Terry Porter wrote:
>>Terry Porter wrote:
>>>[upgrade from XP to Vista7 nightmare detailed]
>>>[. . .]
>>>LINUX:
>>>I just upgraded from Gentoo Linux to Fedora 11 Linux
>>>[...]
>>>gEDA (schematic capture)
>>>PCB (layout printed circuit boards)
>>>
>JeffM wrote:
>> In a category that can be VERY expensive,
>>the most affordable closed source equivalent I know of
>>is Cadsoft EAGLE.
>>[...]and Cadsoft is now in the DRM business:
>>**The Downside of EAGLE** by Markus Zingg
>>http://tinyurl.com/TheEAGLE-Virus
>>
>Wow. This is yet another *compelling* reason to use Free Software.
>
I hear that a lot when I post that link.
>I can still exchange my schematic and pcb designs
>from a decade ago with anyone I like!
>
Aren't open standards and available/parseable source code wonderful?
>>...and if gEDA doesn't suit you, there's (FOSS) KiCAD
>>
The French academics that are the original developers
have Linux and Windoze ports.
Others have ported it to OS X.
I even saw a Solaris-centric page that had binaries.
>>and for an even lighter FOSS environment, there's TinyCAD
>>
>Not bad, if one is into Windows!
>Protel people would feel right at home I would think.
>
>>/ FreePCB.
>>
>[Now,??] that one looks a lot like a Windows version of PCB ?
>
Yes, both are Windoze apps--but both will run under Wine.
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