This low power Laptop Dell D420 was running W7 and wspr 2.21 for 2 years 24*7
Then i switched it off for some time, the accu pack died
It never did reboot W7 again new accu pack was received.
I prefer W10 but that will need a faster system
Ubuntu was not stable it lost WLAN randomly
I installed Linux Mint to give it a try
And Mint is nice and stable.
It seems everything works easier in Mint !
Except the choice off apps
I Installed WSJT-x 1.9.1 the latest Linux version atm
Then the first linux-struggle was to get CAT connected to the IC706
relative easy once you know how it goes..
CAT needs Hamlibs
install HAMLIB i could do it so i can not be too difficult
I downloaded and unzipped HAMLIB 3.2
then i followed the install instructions
then if you do it right the screen will scroll for 5minutes at least with the most interesting cryptic text lines telling you in micro seconds about it's doings..
next thing is USB-serial Comport add
i use only US232 ftdi chipset USB-serial for W7-64 the only usable ones.
i followed with success instructions on next page
for a change this page does explane simply and clear linux busines
https://blog.mypapit.net/2008/05/how-to-use-usb-serial-port-converter-in-ubuntu.html
basically 3 dos-box ..commands are involved
linux mint does detect the USB device instantly on plugin but is silend
you have to ask about detect ports yourself
in the terminal in root type dmesg
to show what USB device is detected by MINT
notice vendor and product nr
Numeric values need 0x prefix ( of course everyone know that its hex code...)
lsusb shows USB info
The USB port should now be attached to tty0 ...
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x4348 product=0x5523 ( example)
modify vendor and product to the values dmesg found
Then the port should be availble for Wsjt-x
always sudo has to be used before you can do anything important in linux
I wonder, is there any use for commands not being super user except the sudo command itself?
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After this the IC706 was online and working stable WSJT-x 1.9.1
Mint works very nice. Compared with W7 the audio level setting are uncomplicated.
In W7 for some reason adjusting audio input called recording is not easy.
success!!
passed the MINT / Linux primary school , time for a beer..
ready for the real thing
Installing a contest logger in MInt
there seems only one taste , TLF ?
Its functionality looks good
the TLF install instructions are typical type Linux nerds
cd
./configure
make
make install
did download and unzip tlf-1.3.0
before TLF and tlf-master i could not use those
i started the terminal in root
and typed cd tlf-1.3.0
then i got error messages in the script saying missing
commands and curses library missing
install this missing library
sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev
the best way is to google for missing parts
glib-2.0 missing?? need fix
then run ./configure again
in the end i got it installed i think?
no message that the install was done correct on incorrect
also no word about how to start TLF?
typed tlf then another
sudo command was shown, needed to really! install tlf
But where is the executable in the target folder only
it is not shown in home library
the DOS-TOOL BOX is always needed
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tlf
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than flashhhh
TLF works in DOS-BOX size only?
Anyway a lot of work and time is spend to develop tlf
thanks developers
i have to study help to find how to configure
in linux terms just type something not wrong it and it works..
i try to update/ install compile assemble whatever...
a newer version tlf-1.1.5
but GLIB-2.0 is blocking the upload crazy stuff
all those versions in libraries and commands
What would they say if in W10 a target compile would be needed
for an update of ... explorer
Al PC's would be compiling all day..
i thought linux was so much better.
