Storm tracking on Linux

[Billie Walsh]

Knapp wrote:
> A while back, we where talking about needs to use MS and not Linux.
> Someone said storm traking was their reason. I found this today.
> 
>>From here:
> http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8223#post8223
> 
> Quote:
> Originally Posted by rockmanac
> No alternative exists for GRLevel3. Of course, you've probably never
> heard of that. It's a piece of software for downloading NWS radar in
> basically real-time. (I'm a storm spotter.. It's an essential piece of
> software).
> 
> The Answer:
> 
> I work as a contractor to NWS at the NOAA headquarters in MD and lead
> the software team on the AWIPS (Advanced Weather Information
> Processing System) project responsible for collecting and distributing
> those very same RADAR products from the 160+ NWS weather forecast
> offices (WFOs). My team is also responsible for the Satellite
> Broadcast Network, which is used to distribute NWS data to anyone who
> wants to put a dish up to collect it (like television stations,
> universities, etc.). All of the AWIPS hardware, including the
> graphical workstations used by NWS forecasters, run Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 4 only. Windows is not used at all in AWIPS. I run openSUSE 10.2
> on my desktop at work and have no problem interacting with others who
> use Windows. NOAA is committed to open source where it makes sense.
> Anyone who claims that Linux isn't "ready for the desktop" is really
> clueless.
> 

GRLevel3 is one piece of software we use. I would be most interested in 
knowing what software is used in Linux to do what GRLevel3 does.

<soapbox>

I've been using Linux 99.9........% of the time for well over a year 
now. I find fewer and fewer reasons to fire up Windows. The better half 
has to have Windows to work, it's a requirement of her online job, so I 
can't migrate her to full time. I've been working on her to use it 
whenever she isn't working but so far no luck.

Other than a few niggling little issues I think Linux IS ready for main 
stream "Joe User". Things like DVD playing, MP3, Video...... All easily 
"fixed" once the OS is installed, BUT "Joe User" expects all that 
"right-out-of-the-box" as soon as he turns it on. In most cases these 
things are taken care of in "boxed" releases because that's what your 
paying for.

</soapbox>

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