Linux for Radio Astronomy

If you’re not seeing the “Install Ubuntu” option after booting from your SD card, here are a few things to

Instead of first saving the SD card image to your home directory, you can write it directly to the USB

Since you’ve booted from the SD card, that means the system is running on the same device you want to

This happens quite often.The GUI file manager is mounting the partition of the SD card, but the underlying block device might have

Good question — this is a classic use for dd on Linux.Here’s a safe, step-by-step method to clone a bootable SD

You can install an ISO file directly onto a Linux computer. Here are the steps to do so: 1.            Download

If you already have a bootable SD card with Ubuntu, you can extract or recreate an ISO image from it in a few

Yes, you can install an ISO file directly onto a Linux computer. Here are the steps to do so:

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SDRplay’s latest API for Linux is distributed as a self-extracting .run installer. Here’s how to install it cleanly on a typical