I think you missed the point of my question. Once I have LCNC set up and running, why would I want to change the version of Ubuntu and encounter the problems associated with that? Is LCNC performance under a newer version of Ubuntu better? I'm not typically an early adopter, and prefer to avoid the bleeding edge. What would I be giving up if I ran LCNC on Ubuntu 10 until the support dies?
Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) On 05/11/2014 05:58 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > The quick answer is 'that's what works'. A more technical answer is that > the libraries used that are needed for real-time-linux to work as needed > to drive your steppers properly work well with Ubuntu 10. Also, for ease > of use, installing the 'live' image available for LCNC means you don't have > to handle doing the integration needed for the newer versions of the kernel. > > In Linux, the kernel is the 'big deal' that drives much of the > compatibility between > versions. The source for all the versions of Linux are freely available > for your > perusal and even modification. Most of us, me included, loose interest at > the level > needed to tell the real differences on the machine level. > > For LinuxCNC, our developers are volunteer, and they do a great job of > helping > address needs of the community. I fully expect a new 'live' image to be > made > available at sometime with the newer kernel, but for now, the old one works > well, and good developers keep to the philosophy 'no release before its > time'. > Also, LCNC ONLY upgrades from Long term support version to the next > LTS version. This is to keep down their work load and avoid 'kernel churn' > that > make for excessive not necessarily productive work. > > If you really want to dig in there are many people that install the current > version > and build LCNC from source on a 'current kernel'. They are more driven than > I am anymore. > > I hope this explains on a reasonable level why LCNC live image isn't on a > more > recient distribution. > > BTW, you can install a more recent version of Ubuntu, and set up to get the > appropriate repositories and install LCNC on a newer that Ubuntu 10 version. > I have done it, it isn't hard. Just read, read, try, if it doesn't work, > read more, > before asking to many more questions. > > We are here to help each other at the level each of us can. > > Enjoy, and keep on CNC'in > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:18 PM, rayj <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm in the process of setting up LCNC and I'll be using Ubuntu 10. I'm >> wondering why, once I have it setup, I would want to change to a newer >> version of Ubuntu? Do the newer versions offer more functionality in >> LCNC? What are the advantages of upgrading? These questions are based >> on a setup with a computer dedicated to only running the machine with LCNC. >> >> TIA >> -- >> Raymond Julian >> Kettle River, MN >> >> The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, >> understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. >> And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, >> egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men >> admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. >> -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find >> out: >> • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity >> • Requirements for releasing software faster >> • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
