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Originally Posted by wraithe
i'm wondering if anyone here has used kstars..
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I love KStars connected to the LX200. The KStars interface makes sense. The other astro software I've tried are a pain to use and I haven't been able to get them working properly with the scope.
I've also used the Windows only version of
Satellite Tracker with
Wine under Linux. It works perfectly.
Actually tracking satellites, though, is not as easy as I thought
But interesting.
As for this Windows vs Linux thing. It always surprises me when people say that Windows is "better" than something else (usually Linux). I use both. I'm using Windows now. All my other computers run some flavour of Linux. If I didn't have to write software for Windows, I wouldn't be using it at all.
I gave my 64 year old Dad (who never used a computer in his life) a computer running Linux. He happily e-mails and writes letters. He has no idea of what an operating system is. He like most Windows users, received a computer with the operating system installed. He certainly doesn't think Linux is broken - because he doesn't even know what an operating system is. Linux didn't "break" even after he kept switching the computer off from the power, while it was running. How eager would you be to turn your windows machine off from the power switch right now?
Linux can break. Windows can break. Any other operating system can break. But windows is the only one that you hear, "have you reinstalled?" as the solution to the problem.