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[โ€“] lazycog@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Siemens is finally moving on to BSD IIRC and (slowly) industrial PC's are going to switch over.

Last new industrial windows based PC, server, as well as HMI I installed was in 2022. But yeah it's slow.

[โ€“] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Beckhoff Is supposed to have a Linux version of the TwinCAT runtime SOONโ„ข

[โ€“] lazycog@feddit.uk 1 points 12 hours ago

Awesome! Glad we are getting rid of windows in critical infrastructure. I can't count the amount of times I've had to make workarounds that feel wrong due to windows being... Windows. And the amount of time I've spent on making sure it doesn't cause trouble anytime...