this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
182 points (99.5% liked)

Linux

48683 readers
401 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

How likely is it that Proton can be used to make native Windows applications (especially CAD-Software) run on Linux? Beside my own desperate desire to do that I guess there are others out there to eagerly switch OS. For the software providers it seems to be a great opportunity to acquired new customers (at first glance).

[–] stygis@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Gstarcad 2022 and 2023 (I haven't tested the latest versions) work perfectly on linux via wine and are 100% compatible with autodesk's dwg format.

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Proton is well developed for games, but not for apps. But Wine itself is not as well taken cared for. Without tricks, patches and prayers, most complex apps don't run on it. Or if they load, they crash quickly afterwards.

Which CAD app are you trying to run? If it's 2D, have you tried QCad/Cam?

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Proton is a patched Wine with a translation layer from DirectX to Vulkan. Wine will run a lot of Windows cad software with varying success, particularly older versions and I am not sure how much general desktop applications benefit from the Valve sponsored improvements to gaming. It is a shame these CAD programs weren't all built on game engines like Unity or Unreal instead of a bunch of Windows APIs with varied levels of implementation.