| Amateur radio programs | Links to ham radio programs for Linux and more |
| Ubuntu Linux | Easy to install and use - many flavors (Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc) One of my favorites because it seems to install on just about any hardware and is very reliable. Incidentally, the USB-to-network adapters work very well under Ubuntu 9.04. It recognizes it immediately and sets it up to use DHCP by default. You can then go set it to a fixed IP address, if desired. VERY ham friendly, too, with many ham programs that are easy to install. |
| Fedora Linux | Fedora Linux from RedHat - a little more technical On the side of "bleeding edge", but usually pretty stable. Usually precedes new releases of RedHat Linux as a test bed. |
| Simply Mepis Linux | Simply Mepis Linux - another favorite for ease-of-use Some versions are fussy about the hardware, though. |
| PCLinuxOS | Wow - really easy to install and get working + FAST UPDATE The website is still being updated! Hooray ! ! ! |
| WUBI Windows UBuntu Installer |
Lets you install Ubuntu to run under Windows! It changes the boot sector (makes your PC a 'virtual' dual-boot) and uses up about 10-15GB (as a Windows file) for the Linux virtual partition. It's just another application. BUT it insists on downloading the Ubuntu Alternate i386 version, which can take MANY hours, even on a relatively fast link, because you are rate-limited by the server. On my high-speed link (6MB/sec) it took about 12 hours. Plan accordingly. |
| ISO LQ | Need help choosing a Linux distribution? Go here |
| KF8GR Linux Ham Software Links | Nice LARGE list of Linux ham radio program updates and where to get them |
| Smoothwall | Smoothwall is a very easy to setup Linux firewall that will run on older PCs. It also lets you do port forwarding to protect a web server behind the firewall. You do need two ethernet ports for this. If you have three ethernet ports, you can also set up a DMZ. One really nice feature is the ability to BLOCK incoming IP addresses. Mine is running on an old Pentium 3 at 600MHz with 256MB ram. This one is Debian based, so you can use apt-get for ease of program installation. |
apt-get install gmfsk
-or as a user with sudo privileges-
sudo apt-get install gmfsk
This way the apt-get software takes care of all the behind-the-scenes stuff.
| Software | Type | Size in bytes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digipup 1.342 | CD image | 98,025,472 | A ham-oriented SMALL cd that runs from CD. You can boot it up in your computer without affecting anything on your hard drives. Then run the included ham software, such as fldigi (for digital modes). |
| Harvey's Hamshack CD | CD image | 558,256,128 | A full-size CD that includes LOTS of ham software |
| TLF Morphix | CD image | 424,017,920 | The Left Foot ham shack CD |
| Linux Wireless PDF Linux Wireless Overview Linux Wireless Extensions |
PDF files | 590,695 211,692 37,959 |
Linux Wireless documentation in PDF format |
| LinuxMint 4.0 | CD image | 722,104,320 | Debian-based Linux Mint 4.0 |
| Win4LinPro | CD image | 37,951,488 | Win4Lin Pro version 5.0 |
| Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop | CD image | 732,766,208 | Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop ISO i386 Current long-term version |
| Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop | CD image | 732,909,568 | Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop i386 ISO |
| Smoothwall express PDF install guide |
CD image |
72,216,576 21,716 |
A small effective firewall |
| Gparted LiveCD | CD image | 29,900,800 | Gnu partition editor live-cd |
| SSH Quick Howto | Rsync Quick Howto | Quick and Dirty Backups |
| Install Win after Linux | Linux 2 Backup/Recover Win/Linux | Power to the users series Learn to easily write your own programs! |
