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On 07/23/2016 10:16 AM, James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I’ve used gschem/pcb for several (modest) boards now, and love many things about it.
> I do not love what I perceive to be deep friction and lack of cooperation among developers.  
> 
> It makes me wonder how long gschem/pcb will endure.  And therefore I must decide if, as a user, I should invest any more effort to learning the platform and building up custom footprint/schematic libraries, etc, or instead transition now to another platform.
> 
> This may be an unfair question to ask on this forum, but here goes:
> 
> What do you see as drawbacks to KiCad (wrt gschem/pcb)?  I’m on the fence about transitioning away from gschem/pcb.  Why should I stay?

  One big drawback to KiCad that I ran into a little less than a year
ago is that it's very difficult to get running if you're using a Linux
installation more than, say, a month old.  I'm not one of those guys who
reinstalls my OS at the drop of a hat (I come from the commercial UNIX
world, not the Windows world) so that just doesn't work for me.

              -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA