On Saturday 06 October 2012 21:12:35 jeremy youngs did opine:
> did I mention just rehashing the previous posts would be sufficient?
> ;) ha ha ha
> as to your expertise and experience gene it is highly regarded
> especially when discussing situations such as this thanx for the
> story. so If i
On Saturday 06 October 2012 20:29:16 Jack Coats did opine:
> I am a Linux and open source advocate for just about every use, but I
> do see good things from there being commercial software available for
> Linux too.
>
> The best thing is it will help Linux get out of the 'for geeks only'
> view t
>>Looks like LinuxCNC is about to get some competition..
I'll believe it when I see it.
Brian has said that Linux is "last on his list" and his plans are to
only have OEMs supply it with hardware (as in pre-installed on a
computer with a motion card, etc) since he doesn't want to support Linux.
I am a Linux and open source advocate for just about every use, but I
do see good things from there being commercial software available for
Linux too.
The best thing is it will help Linux get out of the 'for geeks only'
view that many people have.
Will LinuxCNC and Mach go head to head? Yes, for
On 6 October 2012 21:14, Steve Blackmore wrote:
>>Mach4 can run on Linux and Mac and Windows Also we are looking at CE :)
Mach on Mac could be handy. I have a Reprap/Ultimaker sized gap next to my Mac.
Though http://www.ecklersoft.com is looking like a more tempting way
to make things from my M
This issue with mach on linux is (the way I understand it) is it is
going to be just a fancy gui that controls an external motion device.
(no realtime at all) So - you have to pick the external motion device
that has all the features you want.
While the interface hardware for linuxcnc is rela
This is great news for Linux. Of course, I am very happy with EMC2
i
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> Looks like LinuxCNC is about to get some competition..
>
> >From: Brian Barker
> >Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:21 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> >Mach4 can run on Linux and Mac an
I only recently signed up to this list, so I didn't get the Mach 4 On
Linux news from a couple of months back.
I'm glad that Mach 4 is going to be running on native Linux and Mac
systems. I use Linux for all my computing needs, and recently I've been
starting to employ LinuxCNC for several dif
Looks like LinuxCNC is about to get some competition..
>From: Brian Barker
>Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:21 -0400
>
>
>
>Mach4 can run on Linux and Mac and Windows Also we are looking at CE :)
Also Art Fenerty recently posted this about threading
>It is based on encoder feedback for position
