On Monday 09 November 2015 09:33:28 alistair izzard wrote: > �Remember who you love, tell them you love them, life is too short for > regrets. From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...> > To: trinity-users@... > Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015, 14:25 > Subject: Re: [trinity-users] PCLOS Happy! > > On Monday 09 November 2015 08:40:59 alistair izzard wrote: > > �Remember who you love, tell them you love them, life is too short > > for regrets. From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...> > >� To: trinity-users@... > >� Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015, 12:07 > >� Subject: Re: [trinity-users] PCLOS Happy! > > > > On Monday 09 November 2015 11:44:54 alistair izzard wrote: > > > �Remember who you love, tell them you love them, life is too short > > > for regrets. From: Kate Draven <borglabs4@...> > > >� To: trinity-users@... > > >� Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015, 2:56 > > >� Subject: [trinity-users] PCLOS Happy! > > > > > > I've been playing about with the latest release of PCLOS. I'm very > > > happy with it so far. > > So was I, for a couple months.� But Texstar runs a tight ship, and > will not add anything to the mix that isn't used by a web browser or > an email agent.� Zero support, won't even discuss it, for anything > else. > > So, while it was as solid as a rock, it was also very limiting and I > eventually bailed, in my case to the hybride-iso that installs > LinuxCNC, built around the debian wheezy release. It has some warts, > but nothing that cannot be whipped into shape.� And I am pleased > because I can run exactly the same software on all 4 machines, except > the linuxcnc I run here is simulated only.� This machine has > relatively poor "realtime performance", but its also dead stable doing > it. > > > > There are some things I don't know if I care for, such as HAL, but > > > so far it hasn't bothered me or refused to open the pod bay doors. > > LinuxCNC makes extended use of hal. It has its limits, but there's > gladevcp or pyvcp to fill those gaps.� � > > > > I had a little trouble with synaptic and the reps, but I'm > > > figuring that out. Never try to figure things out when deprived of > > > chocolate btw. > > Now thats scary, no chocolate? I'd druther not contemplate the > "merriment that could lead too. OTOH, no coffee is even worse. > > > > I can't remember the lad's name, that put this together but cheers > > > to you. So far so good. > > > > > > Sorry to took so long to get back to you on the test results but I > > > never just do an install, I do some deep testing and mods. If it > > > can stand up to me insanity, then it's a go. > > I know that feeling, but its all ok as long as I can explain it to me. > :) You replied, but put it below my sig, and kmail, being a good rfc compliant emailer, responded to the the "\ndash dash space \n" at the top of that and stripped your question. Please don't do that. I do not recall now, but it was some library I needed the -dev version of so I could build something like freecad. The lib was there, but the -dev was missing. I emailed twice, no reply. That was the "straw". Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>