UBUNTU is a 'sub-flavor' of Debian. Yes, Debian is still around. If you want to do EMC2, the easiest way I have found to do it is following the instructions in the wiki: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_8_04_using_precompiled_EMC2_packages
Basically it is to install UBUNTU 8.04LTS (also called 'Hardy Heron') on a computer from a CD is easiest. Don't install updates right then. Use a browser and download: http://linuxcnc.org/hardy/emc2-install.sh It should put a script, emc2-install.sh on your desktop. Open a terminal screen, cd to your Desktop directory, run the script by entering: sh emc2-install.sh in the terminal window. You will be prompted for your password. Enter it. Then do sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install emc2 sudo apt-get upgrade Then edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst And keep the kernel paragraphs that end in rti rather than generic as the first entries in the kernel selection section. Then reboot. Enjoy. ... ><> ... Jack On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > is Debian or something like that still around? > thanks > >> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 11:39 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >>> i understand that, >>> but my question is when I will get 10 000 files will they all be there >>> with ~ mark?? >>> Files that I used 5 -10 years ago still will be there???? >>> Am i right? >>> Is this classified as a LINUX problem? >>> LINUX editor problem? >>> Can someone fix LINUX problem to it become more useful? >>> I can see why 99% of computers LINUX free. >>> thanks >>> aram >> >> I believe that gedit or whatever editor you are using makes a >> ~my_file_name from your my_file_name, whenever you open a file with the >> editor. These are two separate files. This is so you have a version of >> the original file that you can revert back to if needed. Not all Linux >> applications do this so, it is difficult to know which of your files >> will also have these extra files. They don't hurt anything, so I >> wouldn't worry about deleting them. They may come in handy some time >> when your regular files get corrupted. >> >> EMC2 needs a plain text .ngc file with the proper g-code commands. Plain >> text files can be difficult to get unless you use an editor that only >> uses plain text, meaning _without_ any text formatting features, or you >> must use the export as plain text file feature, if your application >> supports this feature. Also many so called .txt files are not plain >> text. That's why it is important to use something like od (Octal Dump) >> from a terminal to make sure.(Applications/Accessories/Terminal from >> your Desktop, at the terminal prompt, type -> man od, to get more >> information, the q key gets you out of man) >> >> Windows has a very good, reasonably priced CNC application: >> http://www.machsupport.com/ >> >> or Flashcut: >> http://www.flashcutcnc.com/index.php >> >> if that is what you are more comfortable with. >> >> -- >> Kirk Wallace >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html >> California, USA >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
