• Derived from Ubuntu 20.04 / MATE Desktop / i3 Window Manager
  
• Realtime Xanmod Kernel 5.15.14-rt27
  
• Broad SDR Hardware Support with SoapySDR and GR-OsmoSDR
  
• WebSDR, OpenWebRX radio servers accessible via internet browser.
  
• SoapySDR plug-and-play functionality via CubicSDR, Gqrx, SDRPlusPlus
  
• SoapySDR ADS-B tracking and mapping via Dump1090
  
• RTL-SDR, SDRPlay, Airspy radio hardware is supported.
  
• WSJT -X / WSPR-X weak signal digimode software
  
• Weather Satellite Decoding via Noaa-APT / Glrpt
  
• Satellite tracking with Gpredict
  
• Trunked Radio System Reception with SDRTrunk
  
• Neovim Code editor
  
• Tmux terminal Multiplexer
  
• Multichannel AM / NBFM demodulation
  
• Multichannel ACARS / VDL Mode 2 Reception
  
• Maritime AIS Monitor
  
• LADSPA and LV2 audio plugins for EQ/Compression/Limiting

• WebSDR servers are located all over the world and provide easy access to the global airwaves through the web browser. In Skywave Linux, the web browser is packed with a curated set of bookmarks linking to the best servers. Thus, a moderately broad internet connection is all one needs to enjoy clean, stable, AM / FM / SSB reception using this cutting edge technology. WebSDR servers at the University of Twente (NL) and G4FPH, Stafford (UK) are particularly good, for example.
  
• KiwiSDR servers are a popular type of internet accessible radio, with hundreds operating at any time. Use the curated set of web browser bookmarks to access several excellent sites around the world, such as the server in Victoria, British Columbia (Canada).
  
• RTL-SDR devices used on the local computer system. Just plug-and-play! CubicSDR, Gqrx, and SDRPlusPlus are the main applications for receiving AM / FM / SSB modes. Dump1090 (FlightAware version) is for monitoring aircraft ADS-B transmissions. ADS-B mapping is available with the help of Python3 libraries. ADS-B data is also logged to an SQL compatible database for further analysis if desired. ACARSDec and VDLM2dec are multichannel decoders for aeronautical VHF data modes. Each is capable of simultaneously monitoring several channels at once without scanning and also logging the data to an SQLite database file. RTLSDR-Airband is a hardware agnostic, multichannel monitor for AM or FM voice modes (not limited to airband), capable of simultaneously monitoring several channels without scanning, mixing and streaming audio locally (via PulseAudio) or to the internet (via Icecast server).
  
• Ettus Research USRP devices, offering advanced features and high performance. Their hardware can cover frequencies from DC through 6 GHz in a diverse array of signal modes.
  
• HPSDR hardware is covered by LinHPSDR, using a modern graphical interface and excellent signal processing software. Linhpsdr also works with devices compatible with SoapySDR drivers.
  
• RemoteSDRClient connects to a network of shared RFSPACE SDRs. These are high performance radios, with advanced filtering and noise reduction software. Like the shared HPSDRs mentioned above, they require broadband internet connectivity for smooth operation.
  
• SDRplay, Airspy, and BladeRF offer higher performance than RTL-SDR dongles. These devices feature stable and clean oscillators, sensitive front end circuitry, superior RF filters, broader RF bandwidths, and higher resolution ADC chipsets. CubicSDR and Gqrx are the applications built for running these devices.

• TimeShift is installed. From the live environment, back up the system to a separate medium. Thence, restore the backup as an uncompressed filesystem to the medium you want to operate from in daily computing. Systemback is another option, with the same method: back up to a separate medium then restore onto your working medium.
  
• Clone it to the hard drive as a regular, uncompressed operating system by installing and using Calamares
  
• In Windows, write the iso contents to a bootable USB or SD card using YUMI.
  
• In Linux or Windows, create a bootable USB or SD card using Ventoy.
  
• Run the iso in a virtual machine under Virtualbox, VMware, or in Qemu.

• Neovim and Nano are a pleasure to program in, in part, because they are so fast.
  
• Browsing the web is a breeze in text mode with W3M. Navigate pages with Vim-like keys and enjoy cleaner, stripped text using the Readability utility.
  
• Surfraw is a search tool providing well over a hundred different websites to access for information not easy to find on the major portals. You can look for aircraft in flight by registration or ADSB hex code, find answers to computing or math problems, or even do lookups of slang phrases or rumors appearing in the news.
  
• TwitGrid pulls multiple Twitter feeds and displays them as a broadsheet in Firefox. here, it is set up in "topics." You select a topic and watch five feeds, updated at regular intervals.
  
• Irssi is a terminal based internet relay chat (irc) application for anyone wanting to go "old school" in text based communication.
  
• Lf is a fast and efficient terminal file manager. Navigate with Vim-like keys, with previews and user configurable management commands.
  
• Fzf, ripgrep, and fd are tiny yet very effective tools for searching and organizing files or text. With these, you can reach into dozens or hundreds of files to recursively find words, phrases, code, or even terminal command history.

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