On Friday 11 August 2017 14:53:01 Doug wrote: > On 08/11/2017 10:12 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 11 August 2017 10:54:22 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:48:59AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> I have a 5 or 6 machine home network, most of which are running > >>> linuxcnc to carve wood or metal. Linuxcnc, generally needs > >>> realtime support so that when a machine needs direction as to what > >>> to do next, linuxcnc has at the most 10 microseconds to respond. > >> > >> So why do you run a *web browser* on this machine? Put it in the > >> work shed or wherever, and control it like a server or an > >> appliance. > > > > Chuckle. 2 of them are in fact in a 12x16 shed in the back yard, > > and occasionally I might need to step over to the other idle machine > > and look something up, so both have FF installed, but with the dram > > shortage FF causes, I don't run LCNC and FF at the same time on > > either atom powered machine. Ditto the garage and its currently 2 > > machines. > > > >> Put your web browser on your desktop computer, and upgrade it to > >> something that is supported. > > > > That I have in the planning stage, starting with a fresh HD. But > > *wheezy is an old friend and I have excised the majority of its > warts over the years.* > > First off, I have some scripts that greatly simplify things for me, > and which depends on dbus, which I read is deprecated, so what > replaces it? > > > It still works, doesn't it? > As Anne Landers used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Sounds > like good advice to me. > > --doug
There's an echo in here. Oh, its you. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>