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Screw it, I’m installing Linux (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Who knows, maybe Autodesk will finally start thinking about Linux.
They already use Qt anyway, so the .NET part is all they'd need to fix.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    There's Mono. I don't know what portion of .NET compatibility issues that addresses in 2025.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    Well of course, there's probably other Windows stuff they are also using, considering how much they aren't even trying to ship for something like Ubuntu, which would be super easy otherwise.

    I can only imagine how big of a push Autodesk can easily put towards Linux. That would easily make the current rise to 5% be nothing in comparison. Maybe MS is paying them too, to keep them together.
    Of course it might also just be that MS makes it easier for them to setup a DRM (Digital Rights Management) as compared to Linux, not that it matters considering how much they have been pirated.

    Then there was this person who was not using Linux because of the CAD software he wanted to use and when I asked what exactly it was, he said, "KiCad"^[it's available in Arch and Debian official repositories].

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    KiCAD is available for most distros. You can even get it via flatpak

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago

    Yeah, so you see, they just don't know that the stuff is available.
    They are also the types to download from stuff like Softonic/MegaUpload etc. when the official website has downloads available, so even if the website were to advertise Linux availability, they would never end up seeing it.

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