Ubuntu on old machine

[Young]

Doug Pollard wrote:
> 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 
>>>
>>>     
>> 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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>> Steve Reilly
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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.
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>             Doug 
> 
Don't keep quiet! Maybe put OT: at the beginning of the email, but get 
the word on this kind of thing.

How about this for a posting?

"OT: Linux and the machine shop success story."

I'd love to read it.

Mark