Changed Subject since the thread split from the original question. >From my own personal experience (hobbyist side), I found that Linuxcnc fit the bill for me.
Why? 1. I had old computers (with blanked hard drives) lying around and did not want to buy an OS to get operational. 2. I looked at TurboCNC and considered using freedos, but figured that there was little to benefit me by expanding my knowledge of DOS (kinda like learning latin - It helps some, but noone uses it any more) 3. I knew nothing about Linux and figured that it would benefit me to learn how to use it at the same time I was learning CNC and software 4. LinuxCNC is actively supported and I found people willing to guide (and more importantly TEACH) me how to use both Linux and LinuxCNC. I use a 15 year old desktop (Compaq deskpro). I ran into problems trying to laod the CD initially but after learning the F6 - NOAPIC trick, have successfully loaded Linux and LinuxCNC on 4-5 machines. If your using Fanuc machines, why would you want to port them to TurboCNC? On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:56 AM, charles green <xxzzb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > that is certain to require a fresh clock battery and some floppy drive > cleaning. and $60? does shareware run without registration fees? > > > --- On Thu, 3/8/12, Mark Wendt <mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > > > From: Mark Wendt <mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC2/Ubuntu updates - safe to install? > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6:01 AM > > On 03/08/2012 08:55 AM, charles green > > wrote: > > >> It's true if all you want is a machine controller > > and > > >> nothing else. > > >> > > > so, again, strictly in the capacity of a machine > > controller, turbo cnc vs linuxcnc, the comparison and > > contrast results are what? have you a basis for > > comparison? do not limit your scrutiny of the finest > > details. > > > > > Again, who cares? I have no use for a single-minded > > system like that. > > Since you're the proponent for machine control only, try it > > out yourself > > and make that determination. > > > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity > > Planning > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud > > computing > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a > > service. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
