[chirp_users] CHIRP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and WINE

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Nobody's forcing you to "update" to 20.04, especially as there's nothing wrong with the LTS version and 20.04 doesn't do what you need. Just revert back to the previous version.


> On 20 April 2020 at 18:57 Tom Consodine via chirp_users <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will be released in a few days. I installed the beta
> version of Xubuntu to see how it works.
> 
> Ubuntu has dropped Python 3 and the old repo version of CHIRP.
> The chirp-daily Linux tarball will no longer run locally because of
> Python 2 no longer being available. A lot of people using CHIRP on Linux
> are not going to be happy.
> 
> I installed the Windows version of chirp-daily on WINE 5.0 and it
> appears to work but the GUI theme looks terrible and the memory editor
> column order isn't saved if I rearrange the columns.
> 
> Are there any other Windows DLLs or components that should be installed
> with winetricks to improve CHIRP's appearance or functionality when
> running it under WINE?
> 
> 
> Tom ND5Y
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