I am thinking of getting an eeepc and putting perl, predict, gpredict and tunring it into a sat tracking device.
Does anyone know if that would not be possible ?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rich VK4TEC vk4tec@people.net.au http://www.tech-software.net
Hi Andrew.
That souldn't be a problem. I am using an EEEPC running Orbitron and satpc32 to control a station, and this setup is great for working portable.
All the best
Paul - VK2TXT Ozsatgroup Coordinator www.amsat-vk.org
Got one - will report back soon about xastir and sat tracking
Initial impressions : awesome
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rich VK4TEC vk4tec@people.net.au http://www.tech-software.net
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Rich [mailto:vk4tec@people.net.au] Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2008 6:07 AM To: Amsat-Bb@Amsat. Org Cc: Aprssig Subject: eeepc
I am thinking of getting an eeepc and putting perl, predict, gpredict and tunring it into a sat tracking device.
Does anyone know if that would not be possible ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Andrew Rich VK4TEC vk4tec@people.net.au http://www.tech-software.net
Andrew Rich wrote:
I am thinking of getting an eeepc and putting perl, predict, gpredict and tunring it into a sat tracking device.
Does anyone know if that would not be possible ?
Hello,
It should be possible. I have one and still in the "setup" phase. Besides the built-in Xandros, I also got openSuSE and Windows XP on it by putting the OS on SDHC cards. So far it really works great. The site I used for Eee PC infomation is http://www.eeeuser.com/
There is eeeUbuntu which is an Eee PC customized version of Ubuntu.
Xandros is a commercial Linux distribution. The Eee PC version is based on Debian Etch. You have to be careful what packages you use because the Xandros version is not exactly the same as Debian Etch. Asus is suppose to release a SDK which should allow easier creation of packages. I have not tried adding software sources yet so I do not know what is available. More information is at this link. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/addingxandrosrepos
Xandros is KDE based and the default is a "easy" interface. The "advanced" interface (full KDE desktop) can also be selected.
73 Eric
perl, predict, gpredict and xastir all run on it
beware the screen is small and no cd
you are best to turn off the dekstop easy mode
I added a deb repositry from the US and it added hundreds more packages
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rich VK4TEC vk4tec@people.net.au mailto:vk4tec@people.net.au http://www.tech-software.net
-----Original Message----- From: Eric A, Cottrell [mailto:wb1hbu@amsat.org] Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2008 12:03 PM To: vk4tec@people.net.au Cc: Amsat-Bb@Amsat. Org; Aprssig Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] eeepc
Andrew Rich wrote:
I am thinking of getting an eeepc and putting perl, predict, gpredict and tunring it into a sat tracking device.
Does anyone know if that would not be possible ?
Hello,
It should be possible. I have one and still in the "setup" phase. Besides the built-in Xandros, I also got openSuSE and Windows XP on it by putting the OS on SDHC cards. So far it really works great. The site I used for Eee PC infomation is http://www.eeeuser.com/
There is eeeUbuntu which is an Eee PC customized version of Ubuntu.
Xandros is a commercial Linux distribution. The Eee PC version is based on Debian Etch. You have to be careful what packages you use because the Xandros version is not exactly the same as Debian Etch. Asus is suppose to release a SDK which should allow easier creation of packages. I have not tried adding software sources yet so I do not know what is available. More information is at this link. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/addingxandrosrepos
Xandros is KDE based and the default is a "easy" interface. The "advanced" interface (full KDE desktop) can also be selected.
73 Eric
On Jan 19, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Eric A, Cottrell wrote:
Andrew Rich wrote:
I am thinking of getting an eeepc and putting perl, predict, gpredict and tunring it into a sat tracking device.
Does anyone know if that would not be possible ?
Hello,
It should be possible. I have one and still in the "setup" phase. Besides the built-in Xandros, I also got openSuSE and Windows XP on it by putting the OS on SDHC cards. So far it really works great. The site I used for Eee PC infomation is http://www.eeeuser.com/
There is eeeUbuntu which is an Eee PC customized version of Ubuntu.
Xandros is a commercial Linux distribution. The Eee PC version is based on Debian Etch. You have to be careful what packages you use because the Xandros version is not exactly the same as Debian Etch. Asus is suppose to release a SDK which should allow easier creation of packages. I have not tried adding software sources yet so I do not know what is available. More information is at this link. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/addingxandrosrepos
A co-worker has also found that Linux Mint loads nicely on them, and in a very small footprint.
I haven't succumbed to the hype (to buy one) yet. :-)
-- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com
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