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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:42:28 -0700
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:58:42 -0400
Bob Paddock <graceindustries AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> There are still a few kinks in the Windows port, I or anyone else
> has made the time to work on them yet.

Using the builds from DJ's site I can run pcb successfully and it
sort of works. (I haven't actually used it to do anything, but the
latest build-20120318 pcb is missing tool palette icons so it's a
bit hard to use at all.)

I cannot get gschem to work on Windows.

Some colleagues of mine are considering using either an expensive
commercial EDA suite, or EAGLE, or possibly gEDA for some upcoming
projects.  I would really like to promote gEDA since I think it's
the best solution and I already have parts libraries and experience
with it.

However, they are Windows users.  I hoped that gEDA would work on
Windows, but so far it is a complete failure.  Because of that, I
am thinking of setting up a VirtualBox machine image with a Linux
distro and gEDA installed.  Then my my colleagues can use a full
gEDA environment but still be able to access their Windows
environment (MS Outlook, etc.).

Has anyone run gEDA in a VM before?  I was looking for a Linux
distro that won't take gigabytes of hard drive space, but also
would have a user interface that is easy to use for someone who's
only used Windows before.  DSL, Tiny Core, Slitaz, etc. are small
but are not user friendly for Windows people ... getting at a
VirtualBox shared Samba drive should be easy, for instance.

Even though Ubuntu is much bigger than I'd like, at several gigs, I
think I might stick with it because I think it's the easiest distro
to plug and play for new users. (At least it was before Unity and
GNOME shell.)

Regards,
Colin