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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: wine
« on: May 24, 2021, 08:54:35 PM »Hi,
Mach4, as released is a Windows application, is there any particular reason to try to run it under Wine?
Mach4 is a relatively small and lightweight application and can be run very successfully on VERY modest PCs, including
Atom boards. Why don'y you use a cheap and cheerful Winodws10 PC to run the machine but then you could use
your Linux PC for CAD/CAM etc.
Really the PC running ypour machine should NOT run ANY other software.....so what matter if its a Windows PC?
Craig
Oh I know all that. But I also dislike windows greatly. Last week, I wanted an updated version of SheetCam running on my linux machine which runs my mill and my plasma table. The version of sheetcam for linux is old as hell and there doesn't appear to be any updates in the future. I ran the SheetCam 7 installer and it works extremely well. So, I thought to try Mach4. After installing the proper vcruntime lib's, Mach4 started right up surprising the hell out of me. Frankly I'd love a version of Mach4 that runs under linux realtime. And yes I know there was a version at one time a long long time ago that natively ran under linux.