sweet. i'll swing by monday night then!<br clear="all"><br>nick<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
fuck eagle! didn't you hear Richard Stallman's talk? Why would you use a payware software that is closed source? You are not even being allowed the freedom to know what instructions you're putting on your computer.<br>
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And if a friend asks you for a copy, you have to either tell them no, which is a terrible thing to do, or give them an illegal copy, which is also a bad choice.<br>
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The right thing to do is to use KiCAD or gEDA, both of which are free software, free as in speech AND free as in beer.<br>
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I have been using KiCAD, and after a really frustrating learning period (i have used McCAD and PCAD before) I have finally figured out how it works, and i can say I am pleased with it. It still is frustrating at times but the worst is over, and overall I don't think it's worse than any other program. I have never been able to operate Eagle, maybe i'm dumb.<br>
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One thing I like about KiCAD is that it uses the keyboard a lot. i dislike having to use the mouse for things that could be done with the keyboard. You still CAN use the mouse for everything, but you don't have to.<br>
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I will be working on a circuitboard almost every time i come to noisebridge from now on. That will usually be monday nights and tuesday all day, and sometimes wednesday. I invite you to see how i do it.<br>
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Also you can ask Hao who has been working on the robot, he is good with KiCAD.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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-jake</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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Nicholas Granado wrote:<br>
is there a class given at noisebridge on using eagle and making circuit<br>
boards?<br>
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nick<br>
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