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Russell Eberhardt20/05/2015 17:18:33
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Another Linux user here.

Why do I use it? Top of my list must be reliability. Crashes are very rare, viruses non existant and if I do have a system problem it's usually caused by finger trouble and I can ask for help on one of the forums and get the solution usually in minutes. Next comes performance. It comes without all the bloatware that is shipped with Windows and slows everything down.

O.K. it's free but for most people so is Windows. Just try buying a PC without it. Where the big advantage comes is the cost of software. That is mostly free.

Engineering software: I mostly use Draftsight for CAD and then DXF2GCODE and F-Engrave to generate gcode. I must admit that I have tried FreeCAD but couldn't get on with it, having been used to Solidworks for years.

Other good software: LibreOffice, Firefox, GIMP, K3b, Eagle, Calibre, the list goes on.

I expect that nearly everyone here is now using Linux, many without realising it. Strictly speaking "Linux" refers to the operating system kernel not the familiar user interface. Android is now everywhere in tablets, phones, and televisions. You guessed it. The kernel of Android is Linux.

Russell.

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