Hi y’all! This may be a stupid question, but here it goes anyways: I’m thinking of trying to install Linux on a laptop that’s getting slow because of a bloated Windows install. I basically only use it for some internet browsing and 3D modelling (Fusion360) and slicing for my 3D printer (Cura). Is such software available for Linux and do you have experience with it? Doesn’t need to be Fusion360 and Cura specifically. I’m prepared to learn.
Thanks in advance!
It’s funny! I come this week from windows 11 to Linux Mint.
I replace Fusion 360 by Freecad (I start with some YouTube tutorials) And Cura is avaliable on Linux!
A quick google would have gotten you these answers…
Cura is open source and builds are published for Linux.
Fusion360 is not, and does not. I for one use a combination of FreeCAD and OpenSCAD for 3D printing.
Fusion360 can run under Proton with some *'s
The usual answer for modeling is Blender. Don’t know about slicing, but there are probably some as well.
Onshape is an amazing browser-based modelling software. It has a pretty easy learning curve as a bonus!
Cura is open source and has linux builds on their github https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases. Prusaslicer and basically all it’s forks also have Linux builds. I personally use FreeCAD for modelling but it’s not very popular amongst people who use Fusion360.
Cura is fully available on Linux, as well as PrusaSlicer (my preferred slicer). For modelling there’s Blender of course, and I know people have had success getting Fusion360 to work with some effort (may not be a good option for a newer linux user though). I personally use OpenSCAD, but that’s very functionally different than Fusion360 and probably won’t be what you’re looking for.
