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LinuxCNC


Last Update: 2025-10-28 08:32 UTC

LinuxCNC is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed to control computer numerical control (CNC) machines. It can drive milling machines, lathe machines, 3D printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods and more. It is compatible with many popular machine control hardware interfaces and it supports rigid tapping, cutter compensation, and many other advanced control features. LinuxCNC boots into an Xfce desktop with a custom CNC menu containing CNC software, wizards and documentation.

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LinuxCNC Summary
Distribution LinuxCNC
Home Page https://www.linuxcnc.org/
Mailing Lists https://sourceforge.net/p/emc/mailman/
User Forums https://forum.linuxcnc.org/
Alternative User Forums Discord •
Documentation https://www.linuxcnc.org/documents/
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/
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Download Mirrors https://www.linuxcnc.org/downloads/
Bug Tracker https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues
Related Websites GitHub • SourceForge
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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Feature 2.9.6 2.9.4
Release Date 2025-10-28 2025-01-27
End Of Life    
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 4100-4200 1000-3600
Free Download ISO IMG, ISO
Installation Debian Installer Debian Installer
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce
Package Management DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 aarch64, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4
Multilingual de, en, es, fr de, en, es, fr
Asian Language Support -- --
Full Package List 2.9.6 2.9.4
Package 2.9.6 2.9.4
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.14 1.2.8
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0
apparmor (4.1.2) 4.1.0 3.0.8
apt (3.1.12) 3.0.3 2.6.1
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.15
bind (9.20.15) -- --
chromium (142.0.7444.162) -- --
cinnamon (6.4.13) -- --
cups (2.4.14) 2.4.10 2.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.47.0
ffmpeg (8.0) -- --
firefox (145.0) 140.4.0 128.6.0
flatpak (1.16.1) -- --
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.3 2.12.1
gcc (15.2.0) 14.2.0 12.2.0
gimp (3.0.6) -- --
git (2.51.2) -- --
glibc (2.42) 2.41 2.36
gnome-shell (49.1) -- --
grub (2.12) -- --
gtk (4.20.2) 4.18.6 3.24.38
httpd (2.4.65) -- --
inkscape (1.4.2) -- --
kmod (34.2) 34.2 30
krita (5.2.13) -- --
LibreOffice (25.8.3) -- --
Package 2.9.6 2.9.4
libselinux (3.9) 3.8.1 3.4
linux (6.17.8) 6.12.48 6.1.124
mariadb (12.0.2) -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- --
mesa (25.3.0) 25.0.7 22.3.6
mysql (9.5.0) -- --
nautilus (49.1) -- --
NVIDIA (580.105.08) -- 535.216.01
openjdk (25) -- --
openssh (10.2p1) 10.0p1 9.2p1
openssl (3.6.0) 3.5.1 3.0.15
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.1 5.36.0
php (8.4.14) -- --
plasma-desktop (6.5.2) -- --
postfix (3.10.5) -- --
postgresql (18.1) -- --
Python (3.14.0) 3.13.5 3.11.2
qt (6.10.0) 5.15.15 5.15.8
samba (4.23.3) -- --
systemd (258.2) 257.8 252.33
thunderbird (145.0) -- --
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0
vlc (3.0.21) -- --
wayland (1.24.0) 1.23.1 1.21.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.18.1
xorg-server (21.1.20) 21.1.16 21.1.7

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