> > Why would anyone care about the latest Linux version?
Perhaps the computer is used for multiple purposes and other software is run on the computer. I only have one PC in the shop and it is used for both milling and 3D printing. It also runs a web interface for remote operation of the printers and has a couple of USB webcams and live-streams video, so I can check if stuff is working. I'm lucky in that I got it all to run on the same Linux version. The other harder case is if someone wanted to use LCNC for a robot controller. You can think of a robot as a (maybe) 6-axis or 14-axis machine where all the motors need to run in synchronized motion, and you might try to use LCNC. I think this is a reasonable idea for a large industrial factory automation robot. In this case, there is a ton of other software involved for things like real-time path planning and 3D computer vision and whatnot, and it all needs to run on the same version of Linux. Actually, some people are doing this (with machine kit, I think) After you put multiple software on the same PC and then get it to work, the real problem is if the "latest" version of one part requires the latest Linux version, and you need to upgrade to fix a bug. The solution is "docker" or virtual machines. You end up running multiple copies of Linux. This is inefficient, but sometimes the only way. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
