Best Linux Distro for PLC programming?

[widelto]

@Jordan:
Thanks that´s the reason.

 

[widelto]

Ok, But that is related to VMs on linux and windows ??

 

[JordanCClark]

I would say so. I've run into this on VMWare Workstation, ESXi and KVM.

 

[the_msp]

This remind me a question, what about if you use a dongle with licensed activation and have several versions of logix 5000 , each version on a VMware , will that work out ?

You can put the USB into the host and map it to each guest as needed, when removed they will go into 7 day grace period.

It wouldn't suit the OP topic, but if your host was windows, you could run FTAM as a server there and map the guests as FTAM clients to this license server, USB to host only.

 

[cyoung120]

I use Ubuntu as my host OS and do everything programming wise in VMware. I have my laptop configured as Dual Boot just in case I might need a native Windows PC, but I bet the last time I booted windows was when I first set up the PC just make sure it worked.
Everything I do is done on a virtual machine. From AutoCAD to Tia Portal

 

[ASF]

This remind me a question, what about if you use a dongle with licensed activation and have several versions of logix 5000 , each version on a VMware , will that work out ?

It wouldn't suit the OP topic, but if your host was windows, you could run FTAM as a server there and map the guests as FTAM clients to this license server, USB to host only.

Yeah, that's the downside of a mac host, I can't do that.

However the upside of a mac host is that I can run my Windows Server 2019 VM and my Windows 7/Windows XP Rockwell VM simultaneously, so that one VM can pick up the activation off the other. And this is on an almost 7-year-old laptop. Just wait til I get my hands on a new M1 mac!