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Originally Posted by Kristofer Rye
Rather than paying money for LabVIEW, we'd like to be able to program our robot using C (and any command-line tools), a text editor, and Linux. We've heard of the WPI library, but there doesn't seem to be a C version (or, at least, I haven't heard of it working in C).
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You don't have to pay anything for LabVIEW (besides what you already did in order to participate in FRC). You receive both LabVIEW and the WindRiver C programming environment in the Kit of Parts. The WPI library is provided with interfaces for LabVIEW, C/C++, and Java.
Many of the important programs you will need are available only as Windows executable files. It take extreme effort to avoid Windows in FRC, and it is literally against the rules not to use it during a match. Since money for LabVIEW isn't an issue, what is your real reason for wanting to dump Windows (which you admit is working fine for you)?