[luau] Electronics design program for linux

[MonMotha]

Eric Hattemer wrote:
> Anyone know of a good electronics design program for linux?  Preferably 
> free and preferably able to netlist and export to an FPGA?  Berkeley had 
> a thing called ptolemy, but I'm not sure what it is and can't compile it...
> 
> -Eric Hattemer

I use gEDA for schematic capture.  It can export netlists as well.  I'm not 
familiar with the exports for making FPGAs (I even design my boards by hand, as 
time consuming as it is, read on for why).  The problem with gEDA (gschem in 
this case) is that the interface for naming nets is a bit...tedious.  Also, the 
parts library is VERY limited compared to commercial offerings.

The gEDA suite is GPLed.

Another common app is Eagle CAD.  A crippled freeware version is available, but 
it is not open source.

--MonMotha