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Re: How important is Linux?

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
Kevin,

My biggest concern for running a RTOS on the robot controller is the overhead and resources the RTOS will take. I wouldn't want to compromise the prossessing power just for the convienience of some available services in an RTOS.
What if we get a real computer based upon a PPC or x86 for 2009 (yes, maybe I'm dreaming). Are you saying you don't want an off-the-shelf OS and want to write your own code to run on bare metal? Or are you assuming we'll get another microcontroller-based setup?

-Kevin
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