[chirp_users] New chirp-next build

[Tony Ling]

I can also recommend the Raspberry Pi (when shortages abate) as a dedicated
shack PC.
HamPi https://sourceforge.net/projects/hampi/ release an SD image which has
just about every conceivable Ubuntu amateur application bundled, including
of course CHIRP.

On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 16:41, Dean Berglund <deanberg2044 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ken, Thank you for your response. Very nicely suggested. I will look into
> getting another machine or as some others have suggested, to install Linux
> or Ubuntu in a VM. I have to say you, and most people have given good and
> friendly advice and I thank all of you for this. Although I don't use Chirp
> often, it has been a nice program to go to when i needed it and when
> helping others get their HTs programmed.
> 73,
> Dean - KC9REN
>
> On 1/2/2023 10:21 AM, Ken Hansen wrote:
>
> Dean,
>
> Your Win7 license/COA allows you to upgrade your Win7 machine to Win10 for
> free. If your machine is incapable of running Win10, it is likely quite old
> and a hardware upgrade may be in order.
>
> Windows 7 was released Oct. 2009, and was EOL on Jan 2020. Win 10 was
> released in July of 2015 and will go EOL Oct 2025. If your computer shipped
> with Win7, it is easily 7 years old, and lacking on-going support/security
> patches, is a security problem waiting to happen.
>
> You can certainly choose to continue running Win 7 if you like, but if
> that machine is connected to the internet, the security risks are high, and
> the number of programs that have compatibility issues will only increase
> over time.
>
> If you choose not to upgrade your current system, it is your choice to
> remain in an environment that is unsupported by CHIRP for reasons that are
> based on technical realities, not the capricious whim of the developers
> that can be influenced by the dangling of withheld donations.
>
> The Windows 10 upgrade can be done in-place, assuming your Win7 machine
> has sufficient free space on the hard drive. You may want to swap a solid
> state drive (SSD) for your current spinning hard drive (HDD) - Win10 has
> been known to set the machine to "thrashing" when running off a HDD, but
> not when run off an SSD, and an SSD will make your old Win7 system more
> responsive no matter which version of Windows you run.
>
> I'm happy to help if want some pointers on upgrading your Win7 system to
> Win10 - my suggestion would be to get an SSD, transfer your Win7 HDD
> contents to the SSD, remove the Win7 HDD as a backup, then, once you are
> ready to upgrade, ask windows for an upgrade (several methods possible) and
> see how it goes - you can always fall back to your Win7 HDD.
>
> There are numerous free programs to transfer your Win7 system HD contents
> to a new drive, I quite like the free version of Macrium:
>
> Reflect Free Edition <https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree?mo>
> macrium.com <https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree?mo>
> [image: favicon[1].ico] <https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree?mo>
> <https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree?mo>
>
> I hope this is helpful,
>
> Good luck, take care,
>
> Ken
>
> On Jan 2, 2023, at 09:14, Dean Berglund <deanberg2044 at gmail.com>
> <deanberg2044 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Tony, you are correct although just because Microsoft doesn't support
> Windows 7 doesn't mean a program can't still work on Windows 7. there are a
> lot of hams I know that are still using Win-7 like I am and it runs very
> stable for all my applications except Chirp-Next. So now I have to use the
> older version of Chirp and am forced to get a newer machine with Windows 10
> or 11 just to use the Next version of Chirp. Then I have to reinstall all
> the other programs onto the new machine. We hams are cheap and/or live on a
> fixed income. Look at the majority of hams. I do like the fact there is a
> new version of Chirp, I just wish I could use it on my machine. i was even
> tempted to send in a donation until I found out I couldn't use it. Like I
> said, I do wish it would have been more apparent that the new next version
> of Chirp will not run on Win-7.
>
>
> On 1/2/2023 8:59 AM, Tony Ling wrote:
>
> To be more accurate, it is made for Linux, Mac OS-X and Windows.
> Microsoft no longer support Windows 7.
>
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 at 14:31, Dean Berglund <deanberg2044 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would think it would be good to make it clear this "next" version of
>> Chirp is made for Windows 10 and doesn't work on Windows 7.
>> Dean - KC9REN
>>
>> On 1/2/2023 6:25 AM, Rich NE1EE wrote:
>> > On 2023-01-02 02:09:-0800, you wrote:
>> >> http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_next/
>> > Might be convenient if this dir were in reverse date order...
>> >
>> > ~R~
>> > 72/73 de Rich NE1EE
>> > The Dusty Key
>> > On the banks of the Piscataqua
>> >
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