![]() I know the program is written for several platforms, and that the author is promoting his way of use, but Windows users expect software to work within the Windows standards. There doesn't appear to be any file associations so that the companion programs automatically work. For example, the program is only visible under the user account it was loaded under rather than all the user accounts on the computer. I was using FLDIGI on a Windows PC (XP, Vista and 7), and while the program worked, it was obvious that program wasn't designed for Windows as it doesn't follow the Windows design and security standards. Open source and open protocols should be something revered by ham radio is at the heart of why we exist. I look forward to what this will be in another few years as it progresses further. There are alpha efforts to add packet functionality, digital voice modem implementations and other features. It is a really great system for sending forms based message data.īecause this project is open source, new features are being actively worked on and added all the time. The NBEMS system is still being worked on with tweaks and new modes added frequently. I highly recommend this software and the accompanying suite of utilities, flrig, flmsg, and flwrap. At least this software is actively maintained and extended.and you aren't paying for new features as they are added. No surprises.ĭouble clicking on setup.exe if new features or bug fixes are released is hardly an unreasonable hassle. It is purpose built and going from Linux to Mac to Windows, it behaves the same way on each platform. The interface simplicity of fldigi is one of its greatest features. ![]() Too many other software products focus on form over function and it is a waste of effort. This is hundreds of man hours in effort just for the sake of appearances adding nothing to function. ![]() Integrating the native appearance of an OS native tool kit requires maintaining completely separate code trees. Other reviewers obviously have no depth of experience in software and don't realize that for a cross platform tool kit, you will have the same look (of the toolkit) on any platform you run it on. It is a great example of open source contribution and project success. Open source, completely free software, very well maintained and a highly active community. Combined with CQRlog, I have a great set up here.GDDX my friends, see ya on PSK31 and RTTY and some others. This is the easiest software to set up, only has what it needs including a built in logging program! what else do you need? Does PSK reporter and some other nice stuff, has almost all the modes, and CW receive and transmit as well, nice!! I have been using this for several years, and will continue to do so with My linux Ubuntu machine. Then I saw a post about how hard it was to set up! are you kidding me? If the user did, not get this set up, he is not using digi modes today. This program was designed to be run under the Linux OS, No one said you have to update it all the time either, this may be a good idea, because sometimes the updates have bugs. Great software, Dave has done a perfect job with this, does what it needs to do and no more, no bloat etc, I see a complaint of frequent updates, this is not a problem, the problem is the user is using it under windows, I f you use it under Linux then the updates come automatically with the package manager as long as you add the PPA.
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