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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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Not an automation guy here either but I have worked with several, and my current workplace has a big boner for Ignition, which runs on both Linux and Windows and works with their Allen Bradley PLCs. They run the whole thing on Linux VMs on VMware, with their HMIs being mostly Windows PCs, but as far as I can tell all they really need is a web browser, so you could probably use anything for that.
Ignition isn't free but they have trial versions and a free 'maker' version that I can only assume has commercial use exemptions or something in it.