The idea of Knoppix is great but it only ever seems to half work - you need to be a unix admin to get more than 50% going.
Getting sound took a year off my life. The modem doesn't work (it's a winmodem) so I got a wifi transciever with the aim of attaching quietly to a local network - seemed to recognise unit but wouldn't play.
I tried XP and everything connected seemlessly - it's infuriating as is I really want to use a linux system.
Mike
There's a lot of competition for this market already flying. Pathfinder is a large UAV (a sort of pilotless plane) that's powered by solar panels and can stay in the air for months.
It has been flying for a few years now and has a few altitude records etc. They allways promised to put a web cam on one and never did (perhaps the transmission signal is poor;)
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The idea of Knoppix is great but it only ever seems to half work - you need to be a unix admin to get more than 50% going. Getting sound took a year off my life. The modem doesn't work (it's a winmodem) so I got a wifi transciever with the aim of attaching quietly to a local network - seemed to recognise unit but wouldn't play. I tried XP and everything connected seemlessly - it's infuriating as is I really want to use a linux system. Mike
It's a weird looking bird - have a look at http://www.skytowerglobal.com/
It has been flying for a few years now and has a few altitude records etc. They allways promised to put a web cam on one and never did (perhaps the transmission signal is poor ;)
Mike