2013/6/13 Charles Steinkuehler <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am > about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure > I have a good list of it's strengths. >
These are the things that I tend to use as selling points, when talking to a potential customer: 1) it is free - not only in terms of licence cost, but also in terms of applicability - user can use it for whatever things one can come up with; 2) it has HAL, all kinds of modules for different tasks and writing a new realtime component for some specific task is easy; 3) custom kinematics - writing new or adjusting existing kinematics module is easy; 4) it can run a closed feedback loop - run servo motor, maintain a temperature in oven etc, you name it; 5) easy to customize GUIs that actually do look pretty nice; 6) "customer support" is great, especially here on mailing list; 7) source code is available to anyone - end user is not depending on any particular developer to fix any issue - skilled users can do that themselves, other mortals can find any skilled person to do it for them; they are not locked in; -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
