Ubuntu on old machine

[Doug Pollard]

steve wrote:
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>> Hi all, 
>>     I have something I want to try later Probably in the spring and am 
>> looking for a couple of opinions.  I would like to put EMC  on an old 
>> computer I have. Right now I am busy with doing video and trying to get 
>> some knowhow with the terminal.  This whole thing is now in the thinking 
>> about stage.   I have a little shop with a lathe and milling machine 
>> that would be fun to run as CNC on Emc.
>>     The box is a  E-machine  266 MHZ   and 250  megabits of Random 
>> access memory. It has a 4o gig and 60 gig hard drives.  It will boot 
>> from cd.   Will Ubuntu 8.04  install and run on such a machine?  Would I 
>> be better off to try something like Xubuntu or Puppy Linux.  The machine 
>> will be totally dedicated  to EMC.  All other Ubuntu work will be done 
>> on the machine I am presently using.
>>     I am also keeping my eyes open for a free or really cheap box with a 
>> little more oomff  :-)  the question may be mute.
>>                                         Thanks for any advice,     Doug 
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> according to the website, theres a live cd, I would try that out first
> to see if your processor can handle the load. Its a pentium 2 right?
> Sounds like a nice project, I didnt even know software such as that was
> available...cool!
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> FYI, I have a P2 file server with 3 usb hard drives, which doubles as a
> web/ftp server , not real processor intensive, but it runs great with a
> 300mhz P2, 768 meg ram.  Let us know how you make out.
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Actually Steve it's even better than that I think. I think you can 
design a part in Qcad and dump it into Emc and it will basicley write 
the g codes  to run the machine.  You do have to put in spindle speeds 
and feeds and etc.  I have as a machinist run and programed cnc machines 
but this is  quite amazing to my way of thinking and offers huge uses 
for Linux.
    A guy with a little know how can run these machines in his garage in 
the back yard. He can build his own machines or use used ones. Him and 
his wife working there can easy make $100,000.00 a year and make parts 
cheaper than they can be bought in China and shipped here.  But the real 
advavtage is if a customer needs a thousand parts a month shipped 250 
parts a week he can make 250 pieces every week or nine parts everyday, 
then run others part-s the rest of the day or week.  Just in time 
delivery with no parts in stock.  A huge cost cutting advantage to his 
customer and no additional cost to him..  Linux and EMC has this small 
shop market cornered at least for now. 
       Sorry for this off topic post I just find it hard to keep this quiet.
                                                                        
            Doug