A live USB distribution intended for HAB builders and trackers
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.
Current release: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/hablinux/hablinux1404_1.img
To install, see the document Use HAB Linux in this directory.
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
If you want to build HAB Linux (or something similar) yourself, see the document Build HAB Linux in this directory.
Feedback welcome. Open an issue.