On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:41 PM Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> The real problem with the wider adoption of LinuxCNCis that it is there kit > of parts and does not work out of the box. After that it gets worse, the > parts are unfamiliar to most people. > > What is needed before it will see wide use is a re-architecture. Move the > real-time components to open-source hardware and then remove the need for > real-time Linux and make the non-real-time parts cross platform > Linux/Windows/Mac. 3D printers are not unlike milling machines. Note how > they work, you can use any computer you own and all the real-time stuff is > on a circuit card that is not inside your computer. These printers run > g-code and move MUCH faster then mills > > After you do this the system is "plug and play" and runs on a computer the > user already has. > > Years ago the few Linux users were wondering how Linux could be more widely > used. The answer was to hide the fact that it was Linux. That is what > Google did with Android. Now Android (Linux) is the most used OS in the > world having more than twice as many users as Microsoft Windows. > > So, to make LinuxCNC nearly universal, hide it inside a product that is > slick and easy to install and use. No one should have to look at HAL files > or know it runs on Linux. They can learn, but if learning is required it > will always remain a niche product. > Great stuff! So, when are you going to get started on this project? Mark _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
