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Trying to decide whether to buy linux or windows license

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Hi,

 

I am trying to decide whether I should buy a linux license or a windows

license for eagle. I really want to use eagle under linux, but I have a

few concerns:

 

- I am using gentoo linux. This linux distribution is moving quite fast

  and so I am updating the distribution quite often. So, three important

  external dependencies of eagle will change quite often, which are

  Xorg, the linux kernel and cups printing system. I am afraid that

  eagle will stop working at some point in the future because of an

  incompatibility. What kind of experiences did the community have in

  this regard? Are the developers of eagle keen to make eagle work with

  the new versions of the X windows environment and the kernel? Or is

  there a "recommended linux distribution" and with any other linux, you

  are on your own?

 

- Manufacturers of printers tend to focus on developing windows

  drivers. I am afraid I will run into limitations and issues regarding

  to printing when I use the linux version.

 

I would hate to have to use eagle under windows, so I hope to hear that

I don't have to worry about the above ...

 

--

Timur Aydin

 

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  • I am trying to decide whether I should buy a linux license or a windows

    license for eagle. I really want to use eagle under linux, but I have a

    few concerns:

     

    - I am using gentoo linux. This linux distribution is moving quite fast

      and so I am updating the distribution quite often.

     

    While it is not a current as Gentoo, I've run Eagle 4 and 5 on several

    Ubuntu versions without issues. I know others are running it on recent

    versions of Slackware as well.

     

     

    - Manufacturers of printers tend to focus on developing windows

      drivers. I am afraid I will run into limitations and issues regarding

      to printing when I use the linux version.

     

    I don't think Eagle makes any special requirements on the printer. If

    the printer is working on your system, it should work with Eagle. My

    suggestion with printing under Linux is to avoid new printer models. If

    you have a common printer that was release 1+ years ago, it will

    probably be supported. I have an HP Officejet 7310 and it works well

    (even scanning and faxing).

     

     

    I would hate to have to use eagle under windows, so I hope to hear that

    I don't have to worry about the above ...

     

     

    I've had very few problems under Linux and Cadsoft has been very

    responsive to support questions. From what I can tell, the Linux version

    is not just an after-thought for them, which is nice!

     

     

    -Brad

     

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  • I am trying to decide whether I should buy a linux license or a windows

    license for eagle. I really want to use eagle under linux, but I have a

    few concerns:

     

    - I am using gentoo linux. This linux distribution is moving quite fast

      and so I am updating the distribution quite often.

     

    While it is not a current as Gentoo, I've run Eagle 4 and 5 on several

    Ubuntu versions without issues. I know others are running it on recent

    versions of Slackware as well.

     

     

    - Manufacturers of printers tend to focus on developing windows

      drivers. I am afraid I will run into limitations and issues regarding

      to printing when I use the linux version.

     

    I don't think Eagle makes any special requirements on the printer. If

    the printer is working on your system, it should work with Eagle. My

    suggestion with printing under Linux is to avoid new printer models. If

    you have a common printer that was release 1+ years ago, it will

    probably be supported. I have an HP Officejet 7310 and it works well

    (even scanning and faxing).

     

     

    I would hate to have to use eagle under windows, so I hope to hear that

    I don't have to worry about the above ...

     

     

    I've had very few problems under Linux and Cadsoft has been very

    responsive to support questions. From what I can tell, the Linux version

    is not just an after-thought for them, which is nice!

     

     

    -Brad

     

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