[Xastir] Is there any one version of Linux better than another for xastir ?

[Tom, ve7did]

I am running Slackware 12.1 right now.  Have been using Slackware for 
many years and it "just" works. I keep up to date with Xastir CVS and 
again it just works.  Using ax.25.   Also using it to run the Linux 
Winlink RMS node and again.  It just works.  Can't remember the last 
time I had problems. (Now I just jinxed myself...).

Propagation Knows No Boundaries
73 de Tom,  ve7did



Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Jerry Dunmire wrote:
>
>> I am running ham apps on on both a Dell desktop and a D600 laptop.
>
> I should have mentioned that I'm running kernel ax.25, ham apps like
> WSPR and Fldigi via a USB SignalLink, and just configured Soundmodem
> again 'cuz I want to play with q15x25 mode a bit.
>
> My TNC won't come out of KISS mode.  Ever.  It's a TNC-X.
>
>
>> My biggest problem these days is the sound interface, alsa, pulse,
>> jack, and the others that seem to come up. I'm pretty happy with the
>> default Ubuntu choice in 10.04 (pulse), particularly after I installed
>> some of the pulse tools.
>
> I'm still trying to figure out the sound system.  Sometimes I bring
> up a mixer and it loads pulseaudio, but otherwise I'm not running
> it.  WSPR seems to work with the OSS or ALSA devices, but I've heard
> OSS is old now (I remember when it was the brand-new thing!) so I'm
> using the ALSA names I think.  Then there PortAudio (I guess I'm
> using that in Fldigi?) and PulseAudio and Jack.
>
> What I'd like is things to stop messing with my mixer volume for my
> 2nd soundcard (USB SignaLink), and for everything to be able to play
> together using one audio system.  Does such a creature exist yet?
> It doesn't appear that I can bring up WSPR and Fldigi on the same
> soundcard at the same time (so I can select CW filter and the proper
> IF shift for the 1500 Hz area WSPR wants), plus WSPR has far fewer
> selections for sound drivers than Fldigi has.
>
> Any Linux sound system experts out there?
>
>
>> One other note, a friend in the neighborhood has a preference for
>> Centos, but he has been having a bear of a time getting the ham apps
>> to work.
>
> I run CentOS on my servers at work.  In my estimation that's where
> it is most comfortable.  It's not designed to be a bleeding edge
> distro but a very reliable server-oriented distro.  They maintain
> support for each version for seven years, just like Red Hat with
> their RHEL (which CentOS is derived from and nearly and exact copy
> of).  I agree, don't consider CentOS for your main desktop.
>