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I hope that with the RFP for the 2015 control system, Linux support was taken into account. Not holding my breath, though.
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byteit101, rbmj, and I are working on the
custom toolchain that will allow programmers to build and test their software from the three major platforms (Linux, Windows, OSX). So far, we the compiler suite (Gcc, Binutils) is working on Linux. However, we are still working out packaging and Windows/OSX builds.
We encourage people to join this project as byteit101 has brought it up at WPI and they like the idea. If the project can be successfully finished by next season, the FIRST Research Group at WPI is willing to accept it as an official build platform for next season. You can check out the Developers page on the Wiki to see what needs to be done. There are plenty of things to do so any contribution, big or small, is welcome!
For Arch users, there is a working build of the toolchain on the AUR. Check out the Wiki. However, I'm working on repackaging, so stay tuned! Ubuntu packages are being worked on too.
Alex Brinister