HAB Linux

A live USB distribution intended for HAB builders and trackers

About

HAB Linux is a Linux distribution built specifically for HABbers - people who build, release and track high altitude balloons. It is an Xubuntu installation that is customised with softwre tools used by HAbbers. The release version is a disk image that you write to a USB memory stick, and then boot your computer from. Instructions for its build are provided in case you should want to build it yourself.

Download

Current release: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/hablinux/hablinux1404_1.img

To install, see the document Use HAB Linux in this directory.

Tools

The following changes are made to the standard Xubuntu installation:

• Pulseaudio upgraded to 5.0 to address the timing bug that stops fldigi from decoding
• UK keyboard layout selected
• UK servers for updates selected
• Additional software installed:
  • Skype
  • Git
  • Shutter screenshot tool
  • Dropbox
  • RTL-SDR
  • GQRX
  • DL-fldigi HAB version
  • Arduino
  • IDLE python development tool

Build

If you want to build HAB Linux (or something similar) yourself, see the document Build HAB Linux in this directory.

Feedback

Feedback welcome. Open an issue.