-=> Sean Dennis wrote to thecivvie <=-

 SD> Hello thecivvie,
 SD>
 SD> Friday July 16 2021 13:34, you wrote to me:
 SD>
 t>> my father was very active in HAM but never kept it up for some
 >> reason.
 t>> I known during the CB hay days, I used to get some decent signals
 >> here
 t>> and once managed to get South Africa 
 SD>
 SD> I am off the air right now due to problems with my radios but once I can
 SD> get them fixed and possibly purchase a new rig, I will definitely be
 SD> back on the air even if I have to hide my antenna during the day and put
 SD> it out at night.


I want to get a small tower before I do any more antenna, I have 3 up at the
moment and that doesnt include 2 test ads-b ones  My favourite has to be the
APT for weather images

 SD>
 t>> Yeah, I want to make a small laptop for travelling but something that
 t>> will only do what I need and no more, I had toyed with a Chromebook
 t>> and maybe still look at one
 SD>
 SD> I have a couple of netbooks that work great running Linux.  They're just
 SD> buried in a bunch of junk.  I'd like to see if I can get a HP Elitebook
 SD> 840 G4 laptop with a high resolution display.  They're business laptops
 SD> so no gaming on them but they all run Linux wonderfully.  I have an 840
 SD> G1 right now and it is showing its age a bit because it is low
 SD> resolution (1300x866 or something). It's a good emergency laptop though
 SD> running Devuan Linux.
 SD>

I have my 2014 MacBook Air that runs Mate Linux. The only issue is the webcam as
I have to remember to re do the drivers at every kernel update. It is showing
it's age, one of the USB ports got damaged and the other one is slowly dieing. I
may try nd get it fixed as it still boots in less than 3 seconds

TC

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