My comments inline Rick...
> <Snipped>
> I had TW on my Macbook Pro a few times but in every case, after a
> month or so of updates, there would be a kernel update or "something"
> an update that would either kill the Boadcomm BCM4331 wireless driver
> or it would kill Network Manager and remove internet access!
Were you using Wicked or the new now default Network Manager?
>
> I tried several things to fix it but it was quicker to just
> re-install the entire mess. and it would work for a little while then
> it would do it all over again.
A simple snapshot rollback would have been so much easier. That's why TW
uses a BTRFS file system.
>
> I know the "old" wifi "radio" in the (mid 2012) Macbook should be
> replaced with something a little newer but it might not be worth it.
>
> I just got tired of re-installing TW (and Leap for that matter) on
> it. Leap would last a little longer but eventually some update would
> kill the wifi too.
There should not have been the issues that you are having. Broadcom is
well supported. Did you ever file a bug report?
>
>
> On my Desktop, I would still like to try TW and might just get back to
> you for help getting the release version of FreeDV with RADE working
> on it.
Sure, happy to help.
>
> Did you actually build an RPM for TW or did you just build it from source?
I source built FreeDV.
>
> I am really hoping that Mooneer or someone else will see the value in
> creating a "RUN" version of FreeDV will will run natively on any
> distro of Linux without having to hunt for missing dependencies.
I'm not a fan of these containers myself. They do not have full access
to the OS at the same level that a native package does, whether rpm or
source installed. Dependencies are one of the good things about Linux.
If you use a recent distro or a non- LTS distro that will not hold on to
ancient libs, it really should not be an issue.
>
> I do not know how much effort is required to produce one of these
> types of applications, but I think having it able to run on any
> platform might get it out there for more people. And yes I know
> OpenSuSE is not the go-to Linux for most Linux people.....I have NEVER
> like any of the Ubuntu/Clone desktop environments except KDE. Hence
> my interest in NEON or even Kubuntu for that matter. I like NEON
> because it has been specifically packaged by the KDE team.
I'm a KDE Plasma 6 guy myself, but you can use any DE on TW. I expect
standard Linux behavior and structure, that's why I like TW. Others do
not follow this precept and are simply messed with or dictate too much
about what I can use. As to any platform, you can do some
cross-compiling but a run anywhere app is difficult to do, especially if
it is a real-time app.You want to leverage the full capabilities of the
OS, so generalizing it is not always a good idea.
It may be that some of the issues folks are having are with the Python
venv and either getting that going or having it working and then
inadvertently running another Python app that changes the venv to
something else.
Rick Kunath, K9AO