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EE Bench PC, what OS? Suggestions?

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Zucca:
I installed a PC, a 17" monitor, wireless mouse and keyboard in my EE Bench.

I installed Ubuntu because it is the most used Linux distro, hoping it will keep me floating in the EE world ( confirmed here, somehow)
Unfortunately I had to install FW for discontinued Keysight devices, and Linux is not in the picture...
Also, under software download website for my EE devices I find only windows stuff mainly.

So, sadly, it looks like in EE Lab, test equipment companies expect to find only Windows PCs...

I am now thinking to switch to Windows LTCS.

Kindly ask some suggestion... also beyond OS choices... I hope the wireless mouse and PC will not interfere with my DUTs.

PS: it is not just looking the datasheet up, an old iPad is just perfect for that.

3roomlab:
have you tried vm like virtualbox?
it installs the windows OS inside your ubuntu under vm
give it a try to see if it fits your use case

themadhippy:
Also maybe see  if it plays nicely with wine

RAPo:
I have a zima board with linux os/server, attached with Crucial P3 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD and an own monitor.

The zima board  is controlled via RDP connection using MobaXterm and also doubles up as a proxmox server.

Zucca:

--- Quote from: 3roomlab on August 30, 2024, 12:54:53 pm ---have you tried vm like virtualbox?

--- End quote ---

I will try to install windows LTCS on a Linux VM.
I hope it is not asking for problems, when I have to upgrade FW, the PC needs to be stable... don't wanna brick devices.

Also how a USB3 Picoscope will deal with a Windows SW in a Linux VM?

I mean VM is perfect if you wanna stay in the SW circle... not so sure if you have to control HW from the VM...

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