ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board

Read the whole, if you haven't, have a look through the github repository. Be prepared to get your soldering iron out. I guess you didn't come across the DIY 7c81 clones or other FPAG dev boards running Mesa firmware.

Linuxcnc wont work in a VM, you have to install on some actual hardware.

In all honesty think how you want to use your lathe, if you haven't had a lot of exposure of using a lathe I'd spend some time (12 months) learning how to use a lathe.

If you are a machinist, you know what you're doing.

Before that I had already assembled CNC machines and 3D printers. But it was much easier with them. There was a board already prepared for a milling machine or 3D printer. I edited the Marlin firmware file and uploaded it. That is, I had work with CNC. I have never dealt with FPGAs. Installing LinuxCNC on real hardware is not a problem. Buying a ColorLight board is also not a problem. I have been working with a soldering iron all my life))) But I have never worked with Linux))) That's why it's a dark forest for me. I read on GitHub how to flash a board and make inputs/outputs by cutting tracks and a resistor, I don't remember exactly))) First, as I understand it, you need real hardware, the ColorLight board itself - flashed. And then its configuration. But I didn't find any information about setting up the board.

“Working with cnc” is a whole lot different than knowing how to operate a particular machine, say a mill or a lathe.