Survey about EMC 2 ( Aimed at non users)

[ynneb]

Why dont you use EMC 2 ?
Please leave any additional comments in this thread.
Regards Benny

PS If for some reason the survey doesnt show properly, just F5 (Refresh) and the page should then display correctly

EDIT After finishing the survey you can view the survey results here http://www.micropoll.com/akira/ShowR...5627&mode=data

[ynneb]

Interesting results so far. Please post any comments in this thread also.

[crocky]

Hi Benny,

Link did not work for me, did the survey but could not get the results to show? Something about a page not found?

[crocky]

It came good after a few minutes and I used the link on the first message this time?

[Bubba]

I did not answer the question:

If EMC had an online forum, where users could post and answer each others questions, as well as photos etc, would you feel more comfortable using EMC2 ?

BECAUSE there IS a forum for emc already at:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

and it is quite active!

[Greolt]

Originally Posted by Bubba BECAUSE there IS a forum for emc already at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

I am not a user but strongly suspected this would be the case.

Almost inconceivable that there would not be an active forum.

Greg

[ynneb]

Almost inconceivable that there would not be an active forum.

It has an email based forum, but not an online forum. ( Well none that I have yet seen)

[mlaws1172]

Benny
are you going to set one up? Keep me posted if you do
mike

[ynneb]

Originally Posted by mlaws1172 Benny are you going to set one up? Keep me posted if you do mike

Sure Mike. I think it would be good to have one as another option, not to replace their email one, but just for user choice. I set one up for mach3 a few years ago and it now has more members than the yahoo one. It just gives users bit more choice. While I know there is one here in the zone, its not a place they can call thier own.

[epineh]

Well I for one will be trying it out, I have installed it in the past and had a bit of a play, in fact using it and Ubuntu was the reason I converted half of the home computers to Linux, it has certainly matured as an operating system.

From what I read the screens are very configurable, but as I haven't used it properly yet that will have to stay on the "to do" list...

Just in the off chance I finish my router sometime soon I have downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu ready to install.

Russell.

[ynneb]

Here is a collection of EMC videos that I found interesting. http://www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=EMCCNC

[Big John T]

EMC2 is highly configurable in every way. If you base your questions on EMC and linux of years ago then you are correct, but EMC has changed so much in the last few years that even I can use it.

No CAD or CAM for linux... I can tell you have never used EMC2. I agree that the "BIG BOYS" of CAD and CAM do not cover linux they are just missing the boat. SheetCam is the most recent addition to linux CAM packages. QCam is a linux CAM package... Also there are many g code wizards for EMC on the wiki site...

The EMC site and the EMC wiki site are a great source for info. For almost instant help the IRC channel covers that. The mailing list fills any gaps. The manuals are improving all the time. Stepper setup wizard makes most stepper based machine setup take all of 5 minutes.

If your offering to start a EMC2 forum please do...

Cool, your link shows my EMC2 Plasma table... weeee I'm famous

John