On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 09:00:20 -0600 Ken Hansen <k...@n2vip.org> wrote: > Shipping a complete Ubuntu installation in a VM just to have CHIRP > pre-installed seems a bit of over-kill. Typically a single line > command would install CHIRP, wouldn't it? > > CHIRP is 20-40 megabytes, a full GUI install of Ubuntu is measured in > gigabytes.
There's other distributions aside from Ubuntu. AlpineLinux is tiny for example. Gentoo also would let you build "just what you need" into a LiveCD. You usually don't need the full Gnome 3 desktop that Ubuntu typically ships, you need just enough to launch CHIRP and make it usable. Perhaps add to this some hotplug USB storage smarts to enable auto-mounting of removable storage for those not used to bringing up a command line and manually mounting volumes. It'd still be hundreds of MiB, but likely significantly below 1GiB. Another approach would be a Live environment that bundled CHIRP along with other amateur radio software (e.g. SDR tools, digital modes, etc) which might increase the size a little, but might then allow the environment to do more than just "program radios". I did make a (command-line-only) LiveCD once using Gentoo's catalyst tool, and while I didn't get UEFI booting working, I did get a useful LiveCD that booted and contained tools sufficient for doing system rescue work. Maybe I should re-visit that. Regards, -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to arch...@mail-archive.com at arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
