[Xastir] Xubuntu/Xastir for events

[Peter Gamache/KC0TFB]

The image is available at http://luno.org/node/66, however it's a pretty
slow download.  Right now, it's available as a torrent, but all seeds
except mine are no longer available.  I'm going to suggest NOT downloading
it, if all you want are the scripts.

I'll be breaking out three things from the image and making them available
shortly:

1. The package list from Xubuntu - it took several tries to keep things
unbroken when peeling off supposedly unneeded packages from the distro. 
There may be more that can be pared down, but I haven't yet found it.

2. The configure script (pending N0RPM's permission).   This is the
"Xastir for dummies" assistant that makes proper station setup as simple
as selecting the site name and clicking "Go!".

3. The update script.  I want to work toward an eventual "Event Selector"
model, where multiple states can use the same Xastir/Xubuntu image. After
installing, the user would initially select which event they were
participating in, and thereafter, updates would come from whatever URL was
specified for that event - allowing coordinators for each event to specify
maps for pre-loading, configuration presets, etc.

I'm going to chat with Jason, N0RPM, tonight about releasing his script
for general use.  I should have the smaller bits uploaded in a day or two.
 I'll post a follow-up to the list when these are available.

Caveat:  If you *do* decide it's worth it to download >600Mb just to get
1Mb worth of scripts, be sure to run the Get Update script - its first
move is to update itself!  You won't see the most current scripts unless
you do this.

Thanks & 73,
-PG

William McKeehan wrote:
> Peter, Thanks for sharing this story; I love hearing how other people use
> APRS
> as a tool in their event management toolbox.
>
> Do you plan to make either the VM or the scripts available for others to
> use?
>
> On Tue, June 16, 2009 8:20 am, peter+aprs at duonet.net wrote:
>> Hello, this is KC0TFB, Peter Gamache.  I coordinated APRS operations for
>> the
>> Minnesota Multiple Sclerosis Society's MS-150 fundraising bicycle tour
>> ...
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