Linux Mint 11 and HRD yup gots dem both

Im on a geek high right now. I just installed a Windows XP load on my Oracle Virtual Box. So far I have:

HRD (free version)
ARCS II
Commander

all running seamless. I got the factory Kenwood software to run under Wine but HRD was a no go, and some (including myself) are having configuring ARCS II under Wine because of a 64 bit Linux OS.

It was easy enough to set share between the two, plus all links placed in the directory are available on either OS. My hardware is a HP with a quad core and 8Gb of ram so it handles the two side by side pretty easy.

I know that a few of may think this is child's play and it really is once its down, but it made my day. I know have the simplicity and security of Linux and all of the Windoz software I want.

I will say that Linux Mint is the best flavor I've seen yet. Much easier to use and learn than Ubuntu.

This is coming from a guy that learned his first Unix variant as Ultrix 32 on the VAX back at college in 1989, and has been a Windows person since.

I started with Ubuntu 10.04 and kept it all the way up to this Unity stuff. Once that happened I went on the hunt for a new flavor. Puppy was close but i wasn't ready for slackware just yet. I came across Mint and haven't looked back. Im not to crazy about this new Cinnamon desktop they are trying but Im happy with what ive got now. The only trouble I had with Mint was Mint 12 wouldn't load my graphics card at start and Mint 11 wouldn't load my wireless. I chose 11 because it seemed like an easier fix. Lets just say I learned all about tar xzvf, make, clean, ./config in that whole process.

I just finshed setting up com ports and was using HRD on my 2000. I cant wait to get my external monitor hooked up (missing a 19v dc power supply if anyone has one they want to sell) then I can drag the dm780 on to it and really get to cooking.

If your a Unix student you have to admit that the file system is laid out so smooth. Once you get the hang of it everything is just where it needs to be.

I've been with ubuntu since 6.06

I could not get HRD to run in WINE, but I could run FLDIGI and CQRLOG with my signalink and Kenwood 480



I hate the new ubuntu desktop, I changed mine back to gnome



Guess I'll have to check out mint.

I held strong with Ubuntu for about two years and finally pulled the plug and went back to windows XP. While I really liked Ubuntu for specifically internet usage/ video and picture management it bugged me not being able to run resource intensive windows based first person shooter games. Also the lack of dial up support by Linux killed me. I live in no mans land and need dial up/ modem support for my PCs. Maybe if I had access to high speed internet all the time it would work for me but I live in the boonies and if I want to check my email at home I have to dial up.
I will keep using windows XP as long as I can. I can't stand Vista or 7.

Actually, I do this for a living, have for 30 years, started with UNIX V7 & System III. And I don't think it's child's play.
What you did, even following the path others have marked, is a rocky road with traps, pitfalls and ways of tripping you up.
I'm currently on Ubuntu 11.10 at home. The 3 primary chores my home computer has is websurfing, playing World of Warcraft, managing my archives of ebooks and cd rips (yes I own the CDs, I'm old fashioned). WoW has been a challenge under wine and I'm thinking going the V-Box route with Win 7. But until I bump to 12.04 LTS.

So congrats from a guy who recognizes what you have accomplished.

Thank you.

There are times that it gets me. Like after I took my general test I set up with a couple club members and messed around with a networked logging program for Field Day. Im letting the club use my TS-2000 for the SSB Phone station (we are running 3a) I installed the software on my VBox no problem but then couldn't connect to the adhoc network. I could ping it but not connect. The next day I asked a buddy who is the Rain Man of VM stuff and he asked "is your network interface bridged?" and i face palmed myself because I didn't even check. So now that I know that its one more little trick in the tool box.

Do you like the new Ubuntu desktop? I went to Mint because I wanted to keep gnome. However the new HUD in 12.04 looks really neat, i hope mint can adapt it to gnome.

Unity is okay. So the app bar is on the side instead of the bottom (aka windows). I never grew to be a fan of gnome, I found kde to be functional enough. But at the time both of those were maturing I spent 90+% of my unix time using CDE to get to command line prompts.
Terminal was my best friend. Frankly I've never found any presentation layer to be much more than an application starting menu and really care about how easy each makes that task plus process control work. A good file system browser (man I still miss Xtree+) and disk burner and I think that we're doing good.

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