chirp, debian unstable, winxp, win7, and firefox

I use chirp to program a $20 Baofeng ham radio.  It is a native linux app but uses deprecated python-gtk2 libraries.  That was cool until debian unstable removed those libs.  Chirp no worky. Debian is a purist distro, and is the “mother” for many other linuxen.  But it’s a bit of a sanctimonious jerk, and