Post #1598793
2026-04-23 01:57 UTC
The Hibbian live image, Installer and Raspberry PI images are generally available at long last! https://www.hibbian.org/hibbian-installer-first-release/
I'm genuinely thrilled to announce that after years of me working away, one small project at a time, it is now possible to head over to https://download.hibbian.org and download either a PC or a Raspberry Pi image!
What is it? Debian Stable with the most up to date ham radio software from both the debian team and my own work on the side.
I am endeavouring to keep it as close to stock Debian as possible, with the backports repo preconfigured and my repo added to supply only a few extra packages.
The PC image is quite stable, I have been daily driving it for ages.
The Raspberry Pi image is still beta quality - there are some some small tweaks I need to make to configuration, package lists and sources, but it's 90% there.
Want to learn more? A little bit about the architecture, software & uses is noted on the blog post.
#hamradio #debian #freesoftware #amateurradio
Replies (3)
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@vk3xe@mastodon.hams.social 2026-04-23 04:46
@red@woof.tech this looks super interesting for some pcs at the ham club that I want to keep working without futzing around with
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@mossmann@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 12:40
@red@woof.tech FYI, I got a 403 on the release notes
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@fossham@mastodon.radio 2026-04-23 14:53
@red@woof.tech Was there a value-add to duplicating all of Debian's installer/packagerepo/rapid cybersecurity response efforts to create a forked distribution, rather than simply using Debian's existing infrastructure and contributing the latest ham software to Debian? I think a lot of Linux users would rather *not* trust yet-another hobbyist-level distribution, and would prefer simply to see well-maintained and cutting-edge packages for JS8Call, FreeDV, CHIRP, QDMR, etc. in Debian proper instead.