Linux support / Swift client support

[KSI]

Hi all,

I wasn't sure if this qualified as a feature request. But I thought a discussion would be useful for everyone...well at least me!

So Laminar Research have release X-Plane 12 beta this week. It looks really nice from what I saw in the demo. There are many bugs to fix though & it could be a while before the product  is stable.

With this release of XP12, which I will be moving to when it is stable, it will mean that I will stop with Microsoft Windows & move over to Linux.

So my question is if there are any plans for the POSCON client to support Linux (& Mac) platforms & the timeframe in which that might happen.

As I was thinking about this post, it also occurred to me that there is a client called Swift which is an open source client that runs on Windows, Linux & Mac. It connects to both MS & X-Plane flight simulators.

It also connects to the VATSIM network & a network called x-flightserver that is used for small group flying & with ATC.

Details about Swift are found here: https://swift-project.org/ & details about x-flightserver can be found here: https://x-flightserver.net/#

As Swift is open source, anyone can modify it to suit their own purpose.  Everything is found on Github. So, 1 of the possibilities is to use it to connect to the POSCON network instead of the POSCON client. It supports model matching & voice communication.

Also, it can run on a separate LAN PC if desired & connect to the simulator on another machine.

Thoughts?

As I'm not on DISCORD, I would be grateful if someone could ask folks there to contribute to this topic if they feel they've got something to say.

Thanks,

KSI

 

 

[Giorgio B]

Hey @KSI ;

We have plan for Linux system tho IS NOT OUR priority POSCON main dev team is focusing on commercial projects this means that our linux plans are delayed and the ETA is TBD

Regards.