Some people are aghast that I use #linux for #hamradio. Even more so when I say I use #archlinux.

The thing is it just works for me. I'm able to accomplish what I need to do. Does it solve the problem for my radio club friends? no... But that wasn't the intention anyways. I don't run windows on any of my devices. You also won't find MacOS here either.

I'm not saying its right for you, I'm not saying you should or shouldn't do anything. I am explaining what works for me. I have good reasoning too, as I have found this to be the best solution for me over a decades-long computing journey. If you want to know why, you are free to ask.

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Do you do any DMR? CPS programs for radios that don't support chirp are my biggest linux ham radio difficulty.

I haven't gotten into DMR yet, but I can imagine that would be a difficulty.

I can imagine wanting to use anything else.

Have y'all checked out rf swift yet? https://rf-swift.readthedocs.io/

It's by a rf hacker I know. I haven't yet looked into it but says it supports linux.