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by kimdino
Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: PicoScope 6 for Linux
Topic: Importance of Linux as supported OS
Replies: 10
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Re: Importance of Linux as supported OS

Thanks Gerry, As 'ferfromla' points out Linux is very popular for this sort of work but I would like to remind you that Ubuntu & Red Hat may be popular distros but thee are many others. Also, both Ubuntu & Red Hat are far from the best distros for technical work. Ubuntu is a general purpose 'hack' v...
by kimdino
Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: PicoScope 6 for Linux
Topic: Slackware installation.
Replies: 0
Views: 10474

Slackware installation.

Hi folks, Has anyone managed to get a picoscope to run under Slackware? A year ago I bought a PicoScope 2204A and tried installation with no luck. My picoscope has since been gathering dust after I reverted to using a very primitive hardware oscilloscope. Here are some notes I made at the time for r...
by kimdino
Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:14 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Slackware 14.2 installation problems
Replies: 1
Views: 3204

Slackware 14.2 installation problems

Hi, I have a PicoScope 2204A and am attempting to install the software for it. My system is Salix (Slackware 14.2) with KDE as the desktop. This distro comes with a tool, 'rpm2txz', that converts an rpm to a Slackware package. I have used it many times in the past with no problems. I have downloaded...