Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
|
Hey Rick,
Frankly¡ any Linux distribution will work just fine.? I happen to use Ubuntu 24.04 and Mint 22 ¨C everything is scripted, I use udev rules for setting up the ports / audio (sadly, macOS does not support udev / locking down USB ports (I also use macOS)).
Fellow Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it ¨C take the plunge, you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
73,
?
?
Glenn
WA6BJQ
?
?
?
I have used SuSE Linux since about 2001 or so when I switched from Redhad 9.0 (the last one before Fedora I think)? to SuSE Linux 9.0 and then continued to this day switching to OpenSuSE when they switched.
I had FLDIGI,? WSJT-X and? JS8Call running fine on my OpenSuSE (Leap 15.5) desktop running an older AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor on an Asrock board + Nvidia card
?
Also used the above with a Mid 2012 Core i7 Macbook Pro also running OpenSuSE Leap 15.5 and am currently running (Ubuntu-based) KDE NEON? on the 2012 Macbook Pro
?
?
I also was running Tumblweed on the MAC but in order to download and run the Proton Mail Bridge for Linux, I switched to an Ubuntu based Linux because Proton Mail Bridge will not run on any SuSE linux because a missing dependency. Evidently
there's not enough interest for Proton to provide a SuSE RPM for it. (there is a REDHAT RPM but the dependency problems persist with SuSE)
?
?
KDE NEON runs well and all the .deb's out there can be installed with no problems.
?
?
Now considering other ham radio digital programs, has anyone used the Opensuse Build Service to "build" an RPM for FreeDV? (other than the guy that did it for FreeDV 1.8.9)
?
There's been many changes since the above version and now the 2.0 Beta is also out.
?
Have a look! ?https://freedv.org/
?
The newest mode "RADAE" is really going to give analog SSB a run for it's money!
?
-----------------------------------
|
Glenn Jensen, WA6BJQ