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"Linux Desktop: A Collective Delusion" - an unhinged rant
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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And that's a good thing, according to my MSc. in Electronics colleague. We replaced EAGLE with KiCad a few years ago because it's just a better product ever since CERN essentially took over development.
Yeah, I can see how stuff like electronics simulation might be an issue. I'm not up to date any more, the major tools used to be some very expensive proprietary products. I've tried some simulation tools, but I'm not an expert on that and I don't know where we're at with the alternatives and what kind of feature set they offer. And I struggled a bit with KiCads autorouting back then. But it's probably gotten better since.