Re: IRLP

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

N7CK is running the irlp software on a slink system.  I forwarded a
copy of your message to him for comment, as I don't think he is on this
list.  

I agree with your concerns regarding points 1 and 2.  It sounds as if
the author doesn't really understand what free software is all about. 

As I recall, it is designed specifically for Red Hat 5.2.

I've talked over a few of the nodes and it works quite well (dependent
on the network connection, of course).

I've thought of looking into it eventually but am not taking on any new
projects for a while.

Bob, N7XY

On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 11:52:21AM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I've been looking over some interesting stuff at www.irlp.org recently,
> and mulling over the idea of setting up a link here in Denver on their
> system.  However, there are some interesting reasons NOT to:
> 
> 1. Not sure if it's all "free" (as in freedom) software.
> 2. They want to administer my system for me, which is bad, IMHO.
> 3. It only is supported on RedHat.
> 
> They've had some bad experiences with getting the software running on
> non RH machines, but I'd really like to see if they'd be interested in
> working with me on getting a working Debianized version.
> 
> Is anyone else interested in playing?  I'd like to gather resources
> (people) interested and having one point of contact with them so they
> don't feel overwhelmed by a flood of "help"... but I also knew that
> other Debian hams might be interested in playing with this sort of
> thing.
> 
> (They also require that you purchase the hardware board from them, which
> is a pain, but they're all volunteer and troubleshooting people's bad
> hardware building skills was eating a lot of their time...)
> 
> -- 
> Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com>
> 
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