Decided to repurpose an old laptop and install Raspberry PI desktop edition.

I have browsed and searched through the various threads and the references to desktop did not seem to be the desktop edition but merely the desktop on a raspi.?

So the question is, will BAP work on Raspberry Pi Desktop edition or do you recommend the Debian Ham Radio tools instead??

I prefer the easier route with BAP but didn't want to run it then have to reinstall everything if it wasn't going to work.

Thank you.

For clarity…this is the desktop raspberry iso image used for converting old laptops and desktops. Not the small handheld raspberry pi 3,3+,4 or z2w

The BAP instructions runs on RaspberryPiOS Bullseye. IIRC some of the software that BAP compiles is optimized for ARM processors, not Intel or AMD.
Some of the software _MAY_ be available in the Debian x86 repos, but I wouldn't count on it.
Also you'd have to run as sudo in Debian, but, as it was pointed out in another thread, Debian and RaspberryPiOS handle sudo differently.


Kevin
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Hi all

I have tried the Raspberry desktop OS on a HP Stream 11, older one with 32GB of Disk. I will allow

BAP to run but as mentioned some things won't work. I did get it to load the FLsuite of programs

and some others, just can't remember what just now. All on a Buster version OS.

I haven't looked to see if there is a Bullseye version available, if so I may try again. The one I would

like to see work is Conky for the screen information, then the Flsuite, and of course the Gparted,

CHIRP, HOTSPOT, HOTSPOT tools. And maybe a few others.

I also have a Rpi 4B with 4GB that I use too, but the small Stream would be handy to use for POTA.

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Hi

?The name is 2021-05-07-raspios-buster-i386.iso. So the new name would be (date-raspios-bullseye-i386.iso)

I would expect. I will look for a copy myself to see if it is improved any, as I am still interested in

pursuing this some more.

Marty kd8bj

Conky (with the exception of the RaspberryPiOS calls (which can be modified easily enough, I could help you with that)) and gparted both work fine. Chirp needs to be worked on, but should work, I've used it previously on Debian. FLSuite and Hotspot are unique setups, I believe, but can be done natively.
Kevin
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Was able to update to Bullseye and some of the Debian Ham tools are great but not as expansive as BAP.?

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Hi

I did a search and was not able to find a copy of the i386 RaspianOS in Bullseye yet. I expect since it

wasn't in high demand it will be awhile in coming out.

Marty kd8bj

Marty,

By changing the word Buster to Bullseye in the source.list file, you can upgrade to bullseye on the Desktop edition. I also I commented the other 3 lines from mine so it would pull everything.?

Hope that helps.?

Bill

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Hi Bill

Yes, but I think I prefer to wait to get it as an .iso but I may try the upgrade on the disk

I have it loaded to, I use a USB3 64GB disk to boot it. It does run about as fast as the

internal disk with Ubuntu 20.04 loaded, the problem I have is that with Ubuntu I can turn

off the touchpad with a tool included with Ubuntu, and with the Raspi OS there isn't a way to

turn off the touchpad. Somewhat of a small thing but there it is.

I may download an iso of Bullseye Debian and see if that works any better.

Thanks

Marty kd8bj

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Hi Bill

Yes, but I think I prefer to wait to get it as an .iso but I may try the upgrade on the disk

I have it loaded to, I use a USB3 64GB disk to boot it. It does run about as fast as the

internal disk with Ubuntu 20.04 loaded, the problem I have is that with Ubuntu I can turn

off the touchpad with a tool included with Ubuntu, and with the Raspi OS there isn't a way to

turn off the touchpad. Somewhat of a small thing but there it is.

I may download an iso of Bullseye Debian and see if that works any better.

Thanks

Marty kd8bj