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Re: New QDriverStation version!
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Originally Posted by tjf View Post
I'm incredibly happy to see that QDS continues to be developed.

Out of curiosity, is there any specific reason that FIRST remains insistent on using a DS that runs exclusively for Windows, despite the roboRIO, Jetson, Rpi, and radio all running Linux?

Totally not a FOSS advocate, nope.
I believe the claim as to why they haven't opened it up is "safety" because no other program is capable of telling a robot to not move.

I would really like if FIRST went to open source versions of all of its software, such as replacing the FMS with CheesyArena and replacing the Driver Station with QDriverStation. Obviously, they would probably need to ensure that they can maintain them, but so far both are doing well without the FIRST intervention.
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