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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio

 

On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 7:00?PM David Ranch, KI6ZHD via <linuxham-fld=[email protected]> wrote:

I would argue that the path of least resistance to be able to run the newest and greatest would be anything Ubuntu based be it the real Ubuntu, or re-spins like Linux Mint, etc.?? I state this because there are programs that are either not current or outright NOT available via the distro's native "program download" tool but pre-built .deb packages are available to download from the program's website.? For example:

?? wsjt-x :


A distant second might be Raspberry Pi OS and then maybe Fedora.? After that, all other Linux distros are fine but you'll be on your own to compile things yourself if you want the news and greatest.

To echo David's statements here, it really all comes down to who is actually maintaining?the software.

For Fedora, I maintain most of the ham radio related packages and I do my best to keep them up to date, but to be clear, my $DAYJOB has nothing to do with ham radio and is only tangentially related to linux. I'm a volunteer who has literally spent thousands of unpaid hours maintaining packages for Fedora. It's a labor of love, but as soon as you assert expectations of my time, we have an issue.

This is both the blessing and the curse of open source software and distributions.?

Thanks,
Richard
KF5OIM
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