<div dir="ltr">That is exactly what I do, I run Linux and when I need some irritating app that<div>is Windows only I run Windows in a VM, I use VMWare for it but VB will work</div><div>just fine too. In a VM it is a lot easier to go in and pick through the poop and<br></div><div>figure out why Windows died. </div><div><br></div><div>I do not have a Mac but I know a few who do who also run Chirp, it runs great</div><div>on those machines as far as I can see.</div><div><br></div><div>One other advantage as I can see is Linux does not appear to pay attention to</div><div>the USB chip issue, I have tried all kinds of them legit and knock off, and have</div><div>had no issues with them. I use Ubuntu Mate 16.04.</div><div><br></div><div>My only issue is I wish that someone would work on getting Chirp to talk to the</div><div>Icom ID-5100. I will even loan my radio if someone would take a look at it.</div><div><br></div><div>My hats off to you guys great piece of software and I am sure it will get even</div><div>better over the next year. Kind of like good wine, the longer it ages the better</div><div>it gets.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 2:54 PM, r norris via chirp_users <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class=""><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 31, 2017, at 09:08, John Laiosa <<a href="mailto:jlaiosa@gmail.com" target="_blank">jlaiosa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_7434122597040337917Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div dir="auto">I have a MacBook Air and was able to use Chirp to program my Baugfeug. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div>Using Chirp on Mac and Linux. Works fine.</div><div><br></div><div>When you get desperate and have to run Microsoft, now or later, try Virtual Box. It’s free.</div><div><br></div><div>Been using it for years, just running XP, for a couple projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Very stable, and when MS poops, the computer is still running, with no issues. No reboots, just restart MS.</div><div><br></div><div>Got to be easy, my wife can run it.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox" target="_blank">https://www.virtualbox.org/<wbr>wiki/VirtualBox</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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