[Hackrf-dev] known good laptop running Pentoo.

[pete M]

Rich,the problem is not power.. tested unbutu live dvd and pentoo live dvd on flash and burned on dvd on 4 different machine.one is a bit slow, (core 2 duo) the other is also abit slow I3 2ghz, the others are I5 None would just pass boot of those distro live dvd.


Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:32:21 -0500
From: richnsanders at gmail.com
To: hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] known good laptop running Pentoo.


  
    
  
  
    Pete,

    

    SDR requires some decent computing power, nothing crazy, but not
    bottom of the line.  I'd recommend at least an i5 core and 8 gig of
    Ram, 16 would be better but you can always upgrade later.  Video
    cards and SDR are a moot point unless you're going to use something
    like gr-fosphor requiring Cuda support.

    

    Ubuntu 14 will do the job well, but it can be a bit bloated. 
    Lubuntu is less bloated, but it may require you to compile more
    packages.  The trade off between bloat and installation issues may 
    be a deciding factor on which version to use.  I have not tried raw
    Debian, but it should do the job well too.

    

    Currently I'm running it well on an Asus G73S and an Alienware M14. 
    The Asus runs it without issue and handles gr-fosphor well too.  Of
    course the Alienware runs my SDR without breaking a sweat.

    

    SDR#

    http://rtlsdr.org/softwarelinux

    

    Ubuntu 14

    http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/

    

    Lubuntu 14

    http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04/release/

    

    My pybombs install guide is only a few months old, but since HackRF
    came out, some major packages have been added/updated.  I probably
    need to re-write it., but it will get you in the ballpark for
    setting everything up.

    

    Rich

    

    

    On 11/8/2014 10:25 PM, C Crane wrote:

    
    
      It runs fine on my Dell XPS12. 
      On Nov 8, 2014 8:16 PM, "pete M" <petem001 at hotmail.com>
        wrote:

        
          
            Anyone can confirm to me that they run Pentoo
              on a laptop?
              

              
              And if yes, can you tell me the exact model number,
                the pentoo version and any other thing you did beside
                just install pentoo on the machine?
              

              
              Tired of turning in circle trying to find a way to
                run this..
              

              
              it is nice to run my hack-rf with sdr#.. but would
                really like to tx with it.
              

              
              Pierre
              VE2PF
              

              
            
          
          

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