastir on a KNOPPIX CD and make the ISO file available
for downloading. 

Anyway, once you see how Linux runs on your laptop, you can decide to
install Debian,
or some other distribution -- I run Mandrake 9.0(9.1 is available) on a
Sony laptop, myself.   

You might want to be sure your distro has kernel version 2.5 or above, I
hear the 
graphics performance has been significantly improved.  Unfortunately,
Mandrake 9.1
is still at 2.4, but you can install a later kernel on top of it.  You
will need your
friend's help if you need to compile a new kernel, and be sure to keep
your old
working kernel.  

	73, 

		Tom, KD1UL


Jacob Tennant wrote:
> 
> No, it's not a bad time to tell me that as I had been thinking of ttrying
> Linux on the laptop anyway. A fellow ham friend of mine is a big Linux user
> and had mentioned Debian to me before so I might just give him a call
> tonight or this weekend. . .
> 
> Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Creager N5JXS" <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>
> To: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt at ntelos.net>
> Cc: <xastir at xastir.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] System power needed
> 
> > Is this a good time to tell you that a machine of that class will run
> > Xastir better under Linux than Windows, because Linux handles resources
> > more efficiently?
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > 73, gerry
> >
> > Jacob Tennant wrote:
> > > I have just started looking into Xastir from WinAPRS. I have a IBM 770
> > > laptop with 233MMX proc. 98mbRAM, 4GB HD, with Win98se loaded on it.
> > >
> > > With using cygwin to make xastir run, do I have enough power to run this
> on
> > > the laptop?
> > >
> > > It is my main APRS system for both home and truck.
> > >
> > > Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
> > >
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> > --
> > Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu
> > Network Engineering -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
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> >
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