Even running it after the support dies is no problem. Just keep a copy of all the installation stuff (burn an extra copy or two just to keep for safetys sake) and keep running.
Like XP, if it isn't on a network, no reason to run it unless you are wanting to do something different than what it does now (for to fix stuff). Bit rot happens (not as much on Linux as M$ products in my experience), so a re-install occasionally (every 2 to 5 years) if something seems to be going amiss is not a bad thing. Sorry if I got your current position on LCNC earlier wrong. If it works, no need to fix it :) On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:42 PM, rayj <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you missed the point of my question. Once I have LCNC set up > and running, why would I want to change the version of Ubuntu and > encounter the problems associated with that? Is LCNC performance under > a newer version of Ubuntu better? I'm not typically an early adopter, > and prefer to avoid the bleeding edge. What would I be giving up if I > ran LCNC on Ubuntu 10 until the support dies? > > Raymond Julian > Kettle River, MN > > The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, > understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. > And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, > egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men > admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. > -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) > > On 05/11/2014 05:58 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > > The quick answer is 'that's what works'. A more technical answer is that > > the libraries used that are needed for real-time-linux to work as needed > > to drive your steppers properly work well with Ubuntu 10. Also, for ease > > of use, installing the 'live' image available for LCNC means you don't > have > > to handle doing the integration needed for the newer versions of the > kernel. > > > > In Linux, the kernel is the 'big deal' that drives much of the > > compatibility between > > versions. The source for all the versions of Linux are freely available > > for your > > perusal and even modification. Most of us, me included, loose interest > at > > the level > > needed to tell the real differences on the machine level. > > > > For LinuxCNC, our developers are volunteer, and they do a great job of > > helping > > address needs of the community. I fully expect a new 'live' image to be > > made > > available at sometime with the newer kernel, but for now, the old one > works > > well, and good developers keep to the philosophy 'no release before its > > time'. > > Also, LCNC ONLY upgrades from Long term support version to the next > > LTS version. This is to keep down their work load and avoid 'kernel > churn' > > that > > make for excessive not necessarily productive work. > > > > If you really want to dig in there are many people that install the > current > > version > > and build LCNC from source on a 'current kernel'. They are more driven > than > > I am anymore. > > > > I hope this explains on a reasonable level why LCNC live image isn't on a > > more > > recient distribution. > > > > BTW, you can install a more recent version of Ubuntu, and set up to get > the > > appropriate repositories and install LCNC on a newer that Ubuntu 10 > version. > > I have done it, it isn't hard. Just read, read, try, if it doesn't work, > > read more, > > before asking to many more questions. > > > > We are here to help each other at the level each of us can. > > > > Enjoy, and keep on CNC'in > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:18 PM, rayj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm in the process of setting up LCNC and I'll be using Ubuntu 10. I'm > >> wondering why, once I have it setup, I would want to change to a newer > >> version of Ubuntu? Do the newer versions offer more functionality in > >> LCNC? What are the advantages of upgrading? These questions are based > >> on a setup with a computer dedicated to only running the machine with > LCNC. > >> > >> TIA > >> -- > >> Raymond Julian > >> Kettle River, MN > >> > >> The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, > >> understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. > >> And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, > >> egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men > >> admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. > >> -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? 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