LHS Episode #203: Choosing Your Linux Distribution

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

• Choosing the Right Distribution for Your Ham Shack

• Application Availability

• Hardware Support

• Ease of Installation

• GUI

• Security & Updates

• Popular Distributions to Consider

• Debian - 4.5

• Solus - 2.5

• TrueOS - 3.5

• Ubuntu 16.04 - 3.5

• ElementaryOS (Loki/Luna) - 3.8

• ElementaryOS (Dev) - 4.0

• Gentoo - 2.1

• Ubuntu 16.10 - 4.3

• Antergos - 2.6

• Fedora 25 - 4.6

• Manjaro - 3.4

• ZorinOS - 0.0

• Bodhi - 3.6

• Rebellin - 4.5

• Deepin - 4.8

• GeckoLinux - 4.0

Segment 2 (Listener Feedback & Announcements)

• Announcement from Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs, G7VRI

• OggCamp is a 2 day unconference celebrating all things permissively licensed (F/LOSS, CC, Open Hardware etc), digital rights and collaboratively built. On its 9th year, in Sheffield, UK on the 18th and 19th August. Pay-what-you-want-including-free tickets from OggCamp.org.

• Comment from Daniel, N9MUF

• Comment from Johnny, N4JEK

• Comment from Pete

• Comment from John

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