After many months of hard work by the good people involved in +LinuxCNC, the +system was accepted Sunday +into Debian. +Once it was available from Debian, I was surprised to discover from +its +popularity-contest numbers that people have been reporting its use +since 2012. Its project site might +be a good place to check out, but sadly is not working when visiting +via Tor.
+ +But what is LinuxCNC, you are probably wondering? Perhaps a +Wikipedia quote is in place?
+ ++"LinuxCNC is a software system for numerical control of +machines such as milling machines, lathes, plasma cutters, routers, +cutting machines, robots and hexapods. It can control up to 9 axes or +joints of a CNC machine using G-code (RS-274NGC) as input. It has +several GUIs suited to specific kinds of usage (touch screen, +interactive development)." ++ +
It can even control 3D printers. And even though the Wikipedia +page indicate that it can only work with hard real time kernel +features, it can also work with the user space soft real time features +provided by the Debian kernel. +The source code is +available from Github. The last few months I've been involved in the +translation setup for the program and documentation. Translators are +most welcome to +join the +effort using Weblate.
+ +As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.
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