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What 3D printing-related software runs on Linux?
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IMHO the best slicer is orcaslicer, which works fine on Ubuntu as an appimage. On other distros i used distrobox to create an ubuntu box and then start the appimage.
Orcaslicer is also available as a Flatpak, which has worked in most distros I’ve tried it with.
Yes, i tried the flatpak too, but it doesn't do well with hardware accerlation and nvidia gpu. Also i think there was an issue with localization to german.
What do you like about orcaslicer? I've mostly just used Cura because it was the first one I picked up and it seemed to work fine.
Cura was also the first one i used, but it was a creality branded shitshow of a program. So i found orca slightly after that and now use it ever since. I love the inbuilt filament calibration tools and especially, that i can control my printer directly from the slicer, to e. G. stop a job i sent too hastily or something.
+1 to TinkerCAD and PrusaSlicer. I have a (Creality) Ender V3 but switched away from CrealityPrint to Prusa due to Wayland issues and while it's not as pretty, it's not just as powerful but more so
TinkerCAD has also been amazing for nearly everything I need. I only recently hit the limit with it after years of printing and switched to Blender but it's super solid
Did you forget Octoprint?