diff --git a/Readme.txt b/Readme.txt
index ade193c..915c444 100644
--- a/Readme.txt
+++ b/Readme.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ bricked your device, etc.
 
 1) GET THE SOFTWARE
 
+On Windows:
 Go to the st.com link below.  At the bottom there's a "GET SOFTWARE"
 section, download the STSW-STM32080 item.  This is written for v3.0.6
 https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stsw-stm32080.html
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ Alternatively you can save the hassle of creating an STmicro account
 by downloading directly from the following link if you would like:
 https://www.dropbox.com/s/gwcvd3dqwkbzsv9/en.stsw-stm32080.zip?dl=0
 
+On Linux:
+The dfusedemo is windows only, there is a linux alternative called
+dfu-util this may work for mac too.  Read through the following 
+instructions to understand the basic steps.  Then
+See the "Linux dfu-util" instructions at the end.
+
+
 
 2) INSTALL THE SOFTWARE
 
@@ -262,6 +270,28 @@ in DFU mode, try this step again..
 
 
 
+
+LINUX DFU-UTIL STEPS:
+  
+  sudo apt-get dfu-util
+  
+  Put device into dfu mode as explained in step 4 above
+  
+  verify you can see the device
+  
+  dfu-util -l
+  
+  get the "alt" with name of @Internal Flash use that number in the -a for example:
+  
+  Found DFU: [0483:df11] ver=2200, devnum=18, cfg=1, intf=0, path="1-1", alt=1, name="@Option Bytes  /0x1FFFF800/01*016 e", serial="FFFFFFFEFFFF"
+  Found DFU: [0483:df11] ver=2200, devnum=18, cfg=1, intf=0, path="1-1", alt=0, name="@Internal Flash  /0x08000000/064*0002Kg", serial="FFFFFFFEFFFF"
+  
+  (navigate to the firmware/DFU_release directory)
+  Upgrade Command example:
+  sudo dfu-util -d 0483:* -a 0 -D INLretro6_PCBv2_0_FWv2_03_01.dfu
+
+
+
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 AVR based devices versions "KAZZO" V1.4 and eariler
 ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -467,7 +497,6 @@ make clean still deletes lua object files, so this process must be reperformed i
 
 AVR FIRMWARE:
 Download and Install WinAVR
-http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=avr;id=59;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwinavr%2Esourceforge%2Enet%2Findex%2Ehtml  
 	optional: install programmer's notepad has handy feature to make clean, all, program in tools menu
 		this is nifty if you are scared of the command prompt for some strange reason...
 	installation process should modify PATH environment variables for you.
diff --git a/host/inlretro.exe b/host/inlretro.exe
index 1b513d0..ec449b3 100644
Binary files a/host/inlretro.exe and b/host/inlretro.exe differ
diff --git a/host/source/usb_operations.c b/host/source/usb_operations.c
index 09e2b76..2313802 100644
--- a/host/source/usb_operations.c
+++ b/host/source/usb_operations.c
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ libusb_device_handle *open_usb_device( libusb_context *context, int log_level )
 	// return value is number of devices plus one as list is null terminated, or LIBUSB_ERROR if negative.
 	// Must free device list after done with it
 	if (log_level>0) printf("Getting USB device list\n");
-	ssize_t dev_count = libusb_get_device_list( context, &device_list);
+	int dev_count = libusb_get_device_list( context, &device_list);
 	check( dev_count >= 0, "libusb unable to find any devices: %s", libusb_strerror(dev_count));
 	if (log_level>0) printf("Successfully retrieved USB device list\n");
 
-	ssize_t i = 0;
+	int i = 0;
 
 	libusb_device *retroprog = NULL;
 	libusb_device *device = NULL;
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ libusb_device_handle *open_usb_device( libusb_context *context, int log_level )
 	const char *rprog_prod = "INL Retro-Prog";
 	uint16_t min_fw_ver = 0x200;
 
-	if (log_level>0) printf("Searching %ld total devices\n", dev_count-1);
+	if (log_level>0) printf("Searching %d total devices\n", dev_count-1);
 	for( i=0; i<dev_count; i++) {
 		device = device_list[i];
-		if (log_level>0) printf("getting dev desc #%zd ", i);
+		if (log_level>0) printf("getting dev desc #%d ", i);
 		rv = libusb_get_device_descriptor( device, &desc);
-		check( rv == LIBUSB_SUCCESS, "Unable to get device #%zd descriptor: %s", i, libusb_strerror(rv));
+		check( rv == LIBUSB_SUCCESS, "Unable to get device #%d descriptor: %s", i, libusb_strerror(rv));
 				
 		if (log_level>0) printf("checking %x vendor ", desc.idVendor);
 		if (log_level>0) printf("checking %x product\n", desc.idProduct);