Linux Support

[Mart-Bogdan]

Would be really nice to have Linux support for this amazing tool.

In announcement article there were mention that

Linux® support is a planned addition.

I hope it would happen and I create this issue to track this.

[miguel-petersen]

Hi Mart,

Linux is indeed a planned addition. I should note that this is not likely to happen in the immediate / short term (over the coming months), but all components, that is, the layering mechanisms, networking, and UI (written in Avalonia) should apply just fine to Linux.

Thanks for creating the issue!

[EriKWDev]

What is the status now? 3 years later is perhaps starting to leave the immediate future :)

What would be required to support linux?

[miguel-petersen]

Hi @EriKWDev ,

It's still very much a planned addition. There is an upcoming release quite soon, which this unfortunately will not be part of. However, it seems appropriate for the next one! (cc @aurolou).

Support wise, from the top of my head it's mostly minor work or build related. For example, there's plenty of stubs regarding process creation, registry manipulation (for Vulkan's implicit layers), environment variables, etc. The stack itself should support Linux just fine.

The challenge is likely getting the build pipeline set up right, particularly with UI.

[JLP]

Any news on GNU/Linux version?

[miguel-petersen]

Hey! I'm going to start investigating Linux support over the coming weeks.

I can't promise that it'll be part of the next release, but there's a chance I can get something experimental going.