Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linux and Windows

Anders Wallin wrote:

> EMC requires Linux with a real-time kernel. A normal Redhat will not
> have such a kernel.
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>Installing a real-time kernel on your Redhat distribution is not for the faint of heart...
>That's why there are separate Linux distributions which most EMC users prefer.
>Previously the simplest one to use was BDI (brain-dead install): http://ourproject.org/moin/projects/bdi4emc
>But now there's also Ubuntu with realtime patches - which is the preferred distribution for most EMC2 developers:
>http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2
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Ubuntu is almost as easy to install as windows. Software is simple as well.
In fact I would say Ubuntu is about 80% of the way to being simple
enough for the average user.


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Lane