Recommended Version of Ubuntu for LinuxCNC

My first post.

started a project building a CNC Router and have been studying which board and G-Code sender to use for it.  After some study I’m leaning toward using LinuxCNC.

Unfortunately, I have very little experience with Linux so I have a couple of questions:

- I brought home an old, tiny footprint industrial PC (IPC) from work that has Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS installed.  What version of Ubuntu would you recommend for running LinuxCNC?

- This tiny IPC is fanless, no internal power supply, & has a solid state drive.  However, it has an Intel Atom CPU 3845 @ 1.91GHz x 4.  Is this enough processing power to run LinuxCNC with no processor issues?

Thanks for your help.

The recommended Linux distribution is Debian which is very similar to Ubuntu. I'd recommend doing a clean install of Debian and selecting the lightweight xfce user interface during the installation.

A Debian ISO file including LinuxCNC is available here: linuxcnc.org/downloads/

Once installed you have to run a latency test to see if the computer in question is suitable for LinuxCNC or not. Usually this involves some BIOS and/or Linux tweaks in order to try and get the best results.

 

Thank you unlogic.

I have a WiFi USB arriving today or tomorrow where I can connect the IPC to the internet and I’ll work on downloading and installing Debian.