On 2020-02-18 15:23, Chris Albertson wrote:
This is a problem with many people using Linux to do something complex like build a CNC system or using ROS to build a robot. They are doing something complex with Linux before they try to do simple things with Linux.
Among other things, ROS is wrongfully named Robot Operating System, when it's a service. Must be a tradition in naming things the wrong way. Cookies for example are baked in bakeries not cookeries. Therefore they should be called bakies!
The best approach is to fist use Linux for everyday tasks, like reading and writing emails, watching youtube videos. Simply use it for all your normal tasks. Get rid of your Windows system.
It takes some courage and experimentation to use Linux for your work. Granted, too many silly software companies don't create their programs for Linux platform since 1990s when they wrote them on Unix platform in the first place.
This month is 26 years since I started using Linux on my home and work computers exclusively. Over the years I tested all kinds of distributions and settled on Ubuntu based Supermicro servers in my garage and Kubuntu for my workstation and a laptop.
Some silly recruiters ask me to send my resume in "word format". I respond with either simple ASCII file or PDF exported from LibreOffice Writer. LibreOffice set of programs is good enough for office work. There are other utilities and programs that make my life exciting. I use Kate for writing bash and Python scripts, Jupyter for testing python scripts, etc.
There are other great programs for taking notes, editing or viewing pictures, creating 3D pictures with Blender, Thunderbird for handling email, listening or editing music and videos, etc.
I rarely turn on large TV because I can watch TV programs on HDhomerun that connects over LAN to SiliconDust TV box in my garage. That's running in parallel to other programs for my work.
One of my favorite utilities is Virtualbox which allows me to test different Linux distributions (Centos for example) or other OS like BSD that I need for professional work. I installed LinuxCNC as a virtual machine to see how it looks like. RT kernel is not important in this case.
Virtualbox is available for Windows also. You can create Linux VMs for testing. The other way around is possible also. Yes, start using Linux for most if not all of your work.
It is a little like buying a harbor freight mini lathe and then your first project is a working gas airplane engine.
Oh my, I won't be able to build a working gas engine. Little Greta told the World that gas engines are forbidden now anyway.
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