Useful User’s Guide

oskar14 · 08-31-2016, 11:07 AM

Looking to replace my Windows OS to run my CNC, I was told that Ubuntu Linuxcnc3 10.04 LTS would be a good alternative. So I downloaded and installed this OS but since now I’m lost I’m looking for a good user’s guide.

Searching I found a lot of links but I find them all kind of frustrating. Means in the manual I click on a heading and then I’m taken to another sub heading and so on. In addition they all are in PDF format which wastes a lot of printing space

Is there a user’s guide somewhere preferably in Word / Write format which I can print?

Or any other similar recommended guide? (I did search this forum and found nothing

Nicolas

Emerson · 08-31-2016, 11:41 AM

They have home page ... and documentation.

oskar14 · 08-31-2016, 12:35 PM

Pretty good link, although for Linux 2.7 but at least is in HTML format

BTW, what is the equivalent extension for .EXE in Linux? In other words how to you lunch a program when you are in the File Explorer?

Emerson · 08-31-2016, 12:48 PM

Linux/Unix has no file extensions, that is there is no need for them. The OS recognizes the files by header. See below how file utility works.

Code:

~ $ file conkyrc 
conkyrc: ASCII text
~ $ file /bin/awk 
/bin/awk: symbolic link to ../usr/bin/gawk
~ $ file /bin/attr 
/bin/attr: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, stripped

offgridguy · 08-31-2016, 02:01 PM

Welcome to the forum.
If you don't mind spending a bit of money, there is this ebook. I have it myself and
would recommend it to any beginner.
https://www.amazon.ca/Ubuntu-Beginne...eginners+guide

There is also this.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommunityHelpWiki

rhubarbdog · 08-31-2016, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oskar14

Pretty good link, although for Linux 2.7 but at least is in HTML format

BTW, what is the equivalent extension for .EXE in Linux? In other words how to you lunch a program when you are in the File Explorer?

Linux handles execution via file security attribute bits
Try

Code:

chmod a+x myfile

script files can be fully executable by using the executable bits and starting the script with the #! directive

Code:

#!/bin/bash

for a bash shell script or

Code:

#!/bin/awk

for an awk script
to find the path to an executable use command whereis for example

Code:

whereis sed

oskar14 · 08-31-2016, 04:05 PM

Thank you all for the help

Emerson · 08-31-2016, 04:18 PM

Where from did you get Linuxcnc3? I cant find any references to this version.

Habitual · 08-31-2016, 04:27 PM

http://rlworkman.net/howtos/rute/

oskar14 · 08-31-2016, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

Where from did you get Linuxcnc3? I cant find any references to this version.

I searched for Ubuntu Linuxcnc3 and they were a few .org links. I just pick one but dont remember which one

ondoho · 09-01-2016, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oskar14

I was told that Ubuntu Linuxcnc3 10.04 LTS would be a good alternative.

i see no indication here that this is based on ubuntu.
maybe it used to be?
in any case, the 10.04 lts indicates a ubuntu version number...

Quote:

Originally Posted by oskar14

Pretty good link, although for Linux 2.7

this is clearly linuxcnc's own version number.
it's the newest and current version, just 2 months old, based on debian wheezy.