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Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by 734129837261 »

blackbrokkoli wrote: post #7

This is great! I have high hopes for it, since the experimental version already worked quite well for some time. Still, Unity was one of the reasons I got Win10 on an external hard drive... It's quite a dead meme, but with things like photopea, Blender, smooth Linux VsCode version, stepping stone distros like Mint and now Unity the year of the Linux desktop might come!

I am interested in a switch to Linux (web developer, I use OSX, I need the terminal for all my tasks) but had not looked at Mint yet. The website looks like it was made 15 years ago, are they more modern than the website seems?

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by jayd16 »

Mbaqanga wrote: post #2

Well the question is if Blizzard ports Hearthstone to Linux as a “hey, we have a beta for you guys”, and bring some buzz. The annoying part is the battle.net launcher.

Building to linux was already supported. This is support for the editor.

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by lichenwarp »

734129837261 wrote: post #21
blackbrokkoli wrote: post #7

This is great! I have high hopes for it, since the experimental version already worked quite well for some time. Still, Unity was one of the reasons I got Win10 on an external hard drive... It's quite a dead meme, but with things like photopea, Blender, smooth Linux VsCode version, stepping stone distros like Mint and now Unity the year of the Linux desktop might come!

I am interested in a switch to Linux (web developer, I use OSX, I need the terminal for all my tasks) but had not looked at Mint yet. The website looks like it was made 15 years ago, are they more modern than the website seems?

I love mx-linux, it's debian without so much work, never crashes, stays out of the way.

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by Nyrox »

734129837261 wrote: post #21
blackbrokkoli wrote: post #7

This is great! I have high hopes for it, since the experimental version already worked quite well for some time. Still, Unity was one of the reasons I got Win10 on an external hard drive... It's quite a dead meme, but with things like photopea, Blender, smooth Linux VsCode version, stepping stone distros like Mint and now Unity the year of the Linux desktop might come!

I am interested in a switch to Linux (web developer, I use OSX, I need the terminal for all my tasks) but had not looked at Mint yet. The website looks like it was made 15 years ago, are they more modern than the website seems?

Lack of website design skills is sadly a chronic illness of the FOSS community.

Mint is super solid though and probably the most approachable beginner distro in 2019. Comes with an easy installer, a choice of desktop environments that are all pretty nice out of the box and familiar and the fact it's based on Ubuntu/Debian makes looking up any problems or looking to customize it a breeze.

If you are looking for a Distro that works out of the box, Mint is pretty good.

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by joshklein »

734129837261 wrote: post #21
blackbrokkoli wrote: post #7

This is great! I have high hopes for it, since the experimental version already worked quite well for some time. Still, Unity was one of the reasons I got Win10 on an external hard drive... It's quite a dead meme, but with things like photopea, Blender, smooth Linux VsCode version, stepping stone distros like Mint and now Unity the year of the Linux desktop might come!

I am interested in a switch to Linux (web developer, I use OSX, I need the terminal for all my tasks) but had not looked at Mint yet. The website looks like it was made 15 years ago, are they more modern than the website seems?

For "most MacOS-like experience" and "willing to compromise on FOSS philosophy for practical convenience in GPU-related work", I recommend taking a look at Pop!_OS. It's System76's take on Ubuntu with Mac-like UI tweaks and proprietary Nvidia drivers built in.

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by ramensea »

blackbrokkoli wrote: post #7

This is great! I have high hopes for it, since the experimental version already worked quite well for some time. Still, Unity was one of the reasons I got Win10 on an external hard drive... It's quite a dead meme, but with things like photopea, Blender, smooth Linux VsCode version, stepping stone distros like Mint and now Unity the year of the Linux desktop might come!

Rider is a great C# IDE thats fully supported on Linux too!

Re: Unity Editor for Linux

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Post by sempron64 »

binthere wrote: post #29
yeoldeporkpie wrote: post #22

That is a good reaction to Godot's growing popularity.

Godot has caught my eye a bunch of times but I'm still not quite convinced to use it yet. I guess I need to just try it.

It is very intuitive! I picked it up in about 30 minutes, and I'm using it for a small project for a friend. I've previously written games in Python/Pygame, WebGL, and C++, and I've tried out Unity and was a bit overwhelmed. Godot is way faster, simpler, and friendlier. Try this tutorial: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/getting_started/step_by_...

I recommend using GDScript instead of messing with C#, which is supported but much more difficult to set up. GDScript is really similar to Python, the editor has Intellisense/autocomplete (even for strings!) and all the documentation is built in under the Help menu. It's a very very pleasant experience overall. It's also the first time I've been able to work fully offline thanks to the extensive built in help, and this does wonders for productivity.

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