2013/10/8 Marcus Bowman <marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk> > ... > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Bruce Layne > > <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote: > > For all of these > >> little stepper based routers and other small systems (most of the > >> installations), what could be easier than installing Linux (with lots of > >> other goodies) and LinuxCNC from an ISO burned to a flash thumb drive, > >> then running StepConf? I can't imagine Mach could possibly be any > >> easier unless someone did it for you. > > > Sorry; but the consumers cannot cope with that. Unless there is a > one-click download-and-instal procedure, people's perceptions are that it > is a process requiring mystical powers. I think this is currently the main > failing of LinuxCNC, as far as gaining new converts. > ... >
> Regards, > > Marcus I can't more than agree with that. I work for a company (a few months more) with products running on both Win and Lx. Even my colleagues who should know better, make stupid decisions when running into problems. For example a few weeks ago a system running under Redhat had problems with hardware. To get more knowledge of the problem they copied the log files over to a Win machine and opened them in Baretail - instead of using grep and less ON the Linux server! This is supposed to be a high tech company, but that's how high tech it is in the background. No wonder I quit. :) If these people can't learn Linux after 10 years of usage, the normal workshop hobbyist will not even look at Linux no matter how easy it is to use. /Sven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
