On Wednesday 23 July 2014 22:48:50 Stuart Stevenson did opine And Gene did reply: > On Jul 23, 2014 5:35 PM, "Steve Blackmore" <st...@pilotltd.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:20:05 +0300, you wrote: > > >do you still think that everybody else are fools and you are the > > >only smart guy around here? > > >Do not be so helpless! I know that you are on this list for at least > > >4 years and this link has been mentioned here numerous times: > > >http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/ > > > > > >I hope that you do understand, how to proceed further. Just in case > > >you > > don't: > > >1) select folder that matches Ubuntu version you are running; > > >2) select which version of LinuxCNC you want; I suppose it would be > > "master-rt"; > > > If you only suppose - how I am I supposed to know which one I want? > > > > >3) I suppose you are running 32-bit Ubuntu and want a binary > > >package, so "binary-i386" is the choice; > > >4) then download deb packages of particular buildbot version - there > > >are linuxcnc, linuxcnc-dev and docs packages available. > > > > Then what do you do? > > > > >5) even my girlfrien knows, how to install downloaded deb > > >packages... > > > > So what? I'm not her... I don't! > > > > Sorry - but if it aint as simple as > > > > Go to web page > > Select release or latest beta > > (with explanations of differences) > > download > > double click downloaded file > > > > and it installs your average non linux user wont bother and the very > > reason linuxcnc isn't more popular. > > Steve, > > Would it be possible the LinuxCNC group doesn't care that much about > non linux users converting to some flavor of linux? I think it would > be very possible.
I'd go so far as to say highly probable, Stuart. > I don't know of anyone working on usb style (sutomagic) self > configuration. With the latencies of a usb circuit added to the mix, its a total non- starter. They can be north of 100 milliseconds on a bad day. You simply cannot control dangerous machinery with that sort of lag/latency. > A non linux user not wishing to get his 'hands' dirty in the software > probably will not want to get his hands dirty wiring a machine or > fixing a ball screw. Perhaps, for the LinuxCNC group, having a not > insignificant hurdle to jump will eliminate a lot of 'problems'. Amen & thanks. > I use Linux for everything possible and I will sometimes recommend > Windows in response to someone asking what should be purchased. When > the eyes glaze over as I describe even testing linux and all the > choices of distributions I will rather quickly suggest a Windows box > from Best Buy. > > just my 2 cents Worth a bit more than that Stuart. I always adjust for inflation since I was born nearly 80 years back up the log, which makes that 2 cents worth at least a buck these days. ;-) > Stuart > > > Steve Blackmore > > -- Steve, you've helped me on occasion, so I am somewhat puzzled at the negativity of your recent posts. Is there a reason for that? 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> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
