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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Software for PCB.

2011-01-01 by rocko

That's funny because I'm the opposite.
I use Linux for 'real' work and only use windows to play games, cause
IMO that's all it's good for.

Been using Kicad on linux for about 2 years now and just love it.

On Sat, 2011-01-01 at 15:25 +0100, Stefan Trethan wrote:
>   
> If it doesn't, $50 (or less?) gives you a XP pro license these days,
> and the option to run loads and loads of other free software.
> 
> While Linux is just fine for simple stuff such as Internet or Office I
> just don't have the time to bother with it for "real" work. Too many
> of the tools (some of them proprietory and not replaceable) only get
> made for Windows. I want to use those tools so I have to provide the
> required environment.
> 
> ST
> 
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:42 PM, hotsnausage <hotsnausage@...>
> wrote:
> >> Kicad and DesignSpark have no limitations, but DesignSpark only
> works on Winblows.
> >
> > From what little I've played with it, DS appears to run just fine
> under Wine on Linux.
> >
> > -e
> >
> 
> 
> 
>

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