Raspberry pi4/5 as a replacement desktop computer ?

Can a raspberry pi4/5 with 4 or 8 g/byte of ram be used as a desktop replacement computer to run all the usual ham radio packages ?

In my opinion it comes pretty close - make sure you put it in a case with a fan

You can also change the boot order in raspi-config and your pi will be able to boot directly from a USB hard drive.It may need powering from a powered USB hub.

I run 64 bit Bookworm and the below programs work OK

Some packages may be installed via the Raspberry pi 'Add/Remove software function'

There are several other operating systems that will also run on your raspberry pi

Some programs are installed via ‘snap’

< sudo apt install snapd >

Printer/Scanner

Cups < https://raspberrytips.com/install-printer-raspberry-pi/ >

xsane < sudo apt-get install xsane skanlite >

skanlite < sudo apt-get install skanlite >

Office

libre office < sudo apt-get install libreoffice >

Grahics

imagemagick < sudo apt-get install imagemagick>

Mypaint <sudo apt-get install mypaint >

Gimp <sudo apt-get install gimp >

gthumb <sudo apt-get install gthumb > Converts .webp to .jpeg ( & other formats ) check 'imagemagick' for simliar function

SSH client

Remmina < sudo apt-get install remmina >

VNC Viewer < https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/ >

VNC Viewer from command line < sudo apt-get install realvnc-vnc-viewer >

putty <sudo apt-get install putty >

nmap < https://snapcraft.io/install/nmap/raspbian >

Media

VLC < sudo apt install -y vlc >

Kodi < sudo apt-get install kodi >

qasmixer < sudo apt-get install qasmixer >

Audicity < install from Add/Remove software >

PDF

Ockular < sudo apt-get install ockular >

PDFmixtool < sudo apt-get install pdfmixtool >

pdfarranger < sudo apt-get install pdfarranger >

The below might need installing alongside pdfarranger

sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-distutils-extra python3-wheel python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-poppler-0.18 python3-setuptools

FTP

filezilla < sudo apt-get install filezilla >

HMTL Editor

Bluefish < sudo apt-get install bluefish >

GParted <sudo apt-get install gparted >

Terminals

sudo apt -get install guake

sudo apt-get install terminator

sudo apt-get install conky

sudo apt install gnome-screenshot

Camera

motion < https://www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-Motion-Detector-and-Alert-System/ >

Guvcview <sudo apt-get install guvcview >

Raspberry pi camera <https://randomnerdtutorials.com/video-streaming-with-raspberry-pi-camera/ >

Torrent for raspberry pi

http://raspberry-at-home.com/torrent/

Virus’s

possible - but unlikely

https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/b/blog/posts/raspberry-pi-4-linux-malware-detect-clamav-install

Install clamscan - set it to automatically scan your raspberry and forget about it - new virus definitions are automatically downloaded and a log of events is kept

Make sure you install clamtk ( to give you a GUI )

sudo apt-get install clamav && sudo apt-get install clamtk

Un zipping files sudo snap install p7zip-desktop

Ham radio

piaware/sky aware < https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install >

tar1090 < https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090#tar1090 >

acarsdeco2 <https://github.com/abcd567a/ad2/blob/master/README.md>

dumpvdl2 < https://github.com/szpajder/dumpvdl2 >

HFDL <https://github.com/szpajder/dumphfdl >

vdl2m < https://github.com/TLeconte/vdlm2dec >

g-qrx < https://gqrx.dk/download >

gpredict < sudo apt-get install gpredict >