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-The SvxLink project is developing a flexible, general purpose voice
-services system for ham radio use.
-The SvxLink Server consists of a core that handles the connection to
-the transceiver. The core can be configured to act as a repeater
-controller or to operate on a simplex channel. The voice services are
-loaded into the core as plugins.
-The project also includes an EchoLink client GUI application (Qtel).
-
-The biggest news in this release is the initial revision of the
-SvxReflector application. The SvxReflector application is meant to be used
-as a center point to link SvxLink nodes together.
+The SvxLink Server is a general purpose voice services system,
+which when connected to a transceiver, can act as both an advanced repeater
+system and can also operate on a simplex channel. One could call it a radio
+operating system since it sits between the hardware (transceiver) and the
+applications (modules) and handle basic system services as well as input and output.
+
+SvxLink is very extensible and modular. Voice services are implemented as modules
+which are isolated from each other. Modules can be implemented in either C++ or TCL.
+
+The project also includes Qtel, the Qt EchoLink client, is a graphical
+application used to access the EchoLink network.
+
+This release includes a new revision of the SvxReflector application, which is
+meant to be used as a center point to link SvxLink nodes together.
You can build only svxlink server (no Qtel) by passing QTEL=NO to the script:
QTEL=NO ./svxlink.SlackBuild
@@ -25,3 +28,5 @@ The recommended uid/gid is 286, you may want to check
http://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for other recommendations.
To run svxlink server you will need the svxlink-sounds package.
+
+You may want to check the rc.svxlink scripts for startup options.