Awesome work everyone! Thank you andy for making it happen! On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 6:31 PM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of LinuxCNC > v2.8.0 > > This release has been a long time in development. The main new > feature, the separation of joints (actuators) and (cartesian) axes has > been in development since around 2010. > > This is one of the biggest updates to LinuxCNC ever. The changelog can > be viewed here: > https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/2.8/debian/changelog > > Highlights include: > > * Joints-axes separation - mainly obvious as much better support for > gantries and their homing but also for robots and any other > non-cartesian system > * Reverse-run - negative feed-overide will now reverse along the > previous path - introduced for wire spark eroders, but I am sure you > will find other uses. > * Multiple spindle support - up to 9 spindles > * Tool table expanded to 1000 tools > * Packages available for Raspberry Pi 4. > * External offsets and Extra (not controlled by G-code) joints. - > G-code is not the only way to move things. > * QTvcp: New QT-based VCP framework > * QTdragon, QTlathe, QTtouchy, QTscreen - new GUIs based on QTVP > * Silverdragon: New gscreen based GUI > * plasmac: New full-featured Plasma cutter controller - with > integrated THC and a whole lot more. > * Massively expanded and improved Spanish translations of > documentation and manpages > * New Chinese translation of the "入门" (Getting Started) documentation. > > Installable packages are available for Ubuntu Precise and Debians > Wheezy, Stretch, Jessie and Buster (including Raspbian). Support for > Ubuntu Lucid has ended. > At the moment most supported platforms only work with the preempt-rt > kernels. > There is an experimental 64-bit RTAI kernel for those needing it. We > hope to mainline this soon, but help would be appreciated. > > More details of how to update here: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/getting-started/updating-linuxcnc.html > > For new installations, or to test-run the new version and OS on your > existing hardware without committing to an OS upgrade use the ISO > images and process described here: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/getting-started/getting-linuxcnc.html > > > Many thanks to the following contributors, and to anyone else who has > submitted work or code to the project. > Alec Ari > Alexander Brock > Alex Joni > Alex Wigen > Al Smart > Andrea Ricchi > Andrew Kyrychenko > andypugh > Anthony Barney > Anton Midyukov > ascurtis > Balestrino > bebro > Bence Kovacs > Benjamin Brockhaus > Benjamin Weis > Bernhard M. Wiedemann > Bertho Stultiens > blazini36 > Boris Skegin > Brian Hicks > cascade256 > Chris Edwards > Chris Morley > Chris Radek > Colten Edwards > Curtis Dutton > Daniel Rogge > david > David Shore > Dewey Garrett > Eduard Kachur > Edward Tomasz Napierala > Ernesto Lo Valvo > Florian Kerle > Gergely Nagymate > Hannah Lau > Håvard Flaget Aasen > itai > itaib > James Waples > Jan Mrázek > jasen > Jeff Epler > Jim Craig > Jin > j.m. garcia > Joe Hildreth > John > John Kasunich > John Morris > John Thornton > Jon Elson > Kim Kirwan > Kurt Jacobson > Lars Bensmann > Les Newell > loopsun > Lorenz Neureuter > Lubomir Rintel > Luke Peterson > Mark Andrew Gerads > Markus > Mateusz Konieczny > Matsche > Michael Geszkiewicz > Michael Haberler > Mick > Moses McKnight > MrFouFou > Nicola Quargentan > Norbert Schechner > Oleg Pryadko > peter wallace > Phillip A Carter > Phillip Carter > pippin88 > Rene Hopf > Rick M > Robert W. Ellenberg > rolf > Rudy du Preez > Ruoxi Wang > Rushabh Loladia > sam sokolik > Sam Sokolik > Sebastian Kuzminsky > Sergey Alirzaev > Solitarily > sphasse > Stephen Wille Padnos > Sync > Tero Kaarlela > Thomas Burkhard > Tom Schneider > Trần Ngọc Quân > tseufl > TurBoss > Will Glynn > > > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
