Linux Version - iFly Wish-List

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10/21/2019 7:53 AM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: Linux Version

Connected to what sort of display? In what sort of housing? Would anyone but you actually use it?

10/21/2019 1:14 PM

David

Joined: 1/3/2011

Posts: 521

Re: Linux Version

Don Norris wrote:

I'd like a Linux port of iFlyConnect to update the SD card. We travel with an old laptop running Ubuntu or Mint Linux, and being able to update the card in the motel would be very handy.

Have you tried to run iFlyConnect under Linux Wine? I haven't tried it, just wondering.

C177RG: iFly 720, Stratux 978/1090 ADS-B in, AHRS, BMP, Stratus ESG ADS-B out. RV-3: 8" Samsung Tab A, Stratux 978/1090 ADS-B in, AHRS, BMP, Stratus ESG ADS-B out.

10/21/2019 7:36 PM

Don Norris

Joined: 10/14/2012

Posts: 233

Re: Linux Version

No, I've never used Wine - but some of the virtualization software makes it difficlt to read things like SD card slots. I ought to try it sometime ...

10/21/2019 8:51 PM

Steve Engelhardt

Joined: 7/10/2019

Posts: 3

Re: Linux Version

i use ifly on an android phone and tablet currently, and built a stratux box. stratux is a raspberry pi 3 that runs linux. It looks like if you could run ifly on a raspberry pi 4 it should allow for dual touchscreens. Also looks like it should be possible to rig an airpeed sensor to the pi, and more.

10/22/2019 6:12 AM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: Linux Version Modified By Cobra on 10/22/2019 6:14:16 AM

Yes, you can certainly do amazing things with a Raspberry Pi. I too have a Stratux in my plane. It's just not clear that, with the wealth of available iOS, Android, and Windows-based tablet and phone devices that iFly already supports, spending the development resources to make iFly work on a Pi adds anything to the appeal of the product.

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