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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Linux can be made to do those things too. That’s a management issue. Head office is dumb and doesn’t know what they are doing and they make that your problem.

As for the CNC, aren’t those all some variation of GRBL anyway? I feel like there’s a major disruption opportunity for retrofitting a more standard control system onto existing CNC machines. Something supported by Linux/bsd/temple/whatever. The CNC machines are technological anchors for any shop and honestly they don’t need to be. They aren’t as complex as people think.

[–] agit68@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

GRBL

Depending on the controller board yes. Lightburn is more than control though, it's also design/preparation/GRBL gcode generation for the job.

https://lightburnsoftware.com/

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I know. Just don’t tell central IT. Plus the few number of Linux desktops is also reasonable n to not bother. And anybody running Linux as a desktop has way more of a clue than some admin running windows 11.

It’s not the GRBL that’s the issue. It’s the turning things into GRBL that’s the issue. Like I said they probably exist. It’s just a matter of being lazy and not fixing something that already works. If it was windows only, I’d be more inclined.