if I have to weigh to build a milling machine or a lathe .... without a doubt debian is a sufficient SO .... I seem to remember, however, that some derivatives of linuxcnc were born from the underground waste to make the system more flexible ... for example some developers know that they work on development branches which in my opinion would suffer if the only distribution was debian. Debian on my behalf has a strong limit in the use of applications with hybrid licenses .... and frankly the stubbornness in insisting on only and forever and absolutely everything opensources with the maximum license level such as to make it impossible to use commercially .... is simply a thing of the past millennium.
However I am not an inuxcnc developer ... so mine is only a shadow of opinion. But I suspect that insisting on the path of debian many users will go to abandon .... due to debian certainly not because of the excellent work of the linucnc team. I guess nobody here ignores the work of TheLinuxFoudation and the other European "linux open associations" ( ;) ) ... I know that many do not appreciate but I also know that if you close yourself in a hedgehog in front of the giants, you simply disappear. Best regards bkt / giorgio Il giorno sab 4 apr 2020 alle ore 10:29 Rod Webster <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Chris, > In the mailing list you posted the link permission previously: > : > I will mention we were given permission to respin Mint: > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=272185&p=1489079#p1489079 > I think Mint is far more user friendly then Debian > > Chris M > > I would not be disappointed if Linux Mint became a distro but please don't > hold up the 2.8 release pending this. Get 2.8 out with the least amount > of effort and then add the new platforms in as ISOs become available. > > I think thats been an issue, everybody has ideas, on what to add but we > need to get it done! > > Rod Webster > *1300 896 832* > +61 435 765 611 > VMN® > www.vmn.com.au > > > > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 18:14, Chris Morley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On 2020-04-03 3:40 p.m., Phill Carter wrote: > > > > > >> On 4 Apr 2020, at 9:36 am, Sebastian Kuzminsky < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On 4/3/20 3:59 PM, Phill Carter wrote: > > >>>> On 4 Apr 2020, at 6:58 am, Sebastian Kuzminsky > > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> I would *love* to standardize on Debian and not support all the > > >>>> off-shoots like Ubuntu and Mint, etc. > > >>> I may be talking through my hat here but I seem to recall a licencing > > >>> issue with distributing Debian based ISO's so we sought and received > > >>> permission from the Mint team to distribute Mint based ISO's > > >> I don't think that's right. We switched away from Ubuntu-based ISOs > > back around the time of 12.04 because of legal issues around deriving > from > > their distribution, maybe that's what you're thinking of? > > > I am easily confused… > > > > > >> Debian, on the other hand, is an exemplary member of the open source > > community and encourages derivation: https://www.debian.org/derivatives/ > < > > https://www.debian.org/derivatives/> > > > I'll put my hat away. Go Debian, it is the only distro I use. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-developers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > > The License issue wa wsith Ubuntu - It was not clear how to remove all > > 'Ubuntu' brancding - which apparently they would request. (i don;t think > > anyone actually asked them directly) > > > > I contacted Mint developers and asked about Mint Linuxcnc respin and we > > received a positive answer. > > > > I'll find the posting if anyone is interested. > > > > One thing to keep in mind is that we distribution really has alot to do > > with how easy it is for new users to use it. Debian is not the most user > > friendly (it's not terrible of course). We as developer/power users are > > not the best to assess that. It's easy to say - 'just change the window > > manager to what ever you want' > > > > but that is not so easy if you have never used linux. > > > > Mint is quite first time user friendly and there are lots of places on > > the web to read up on it. > > > > If we stick with debian only, maybe we could put some thought on adding > > a friendlier set up as default. > > > > personally if we could squeeze a Mint preempt in the mix - I think that > > would be better. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
