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by TheLegace 4816 days ago
This is some really cool software. I have just finished my first boards with eagle and open sourced them. Alas I absolutely hated Eagle, but getting mercy for Linux users is a miracle in of itself ;(

If anyone gives a shit my boards are here. https://bitbucket.org/TheLegace/yurt_motordrive-hardware
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jrabone 4816 days ago
Did you hate Eagle because you are used to something better (and presumably costing $000's), or because it's not like any other app? IME all EDA apps are weird, and I really like Eagle (although I don't use the auto router).
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fnordfnordfnord 4816 days ago
Eagle is terrible, and their "native" linux app is (or at least it was) less robust than some Windows software under WINE.
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angusgr 4816 days ago
FWIW I have access to an Eagle license but prefer to use Kicad whenever I can. In no small part because of the Linux app being clunky (also because Kicad is FOSS.)

The annoying thing about using both is they're both similar-but-different in lots of little ways (like the other comment says, all EDA apps are weird.) Learning one once you're used to the other is a pain, but it's not impossible.

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