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On 30 Jun 00, at 6:35, n3gmw@aol.com wrote:
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> Please add my vote to those wanting a version in Linux. I've been wanting
> to convert to Linux but haven't because I'm not sure if I can stand to
> lose some of my favorite programs. TRLog being one of them. Also be nice
> if it supports USB (universal serial bus not upper side band) ;-)
>
A couple of off-the-top-of-my-head comments about this, and they're
probably worth what you're paying for them:
1. I believe that TR is written in a sort of objectised Pascal, so porting
it to something like Linux would be a major pain.
2. USB support in the Linux kernel is pretty poor. (One is tempted to say
non-existent.)
3. I've been deeply disappointed by Linux. No matter what the hype says, I
have found it to be not at all ready for prime time. The kernel itself is
great, but to try to change anything is to ask for trouble, and most of the
applications are a long way behind their Windows counterparts. Sad but
true, at least from the vantage of this ex-UNIX sysadmin. (A typical
example, although it has nothing to do with TR but just happens to be fresh
on my mind: I spent more than an hour yesterday trying to figure out how to
enter a single accented character into KLyX.)
4. I'd _much_ rather that Mr. Tree spend his time improving TR than porting
it. Perhaps if people are sufficiently desperate for a port, Tree could
come to some sort of arrangement with a third party to do the port for him,
but that (of course) is entirely up to him.
Doc N7DR
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D.R. Evans N7DR / G4AMJ N7DR@arrl.net
"Palindor" has been republished:
http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR/drevans.htp
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