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New Linux user - USB questions

I am trying to learn about Linux using the Zorin OS 9 version of Ubuntu. My goal is to replace Win7 on my old desktop I use in the shack but I need to make sure that everything works. I have Zorin working great on my Acer netbook which is my test bed for Linux. I have managed to get an older version of ACLog working with Wine so objective 1 is satisfied. I have the W2 software working under Wine and I have the W2 and K3 utility versions downloaded and installed. But now I'm hitting a wall getting the FTDI USB cable to work for the W2 and the serial to USB Prolific adapter to work for the K3. Can anyone help me with a (hopefully) simple step by step procedure that will get these USB connections working? Until I can get the K3 and W2 talking to Linux I don't want to make the big change on the old gateway.

73 Bill NZ0T

W4JBB

Re: New Linux user - USB questions

Bill,

Look up creating "sym links" for Linux. That's short for symbolic links
and is basically a shortcut for a Linux (or OS X) machine. I run OS X
and the directory structure is a tad different so I'm not quite sure how
to do it on Linux.

73,
Joel - W4JBB

On 8/12/14, 8:47 PM, NZ0T wrote:

> I am trying to learn about Linux using the Zorin OS 9 version of Ubuntu. My
> goal is to replace Win7 on my old desktop I use in the shack but I need to
> make sure that everything works. I have Zorin working great on my Acer
> netbook which is my test bed for Linux. I have managed to get an older
> version of ACLog working with Wine so objective 1 is satisfied. I have the
> W2 software working under Wine and I have the W2 and K3 utility versions
> downloaded and installed. But now I'm hitting a wall getting the FTDI USB
> cable to work for the W2 and the serial to USB Prolific adapter to work for
> the K3. Can anyone help me with a (hopefully) simple step by step procedure
> that will get these USB connections working? Until I can get the K3 and W2
> talking to Linux I don't want to make the big change on the old gateway.
>
> 73 Bill NZ0T
>
>
>
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Re: New Linux user - USB questions

Using Wine is not really Linux. Wine is the Windows emulator for Linux and like all emulators (mostly) it has issues with hardware.
Because its an abstraction layer between the OS and the target device.
Why don't you just use Linux natively?
There are programs that run on Linux, although not as many as there are for windows.
After much trouble and frustration i decided to just run Windows 7 in Parallels on my MacBook Pro.
I use HRD and a few other things and i have to run Windows, but i refuse to have an actual PC at home.
Been a mac user for a decade.

If you must have Linux for some reason you're much better off running Windows inside of it (VMWare or VirtualBox). Wine is a fairly poor performer for hardware-based stuff.
It works ok for MS Office and such but not for this.
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On Aug 13, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Joel Black <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Look up creating "sym links" for Linux. That's short for symbolic links and is basically a shortcut for a Linux (or OS X) machine. I run OS X and the directory structure is a tad different so I'm not quite sure how to do it on Linux.
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB
>
> On 8/12/14, 8:47 PM, NZ0T wrote:
>> I am trying to learn about Linux using the Zorin OS 9 version of Ubuntu. My
>> goal is to replace Win7 on my old desktop I use in the shack but I need to
>> make sure that everything works. I have Zorin working great on my Acer
>> netbook which is my test bed for Linux. I have managed to get an older
>> version of ACLog working with Wine so objective 1 is satisfied. I have the
>> W2 software working under Wine and I have the W2 and K3 utility versions
>> downloaded and installed. But now I'm hitting a wall getting the FTDI USB
>> cable to work for the W2 and the serial to USB Prolific adapter to work for
>> the K3. Can anyone help me with a (hopefully) simple step by step procedure
>> that will get these USB connections working? Until I can get the K3 and W2
>> talking to Linux I don't want to make the big change on the old gateway.
>>
>> 73 Bill NZ0T
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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