I have an odd-ball machine, single purpose design, which cuts triangular tapered bamboo strips in a single pass. It's called a saw beveler. I'm a Unix/Linux bigot to begin with, so for me it was a no-brainer to go with LinuxCNC (EMC2 at the time).
That being said, you would really have to work pretty hard to find a simpler OS/controller installation all in one fell swoop than the LiveCD. The window manager has come a long way from when I cut my teeth on Unix and Linux installations, and unless you really want to get under the hood, it should be a relatively simple transition from the virus that masquerades as an OS to Ubuntu. Unless you really want to, there's no need to open a terminal window and go at things with vi. As much as it saddens me to say, all the system administration can now be done with a GUI. ;-) The help I received both here on the list and on the IRC was phenomenal. My machine and it's operation has some quirks that don't translate well to a generic configuration, and with the help of the experienced folks here and on the IRC, this CNC newbie got his machine up and running. And were else are you going to find folks with the warped sense of humor like Andy, Gene, Jon, Michael, Sam and too many others to name? ;-) Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
