Re: [Hamfax-devel] hamfax vs acfax

[Richard G. <kd...@gm...>]

Hi Christof,

I was wondering if any of the acfax code ended up in hamfax.  I am working
on a distro for new linux users and want to include a fax program.  It looks
like hamfax is a bit more refined.  I personally have never tried to decode
any faxes via RF.  I am trying to put some documentation in the distro as
well.  Are there any frequencies in particular where weather faxes are
common?

Thanks,
Rich KD0BJT

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Christof Schmitt <
csc...@us...> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:50:38PM -0600, Richard Gordon wrote:
> >    Hi Christof,
> >    I was wondering what the differences were between acfax and hamfax?
> �Is
> >    one better than the other?
> >    Thanks,
> >    Rich KD0BJT
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> i am biased towards hamfax, and cannot speak too much about acfax:
>
> Most likely, acfax should require less CPU.
>
> hamfax is based on the Qt toolkit, so it integrates better in current
> desktop
> enviroments. It also supports sending of radio facsimiles. One big feature
> on
> recent Linux distribution is the support of the ALSA sound interface, since
> current Linux distributions no longer provide the OSS device files.
>
> I hope this helps, are you looking for a specific feature?
>
> 73
>
> Christof, DH1CS
>