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What 3D printing-related software runs on Linux?
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I only do technical CAD design, so FreeCAD works fine. It's no AutoDesk, but it has gotten good for my project scale.
Slicing is done with Cura.
Printing I'm mostly living off copying to SD card like a barbarian, but I've used Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi board in the past. I even had the time lapse camera videos working. It was a nice setup.
Some of my kids do more advanced sculpture work with Blender and other tools.
Freecad has gotten really good. Its not as intuitive as autodesk shit but its free from their greedy clutches and always online requirements