It's really a bad idea, there's very little Linux software out there, and none from the chip manufacturers - Windows still rules the world I'm afraid.Hi
Im interested in using Linux as a platform for developing.
Can anyone suggest software (if there are any) for compiling, programming (pref so i can use my ICD2 clone) PIC uCs ??
If it works on Vista it'll should work on Windows 7. I
Again it's really not an issue, if you need to run windows for a particular app all you have to do is download Sun's free virtualization software.
Hi Kryten,Bill. To the best of my knowledge MPlab works great in W7 (atleast build 7000 or the beta version)
but im going to use a old laptop as development computer and it runs XP (wich i think sucks after trying out W7) So i was thinking about putting ubuntu on the laptop. I dont want to use the computer that my wife uses for everything else. Dont know what gets on it and not![]()
gabenc, vmware server is free but have issues with 64bit linux, and have issue with many linux distro's ... every time you upgrade kernel you have to spend time fixing it ... and often it does not work at all (especially on 64bit fedora)...
on the other hand, virtualbox works fine, without any glitches and is 5-15% faster then vmware (that is not measured but just a feeling)