> It's true if all you want is a machine controller and > nothing else.
so, again, strictly in the capacity of a machine controller, turbo cnc vs linuxcnc, the comparison and contrast results are what? have you a basis for comparison? do not limit your scrutiny of the finest details. --- On Thu, 3/8/12, Mark Wendt <mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > From: Mark Wendt <mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC2/Ubuntu updates - safe to install? > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 5:36 AM > On 03/08/2012 08:24 AM, charles green > wrote: > > that was my question. is such claim true? > it is a bit like speaking english and wondering if any other > language is as effective for a particular purpose. of > course the answer is that english is the best language. > > > It's true if all you want is a machine controller and > nothing else. It > still works. But most all the rest of us would rather use a > much more > capable computer to run not only the machine, but other > software that > can, and usually is, an integral part of the work. > You're the one that > wants to limit the computer to a machine control head and > nothing else. > > as for oldschool concepts: how many of us eat > food using our hands? i dont use a food wizard to > eat. my hands turn out to be practical. if i > couldnt eat anymore because my hands were obsolete and only > iforks could move food to my mouth, i would die of > starvation, or upgrade the hardware. if there was a > third choice.. > > > There's always a third choice. You're the one imposing > limits on the > computer, nobody else. We were supplying you with > viable options for > your choice. Not ours. > > > > > >> if particular PC is going to be dedicated only to > machine > >> control thus > >> it is built in machine case, probably equipped > with > >> touchscreen and > >> lots of hardware buttons, MPGs and other stuff, but > have no > >> keyboard > >> or mouse > >> > > keyboard = hardware buttons. mouse = mpg + more > hardware buttons. touch screen = more hardware buttons > + more mpg. machine case = machine case. > > > > the point is that inside the machine case is adequate > processing capacity for moving a knife in three dimensional > space, but the software to control the movement is not > compatible with most of the existing hardware. that > limitation is mediated by the os choice, and the os choice > is directed by external tendencies to preserve entertainment > functions. who cares? > > > Who said anything about entertainment functions? > You're putting words > in our mouths by this. The additional uses we talked > about earlier were > all machine related, from web browsing the documentation, to > getting > help online to through the IRC channel, to additional > software that > generates G Code, to the database that I develop my work > pieces in, to > CAD programs where we design, to CAM software, to printed > circuit board > software, to software that converts images to G Code and the > list goes > on and on. All work related. If you want > something for entertainment, > use Windows. If you want a shop PC capable of running > LinuxCNC and also > able to do other things like I mentioned above, get a PC > that runs > linux, and stop putting limits on yourself. > > Mark > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity > Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud > computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a > service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
