Welcome to the twilight zone!
Frances IoM | 05/01/2021 10:48:46 |
1395 forum posts 30 photos | K B The major problems I see in 'selling' Linux are (1) as in our Editor's case the hassles in trying it many years ago when it was immature and (2) having spent much time in learning a system to want to give it up - "old dogs with new tricks" (I plead guilty here but WINE allows me to run old but comfortable to my use exWindows packages. I've already suggested he give the RPi package to youngsters at a school or college and see his gift be well used |
Peter G. Shaw | 05/01/2021 11:01:30 |
![]() 1531 forum posts 44 photos | Frances IoM, Completely agree with your comments, having been through that mill myself when Microsft stopped supporting XP. One thing I will say though is that there is a lot of support available on forums, but don't make the mistake I did of mentioning WINE on some of them - you will immediately experience the wrath of certain "Linux Fanboys" who object strenuously to anyone mixing Windows or DOS programs with their beloved Linux, even though the very fact that WINE exists demonstrates that there is a demand for it. Otherwise, make the switch, use WINE for those "can't do without" programs, even use DOSEmu or DOSBOX to run certain DOS programs, you will never regret it. Just for the record, I use WINE to run DesignCAD 3D Max 17.2, and DOSEmu to run Masterfile Professional, and old but nevertheless very good DOS based database program. Regards, Peter G. Shaw |
Frances IoM | 05/01/2021 12:18:54 |
1395 forum posts 30 photos | Having attempted to 'sell' Linux I guess I can now raise a point - LinuxCNC runs ok as far as I can see but as yet nothing to connect but it won't run on a Pi400. This has the same processor as the RPi4 tho can be faster as has a heatsink built in - however it advertises as an arm64 machine (ie under its true colours as a native 64 bit machine with 4 cores - however much to my surprise LinuxCNC can't recognize it in this guise and the machine jams at the 'get started' page tho swapping the SD back to a RPi shows it is ok there. |
Brian H | 05/01/2021 14:07:52 |
![]() 2312 forum posts 112 photos | I have followed this fascinating topic with interest even though I do not have a present use for Linux but I'm interested in getting into CNC at some stage hence the interest. I've just realised that I have an unused Lenovo PC that was running Windows so I could put Linux on that to investigate. I'm assuming that I can just follow the advice given on here ( and then ask questions on here if/when it goes pear shaped. Brian |
sam sokolik | 05/01/2021 14:18:20 |
126 forum posts | Posted by David Colwill on 05/01/2021 10:39:58:
Posted by sam sokolik on 04/01/2021 19:57:49:
BTW - David - what kind of encoder is on the orac? It has a slotted disc with 48 holes and an index, which seems to work fine. David. That is an awesome count for printer port reading. The emco compact 5 pc's have 100 holes + index and they work great over the printer port. |
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