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G8B4Life:
--- Quote from: Alan on August 09, 2019, 08:11:26 AM ---My guess is ROI or lack thereof
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Windows 87%
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Hence why I said "no need". For a company with the user base the size of say ESU or DigiTrax who cater to a very large market (DCC) then the loss Mac (and Linux) users is not a concern to the bottom line. For a market segment so small as Ring's RailPro system then that loss is a bigger risk. Perhaps we just have an over proportion of Mac users but our third most read thread here is "Software not Mac compatible".
--- Quote ---At least you have company! Poor Linux folks are right there with you.
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But there is no need for us to keep company while waiting for native code RP software for Mac and Linux; I've already posted that there is one completely free (if you can stand a little pain every 30 days) and one partially free way to run RP software on a Mac and Linux. If Jacob has a legit copy of Windows already, no matter how old a version it is then he can do it completely free without the 30 day pain. All it would take for anyone is learning some new skills and software. Perhaps I should write some tutorials.
I was also experimenting with Wine (not the drink, the software) today but I'm not letting the cat out of that bag until I finish my experiments.
- Tim
Alan:
The VMs are (generally) known. It is understandable there is some push back on using a VM solution. For someone not already comfortable with such it is a lot of hoops to jump through just to run trains. Especially if computers aren't your thing.
ON28:
I tried Wine, RPA loaded but couldn't connect the HC. I did not try the virtual version.
G8B4Life:
--- Quote from: Alan on August 09, 2019, 12:31:19 PM ---... It is understandable there is some push back on using a VM solution.
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Yes it can be scary, it was scary for me the first time I set one up because I wasn't familiar with how they worked but that was over come by reading a lot of how to's on them.
--- Quote ---... it is a lot of hoops to jump through just to run trains.
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I agree, we should not have to jump through a lot of hoops like that, just like we should not have to jump through hoops like silly programming mistakes the prevents people with a certain type of internet connection from using the software either even though it's been a known problem for quite a long time now. Unfortunately the situation is what it is with RP and people might have to do extreme things to get things to work for them.
--- Quote from: ON28 on August 09, 2019, 08:31:07 PM ---I tried Wine, RPA loaded but couldn't connect the HC. I did not try the virtual version.
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What did you try Wine on? I don't know about Mac but on Linux USB HID devices like the HC-2b and CI-1 are not passed to Wine by default so that's what I'm experimenting with. I confirm the software loads and runs (mostly) fine on Wine.
- Tim
ON28:
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on August 09, 2019, 10:24:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: ON28 on August 09, 2019, 08:31:07 PM ---I tried Wine, RPA loaded but couldn't connect the HC. I did not try the virtual version.
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What did you try Wine on? I don't know about Mac but on Linux USB HID devices like the HC-2b and CI-1 are not passed to Wine by default so that's what I'm experimenting with. I confirm the software loads and runs (mostly) fine on Wine.
- Tim
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My new MacBook Pro.
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