There are full metal enclosures for the Pi (and likely the BBB as well - haven't checked). I like the Proto Armor ones - solid milled aluminum. My Allstar node (40920) is housed in one which is grounded and I have yet to hear any RF noise from it. ____________ Steven Donegan KK6IVC FCC General Class License SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86 www.sscc.us From: Robert A. Poff <wb3awj@comcast.net> To: Cc: APP RPT <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt on a laptop You could do an Acid install (Centos). Then install the X11 GUI and Gnome (or KDE) from the repositories. On April 12, 2015 2:54:07 PM EDT, Tim Sawyer <tim.sawyer@mac.com> wrote: Nope. ACID, Limey Linux, BBB and Rpi2 are your only choices and none of those run on Ubuntu. If you’re worried about birdies why use a plastic cased laptop? Using a Desktop GUI makes even more noise. Get a nice little Intel Atom in a good metal case, put it in the rack with your repeater in the basement, it will be fine. -- Tim :wq On Apr 12, 2015, at 9:31 AM, pete M <petem001@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi! Looking to install app_rpt on my laptop with a graphical desktop.. My laptop is a 64 bit machine I want to beable to run asterisk ans allstar when I test some repeater in my basement. I allready have ubuntu 14/04 lts installed.. But I could change to another distro if it would be easier to do so.. I run this on a ssd drive and I have 4 gig of ram on a I5 dual core cpu. Want to have only one machine running in the shack, All computer do makes birdies and stuff like that.(the BBB is a killer on HF and same with the RPI). So one machine would be much more fun to have live.. what would be the best solution? Is there some howto somewhere to install app_rpt on another OS then acid?thanks. PierreVE2PF _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem. App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.