Hello

[JAZZCNC]

First Welcome Chewie,

Should I go LinuxCNC or Mach3 ?

Given your S/W background and tight budget then it's a no brainer got be Linux Cnc.!

[Chewieb]

Thanks JazzCNC

mmm sure, I installed LinuxCNC on an old PC a year ago and it died after an upgrade which is strange for a LTS distro ! Maybe my old rig was too crappy :)

Just bad luck ? I'm here to find out more about S/W or system reliability.

I'll hop over to LinuxCNC again and have another look. :)
Cheers