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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > chirp_users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> > This message was sent to Dean Berglund at [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] >> > To report this email as off-topic, please email >> [email protected] >> > Searchable archive: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Tony Ling at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] >> To report this email as off-topic, please email >> [email protected] >> Searchable archive: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing > [email protected]http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Dean Berglund at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_8879153679031523900_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Hansen at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing > [email protected]http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Dean Berglund at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Tony Ling at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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