[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Computer

John Adams jna at retina.net
Fri Apr 19 21:58:35 UTC 2013


In my experience with laser cutters, the print-driver software is
proprietary and no one has a solid solution under Linux.

-j



On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Robert Benson <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:

> thx for the info. if i try to get the full spectrum laser running with
> linuxcnc, i will do it from another (probably mine) computer.
>
> just curious, is linux & open source 3D & lasercutter software *really*that far behind windows & proprietary? i haven't found a good comparison
>
> ~robb
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com>wrote:
>
>> Previous attempts to get grub running on that machine have nearly bricked
>> it. -dru
>>  On Apr 16, 2013 11:06 AM, "LinkReincarnate" <linkreincarnate at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We need windows to run the black 3d printer on it's most recent
>>> firmware.  You can add a linux partition but do not remove windows from
>>> that machine please.  I try not to get tech evangelists get into my head
>>> too much.  All of the os's have their strengths and weaknesses.
>>> On Apr 15, 2013 9:40 PM, "Robert Benson" <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> as per the lasercutter, "It does seem like more of a software issue
>>>> than hardware.", maybe it's time to find or compile drivers for linuxcnc as
>>>> the manual suggests
>>>> https://fslaser.com/index.php/aitdownloadablefiles/download/aitfile/aitfile_id/12/
>>>>
>>>> i'm embarrassed that i haven't gotten to it already. windows
>>>> 7...really? it's a great machine, don't get me wrong; but, trying to
>>>> explain the cause of not employing linuxcnc to that guy from the toronto
>>>> hackerspace was not at all pleasant :/
>>>>
>>>> ~r
>>>>
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