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Normally you can get 2,8 (which is the unstable development version) from buildbot.linuxcnc.org, but that appears to be down at the moment.

Ok then I'll keep checking when it comes back online.

or build from source.
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/code/building-linuxcnc.html

Personally, I think its worth the effort to give this a try. The only annoying bit is finding the dependencies.

Then you are always up to date by typing about 3 lines from the terminal window (give or take any introduced bugs)...

Thanks for the build suggestion. I'll give it a go.

Thanks Guys I have successfully built 2.8 on my laptop , just need to figure out how to move it onto the controller for the lathe. I must say the dependencies were little tricky. Perhaps I should replicate the process on the dedicate controller.

Good Work!

I have not tried it, but I think you could replicate the process on your controller and not install it to the menu system. Then just use run in place. That means you will need to run linuxcnc from the command line (but run the rip-environment script first). Worst case you would need to reboot to go back to 2.7 to reset the environment variables.

I have to say I have always run my machine as a run in place install.