I don't see a big learning curve for Linux.<div><br></div><div>You can put up CHIRP in about five minutes from the LIVE CD. You add the PPA giving the command line - cut and paste - and you have CHIRP.</div><div><br></div>
<div>You do have to find out the correct usb device number if your connecting via usb.</div><div><br></div><div>I could help you with that. Mac and Linux are cousins except on Linux we still have much more functionality with command line which gives us some awesome raw power.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:10px 0pt 5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px">David J. Ring, Jr., <span><a href="http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/" target="_blank">N1EA</a> </span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers?hl=en" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Radio-Officers Group</a> -- <a href="http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw%20" target="_blank">Join CW email list</a> -- <a href="http://archive.org/search.php?query=n1ea" target="_blank">Historic Morse Recordings</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:10px 0pt 5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"><font style="font-size:13.3px" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Gopher Hole:</b> gopher://</font><a href="gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/" style="font-size:13.3px;color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/</a><font style="font-size:13.3px" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (native or with Firefox's Overbite </font><font style="font-size:13.3px" face="arial, sans-serif">extension</font><font style="font-size:13.3px" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2">) </font><span style="font-size:13.3px">or via <a href="http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/" target="_blank">http to gopher gateway</a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"><b>C</b></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"><b>hat</b> </span><font><img src="http://www.images.wisestamp.com/skype.png" alt="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:5px" height="16" width="16"></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt">Skype</font><font style="color:gray;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt">: </font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle">djringjr</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"> </span><font><img src="http://www.images.wisestamp.com/msn.png" alt="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:5px" height="16" width="16"></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MSN</span><font color="#808080">: </font></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle"><a href="mailto:djringjr@msn.com" target="_blank">djringjr@msn.com</a></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"> </span><font><img src="http://www.images.wisestamp.com/aim.png" alt="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:5px" height="16" width="16"></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">AIM</span><font color="#808080">: </font></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle">N1EA</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px"> </span><font><img src="http://www.images.wisestamp.com/icq.png" alt="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:5px" height="16" width="16"></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt">icq</font><font style="color:gray;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt">: </font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3px;vertical-align:middle">27380609<br>
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