Looking for Radio Amateurs

[Peter N Spotts]

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 16:56 +0000, Mark Schoonover wrote:
> Ken Adams wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> > 
> > I am looking for fellow Radio Amateurs that use Ubuntu.
> > 
> > I have a few ideas that I would like to put past a few people and
> > maybe start a project akin to Automatix or maybe even a derivative
> > Ubuntu distro ie. "Hambuntu"
> > 
> > Looking forward to hearing from you all.
> > 
> > Rgds Ken
> 
> Ken,
> 
> 	I'm a ham, and have used Ubuntu. I know there's another ham distro
> out there, but the name escapes me at the moment. I think it would be a
> great idea to have a Hambuntu, with all the latest ham related software
> installed. Maybe, instead of another distro, have ham repository??
> 
>  73
> Mark
> http://ka6wke.blogspot.com
> 

What would a separate distribution get you that you couldn't get merely
by downloading software from the ham-radio section for the packages
installed via Synaptic? One program that isn't there that would be
helpful -- the Linux version of Echolink...

Pete

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