@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse I just made a video today about why we use desktops as servers now!
Well first off I get this message:
Uhm.. okay.
Desktops as servers; in some cases - they are useful. Sadly the issue I am running into is that the twelve year old computer has more cores than anything I have available to me in the office,.. I am running an old Dell with 8-cores, and everything I have only has 4-cores.
Were I running several rPi VMs that might be fine, but I am running full Windows or Linux for testing and Ham Radio. It's working but a little strained and I can't do much more without maxing the system resources out.
Oh well.. will find something some time..
What Ham radio tasks is using so many resources?
The basic of it is that it isn't so much the Ham Radio applications - but the Host: Windows. While there is a Linux equivalent to the one application function and appearance is vastly different.
Most of the applications written for Ham Radio are written by Ham Radio Operators themselves, so they use what they feel they can learn or already know as a programming language. Some of these don't port well to Linux from Windows, or iOS from Android.
Ham Radio is a hobby,..so there generally isn't much profit in it unless you are a 'commercial radio manufacturer'
Windows needs a certain level of resources to run. Windows 10 you could trim it down, but most are being forced to move to Windows 11 due to support.
Now, if you are aware of things you can do with Windows 10,.. you can get by with continuing to use Win10, but of course you accept some risk doing so.
You can move to Linux, but for many in the hobby, Linux is more then they will understand having been in the Windows eco-system for so long, and limited support or applications.
I have been able to shift between Windows and Linux as it is something I've done for years. But there are some aspects that still escape and frustrate me...
