trying to decide...wait for new 7i76E or get 7i96S

JT wrote:

Before you give up try my instructions for installing Debian and LinuxCNC. When the instructions tell you to go to the amd64 directory just go to the i386 directory.

gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/index.html

I'll see about putting together an older PC to test with on 32 bit.
 

Thanx JT...those worked "perfect"...almost. I installed debian 10 (buster).
when I got to this step to install the linuxcnc-uspace;
 

I could not find;
linuxcnc-uspace_2.8.4_i386.deb
linuxcnc-uspace-dev_2.8.4_i386.deb
in this directory
linuxcnc.org/dists/buster/2.8-rtpreempt/binary-i386/
So  i installed 2.8.2  I thought I could then update via syanptic package manager but I guess not?

 
 

I did try that file Andy. But I was installing it with the gdebi utility. It gives a warning that it will brake other packages like Python...etc.
On top of that all this seems to be a moot point for me anyway. after loading 2.8.2 I tried to run the latency test and it locked up the machine...any other apps take forever to start too. so back to my comment in one of my earlier posts...it dont look like Linuxcnc can be said to run on "any old computer" any more. when I had 2.7 loaded, the latency test reported values over 250000. So I dont know why I spent this much time on this
I specifically saved two of these from the dumpster at work long ago for use as cnc controllers.

well, at least I now know WAY more about linux than I ever wanted