LabVIEW w/ Ubuntu 14.04

[JeffB]

Originally Posted by wt200999

LabVIEW itself has a native Linux version. However teams are not given access to this version. Additionally there are more components that are required for FRC that are not supported by the native Linux version.

It does, yes. But, it's geared towards several very specific builds of Linux. (The page I linked to called this out and pointed out which builds are supported.) With Linux being open source, it's not easy to say "this works on all builds." That's why the ones that are supported are called out individually. Realistically, Linux would have to be supported to some degree as the roboRIO runs Linux and operates with LabVIEW just fine.

Teams aren't given access to the Linux version because it's not helpful to them. Without having the required components supported on Linux, you couldn't use it to program for FRC. It's the same reason there isn't a Mac version for FRC teams.