Hi
I've been a data feeder for a long time, (at least since 2015) and I use a Windows 7 system, it also takes my weather station data and upload that to the cloud too.
I know Windows 7 is old and long in the tooth but it was working and I left it. It sits on a virtual machine and I could not upgrade to W10 due to the graphics card the VM emulates so rather than change it I left it. it was so long ago this forums changed software and I had to re-register
It stopped uploading data sometime ago, and its been on the list of to do 's but I'll admit I have happily forgot about fixing it, but as the weather station side was working I didn't want to do anything too drastic and its a PITA remembering how I get a USB device to talk to specific VM's to make changes.
So to the point...
Not only has the ADS-B stopped working but recently the weather station side failed, so its time to switch to W10 or Ubuntu. As I don't have a licience for W10 I'm thinking Ubuntu, it should be lighter on the VM host, and FR24 no long support Windows as a client anyway..
I plan to backup then wipe my current VM and move to Ubuntu, I also want to feed not only PF but also FR24, (and I'm happy to sent it elsewhere if poeple want it) as well as move the weather station side to Ubuntu, thankfully both have a lot of community support for Debian (or rather Raspbian) so all the software I need is availabe.
Can anyone give me any tips and pointers? or even Gotcha's to be aware of? As I'm going to clone the existing VM I'll have it to refer back to, but other than my sharing ID (and heck that can change if I need to) is there anything I need to consider, or has anyone else seen any problems?
Thanks in Advance...
I've been a data feeder for a long time, (at least since 2015) and I use a Windows 7 system, it also takes my weather station data and upload that to the cloud too.
I know Windows 7 is old and long in the tooth but it was working and I left it. It sits on a virtual machine and I could not upgrade to W10 due to the graphics card the VM emulates so rather than change it I left it. it was so long ago this forums changed software and I had to re-register
It stopped uploading data sometime ago, and its been on the list of to do 's but I'll admit I have happily forgot about fixing it, but as the weather station side was working I didn't want to do anything too drastic and its a PITA remembering how I get a USB device to talk to specific VM's to make changes.
So to the point...
Not only has the ADS-B stopped working but recently the weather station side failed, so its time to switch to W10 or Ubuntu. As I don't have a licience for W10 I'm thinking Ubuntu, it should be lighter on the VM host, and FR24 no long support Windows as a client anyway..
I plan to backup then wipe my current VM and move to Ubuntu, I also want to feed not only PF but also FR24, (and I'm happy to sent it elsewhere if poeple want it) as well as move the weather station side to Ubuntu, thankfully both have a lot of community support for Debian (or rather Raspbian) so all the software I need is availabe.
Can anyone give me any tips and pointers? or even Gotcha's to be aware of? As I'm going to clone the existing VM I'll have it to refer back to, but other than my sharing ID (and heck that can change if I need to) is there anything I need to consider, or has anyone else seen any problems?
Thanks in Advance...