LHS Episode #513: DragonOS Deep Dive

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

• DragonOS

• Topics and Notes

• Based on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04)

• Installation looks just like Ubuntu install

• Desktop is LXQt, Desktop manager is sddm (The recommended display manager for LXQt), Xserver is Xorg

• CQRlog (and all other loggers?) not included in base install

• Network managed by netplan shunted to NetworkManager

• Default user already member of groups dialout, sudo, audio, plugdev, direwolf, sambashare

• Default background mildly annoying but better than other ham-related distros

• wsjt-x, fldigi installed by default, wfview was not

• Lots of esoteric software and things I haven’t heard of

• TempestSDR

• GNU Radio (many options)

• Notice that many apps launch with a terminal window and sometimes do not actually start

• Gridtracker is installed by default

• xrdp FTW

• Resources

• https://lhs.fyi/Dz (DragonOS, Sourceforge)

• LHS Readiness Score: 3.8 (4.5)

Segment 3 (New Subscribers, New Supporters & Live Participants)

• Subscribers and Patreons

• John Julian

• Ken Betenia

• Facebook

• Matthew Lauerty

• Frank Jenkins

• John Julian

• YouTube

• Don Saw

• Matias Graino

• Byron Pangburn

• Discord

• zer0day

• MojoKD9YPK

• Mullet

• Saxa

• VA7WY

• Mastodon

• @Saxaln

• @kb9lxh

• @kd4wov

• @ei6kw

• @jornfranke

• @NO7E

• @RickTRSWE

• Mailing List

• Dale Farnsworth

• KK7LPM

• KY4HJ

• Ray McGavran

• W7JPJ

• Live Chat

• Darren, VK6EK

• Ted, WA0EIR

• Bill, N3AJ

• Don, KB2YSI

• Steve, KA7HVT

• Jon, K1BTZ

• Winston, KD2WLL