Harry Selfridge wrote:
>Hi Jon, > >As a person who has only dabbled in Linux for fun, I'm hardly the one >to give a definitive review of gEDA. > > I have moved exclusively to linux as the main OS, and run windows apps. on Win2K under VMware. That is a VERY stable environment. Linux stays up for hundreds of days straight, Win2K runs for months at a time between virtual reboots. So, I can handle the Linux OS issues. >My impression of gEDA was that it wasn't for high tempo professional >work. Everything is done from mostly command line stand-alone >programs - like a lot of Unix software. > Command line isn't going to cut it for ease of use! > The PCB program is 8 copper >layers, not total layers. As I recall, there aren't any mechanical >layers upon which to do any of the dimensioning or commenting you >might want. Obviously, you can't crossprobe, or do anything that >depends on functional integration. > >Nothing you have done under Protel is usable in gEDA - it speaks a >language all its own. Likewise, nothing you do in gEDA is portable >to any commercial EDA package (as far as I know). > > Conversion might be easier than it appears. The Protel data structure is pretty well known, and ASCII file export/import can be done. >Maintainability is at the mercy of the gEDA developers. It's up to >you to compile the code if you're not running a Fedora or Redhat >version for which it has already been compiled. > > One can always become a developer himself, if a bug is annoying enough. >There are some reviews online that might give you more insight than I >can. Try: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8438 and >http://linuxfocus.org/English/December2004/article355.shtml . > > Thanks, Jon ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
