NigelOBB

pscan.uk wrote: wrote:

There are already three Linux versions available:-

x86 32 bit
x86 64 bit
ARM 32 bit (as in Raspberry Pi).

The x86 ones will work on an old Laptop running something like Debian or Ubuntu (I recommend Xubuntu or Lubuntu, but I think we have customers already using other distros).

I don't quite understand why more people don't try the Linux version.

What I can see from support requests is that the Linux version just never seems to have a problem. No hassles with antivirus (Windows), no hassles with major updates that change everything (Mac OS), cheap hardware. I have even had it working on a tiny ASUS EEE PC 701 which is small enough to keep in the car glovebox.

A workshop is a brutal environment for laptops, it's so easy to drop a laptop when you're working on a car. I would have thought that an old Dell D620/D630 running linux would be ideal.