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any body have any knowledge or opinions on this

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Yeah. It's okay for a workstation, Will. If all you are doing is using the 'net and not trying to do business stuff (corporate LAN, etc.) it works well.
 
Just thinking of building a small cnc and using it
 
If the CNC warez are written for Linux, you're IN, baybee!!! I've set up a three-axis router with it in the past. It just WORKS. :wink:
 
that's what I thought thanks Doc
 
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My brother built a CNC router. He talked about somehow running Windows but also Linux. I can't recall how he ended up.....I'll have to ask him when I see him.

Meanwhile, I know he got some info from a web forum and I think it was ~this one~
 
I run our production web servers on Ubuntu, have for the last few years. Can't really speak to the desktop experience, but they've been rock solid as servers, no trouble at all.
 
We have a workstation (at work) with Ubuntu installed and also with OpenOffice (A free MS Office clone of sorts). I've been meaning to install in on a hard drive to try on my iMac.
 
I've mentioned in the past what my particular preference for a server O/S is: CEntOS. Much better than Ubuntu to configure as a data server, IMO.
 
DrEntropy said:
I've mentioned in the past what my particular preference for a server O/S is: CEntOS. Much better than Ubuntu to configure as a data server, IMO.
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Linux distro discussions can reach holy war levels quickly. Maybe civil war is more accurate. MG vs Triumph got nothing on them. :grin:

I'm very glad there are a range of options out there, something for everybody. I used to build all my core stuff myself (days in "make" he**, familiar to anyone who's gone deep into *nix systems), but I just don't have time, interest, ore really a need anymore. I like the Debian-based apt-get for package management (as used in Ubuntu) but that could be familiarity speaking as well. For a variety of uninteresting reasons I've not spent much time in the Red Hat world. They both get the job done.

Ultimate, the major current distros are all pretty robust, you just need to dive in and spend some time understanding how the one you pick does things.
 
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Yeah, there's more than a kernel of truth in that. :smirk:

I started with RedHat back when they first "packaged" Linux, so my personal proclivity is to keep what I'm used to. File hierarchy and their protocols are kinda "ingrained" by now. I've used 'drake, BSD, and most others as well. Always went back to RH, frustrated due to the hunt for the way the others deal with various functions.

By now though, with the GUI being as capable as it is (my preference is Gnome), they all work well for most non-geeky folks. And Yellowdog has worked well for my update/warez needs.
 
DrEntropy said:
Yeah, there's more than a kernel of truth in that. :smirk:
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:rolleyes: Actually, that's pretty funny... :grin:

Never really used the Linux GUI tools (don't get installed on our servers, not necessary) so can't speak to them. I guess I still like to type on ye olde commande line. Guess I am that old after all...
 
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