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

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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.

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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.

...

Pierre VE2PF

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Hi Everyone, The problem I've had with ACID is that it's currently based on an older version of CentOS (5.x) and motherboard chipset support may be an issue for newer hardware---particularly newer laptops. While I haven't installed a ACID box from scratch in a long time (I now use Debian Wheezy exclusively), the last couple boxes I setup required hand-built kernels to function properly (I was having ugly issues with the Linux hi-res timer). As Tim mentioned, I also would recommend an ATOM board or RPi2. Then, plan on putting it in a RF-tight box. For an RPi2, that's really easy to do. For testing, I've got a "bare" RPi2 currently sitting on top of my HF rig (experimental remote base) and don't really see many spurs at all--it's even powered from the same 13.8V DC supply for the HF rig! The RPi2 is a LOT quieter than my laptop PC! I've found the chief source of RPi2 noise to be the little cheapo switching wall warts! I now use DC-DC switchers, which overall are much quieter and provide better quality DC (no common-mode AC ripple, etc.). 73, David KB4FXC On Sun, 12 Apr 2015, Tim Sawyer 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

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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.

Pierre VE2PF

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