Where/when was it promised in the Kickstarter that the machine would run in Linux?
Closest I see to that is the statement, “a ready-to-run CNC Mill that’s at home in any environment.” — which seems to indicate physical environs and “software (for Mac and PC)” — which typically indicates Mac OS X and Windows. Screengrabs all seem to be Mac OS X.
The official line has always been that Linux support is an eventual maybe: My software wishlist (bugs and asks) - #4 by robgrz
There was a Linux beta a while back — it would be nice to revisit that, but it’d be more likely if we were all nice about it.
You noted in this post: Startup questions and comments that
I think we all wish you had.
Thank you for finding the link to: Linux CNC with MeshCAM — adding that to the wiki.
If you really want opensource, why did you buy a machine w/ a board which isn’t fully opensource? (while the Arduino portion is, the balance of the board is not documented beyond breaking out some pinouts) — have you considered replacing the board w/ an opensource one? I believe everything has been documented well enough by the community to do so. There’s a bit about using Linuxcnc on the Shapeoko wiki: Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable — it should be straight-forward enough to adapt that, add in the information on the Nomad from: Shapeoko CNC Router, Rigid, Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable and have a fully opensource control stack.
Perhaps, if you really want MeshCAM you could buy a full license and run it in Wine — maybe Grzsoftware could offer upgrade pricing? That would help to make this situation clearer.
Failing that, there’re opensource options: