I looked. They have their own slicing software that runs on Mac or Windows. The interface is USB only, no SD card. So on Linux you'd be using a virtual machine to host a Windows image and then their software in that. Windows runs well in a VM if the host machine is powerful enough.
I would prefer a printer that accepts SD cards as that is more reliable and does not tie up a computer for possibly 20 hours. Here is a very good unbiased article comparing 3D printer types from a company that makes all three types of printers. I would start with FDM as it will do 90% of what I want. Then SLA for the other 20%. If you must have a solid-built FDM printer These guys have that or you Utilmaker printers are well made but at literally 10X the price. https://ultimaker.com/learn/comparing-fff-sla-and-sls-technologies SLA is limited to small parts and is a mess to work (goggles, apron, and gloves required) with but worth it if I want to build a mechanical hand with 5 tiny motors inside. The cost of the material is high but if only making small parts maybe it does not matter. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:09 AM grumpy--- via Emc-users < [email protected]> wrote: > > I bought a QIDI Shadow 5.5S a few weeks ago for US$289 > > i see it is available now for $259.00 and free shipping > what slicing software is needed > does it run under linux > is the manual available > i would like to read up on this > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
