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Tutorial for Daz studio on LInux?

Kyan001Kyan001 Posts: 75
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Hello everybody, can someone of you post a tutorial in how to run Daz 4.11 on Linux?

Windows 10 is totally a mess.

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  • ebergerlyebergerly Posts: 3,255
    edited March 2019

    I believe there are already long threads on the subject...

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/60901/daz-studio-and-linux/p1

    And towards the end of the thread some kind person posted a very lengthy step-by-step. 

    And FWIW, I guess I have a different view of an OS that requires you start a command line and type "sudo apt-get..." to install stuff. Now THAT's a mess, IMO. smiley

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  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    ebergerly said:
     

    And FWIW, I guess I have a different view of an OS that requires you start a command line and type "sudo apt-get..." to install stuff. Now THAT's a mess, IMO. smiley

    That's one option to install stuff. There are also graphical front ends for that, which is what most people use.

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    Daywalker Designs said:
    ebergerly said:
     

    And FWIW, I guess I have a different view of an OS that requires you start a command line and type "sudo apt-get..." to install stuff. Now THAT's a mess, IMO. smiley

    That's one option to install stuff. There are also graphical front ends for that, which is what most people use.

    There are similar commands in MacOS but very few Mac users bother with the terminal to type in those commands. It has been a while since I loaded Linux but even back then there were Gui options for most commands.

    Having said that, I did look at Linux and the painful steps required to get DS running with an arguably far inferior user experience was the final deterrent. I actually bought a PC just for my DAZ Studio hobby. I still use an old iMac for most of my other tasks.

  • ebergerlyebergerly Posts: 3,255

    A couple or three years ago I was using Linux Mint (just one of the thousands of Linux versions out there) in a virtual machine on my W10 computer.

    Fast forward to today....

    There is a law on my computer network banning any form of Linux from ever being used on any of my computers at any time ever.

    Well, except for an old laptop that runs Linux solely because it doesn't have enough RAM to support W10, and I only use it when I go somewhere and need to use Google or make reservations or something while I'm travelling.  

  • bazarclub.renascienzabazarclub.renascienza Posts: 0

    ebergerly said:

    I believe there are already long threads on the subject...

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/60901/daz-studio-and-linux/p1

    And towards the end of the thread some kind person posted a very lengthy step-by-step. 

    And FWIW, I guess I have a different view of an OS that requires you start a command line and type "sudo apt-get..." to install stuff. Now THAT's a mess, IMO. smiley

    The reason why there is a lot of tutorials online including command lines to install stuff on Linux: is a LOT easier to explain like that. The alternative is take a bunch of print screens, what is really boring to content producer. Another reason is that graphical user interfaces change across time, and command lines doesn't.

    Yes, you can easily install anything on most of variants of Linux with graphic interfaces if you like, any Linux have a Graphical Package Manager available. But... Very few Linux users (including me) really like graphical interfaces to install apps. The "apt install something" is so easy and fun, and if I'm following a procedure or tutorial is even easier paste text lines than make a lot of clicks,

    The only practical difference is that some users become adicted to use the mouse, and Linux users are not. We like keyboard, mouse, pen & tablets, anything.

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