LinuxCNC on Intel Clear Linux

It is my understanding that for the Debian version of LinuxCNC libeditreadline-dev is being used as a GPL-v2 compliant alternative to libreadline and to avoid GPL-v3 conflicts. I have asked the Clear Linux team to see if that can be an option for them too.

My Gentoo installer+image has been published. I tuned it as much as possible, I don't think Clear Linux will be much faster than what I have, if not slower.

github.com/NTULINUX/gentoo_backup/releases/tag/v0.3-alpha

openlunchbox.com/mw19/index.php/HOWTO:_Gentoo_for_LinuxCNC

If you're using the installer on Bookworm, start here:

openlunchbox.com/mw19/index.php/HOWTO:_G...tching_the_installer

Thank you so much! I will certainly give it a try. I have been monitoring your github page for quite a while in anticipation of your great work, so this is big news!

As for Clear Linux, I believe they finally got it working on their distro, but made it part their maker-cnc bundle, which includes programs like inkscape and OpenSCAD, which are great apps but should not run on a machine controller. They do not seem to fully understand the LinuxCNC ecosystem, so I have already lowered my expectation (or should I say hopes?).

You could always choose not to run them.
Or you could run them when not machining a part.
Why is it when I hear the word "maker" I envisage some hipster with soft hands, a man bun and a manicured beard ?

I know, cos I'm a cranky old bastard who's one step away from yelling at clouds, I've already got the yelling at tv and birds covered.

rebelx wrote:

Thank you so much! I will certainly give it a try. I have been monitoring your github page for quite a while in anticipation of your great work, so this is big news!

As for Clear Linux, I believe they finally got it working on their distro, but made it part their maker-cnc bundle, which includes programs like inkscape and OpenSCAD, which are great apps but should not run on a machine controller. They do not seem to fully understand the LinuxCNC ecosystem, so I have already lowered my expectation (or should I say hopes?).
 

Be aware that my image does not work with axis for some reason due to this bug:

github.com/linuxcnc/linuxcnc/issues/3205

I recommend FlexGUI or gmoccapy until qtpyvcp switches over to pyside6. All GUIs that depend on Qt5 such as QtDragon do not work as Gentoo is dropping support for Qt5. There's been progress with qtpyvcp and pyside6 but is not stable yet.

If you use a run-in-place environment instead of using the gentoo package, axis does in fact work.

unknown wrote:

You could always choose not to run them.
Or you could run them when not machining a part.

 

Yes of course, but I prefer a clean install with minimum "garbage" and let a machine controller just be a machine controller. I would not run any other programs on my LinuxCNC production machines, for the same reasons as why I prefer not to have my machine connected to the internet: keep the machine clean and stable.