| Google softwares on Linux | Nisse Manpower | 6/23/10 11:59 AM | A complaint: It's a shame that Google doesn't develop their great software applications for use in Linux. Especially when Google officially have announced that they will stop using Windows in the company. So please Google (with sugar on top)... -P |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | John Bacus | 6/24/10 11:14 AM | Hi Nisse Manpower, While we don't officially support Linux, SketchUp can be run effectively on Linux by using Wine. I've added a link below to the WinHQ wiki page describing this configuration. john. |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Nisse Manpower | 6/24/10 8:24 PM | Please tell your boss to port the Google tools to Linux! |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | gwpl | 7/11/10 2:50 AM | Unfortunately I've found problems in running wine on my 64-bit linux :/. But thanks for help, please put above link and info about "SketchUp + Wine" in a few places to spread this information around. |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | paucarre | 7/20/10 11:25 PM | "SketchUp can be run effectively on Linux by using Wine", Sorry, I am not stupid enough to believe this. SketchUp in Linux is buggy, slow and visually horrible. It is difficult to believe you when you say that Chrome/Linux stuff is better than Micros |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | POSH GmbH | 7/21/10 3:03 AM | OpenGL based 3D CAx apps regularly do not show a stable graphics output with virtualized or emulated surroundings. SU on Wine is nothing for everyone doing professional stuff for e.g. making a living of. Norbert http://www.dgsu.org |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 7/21/10 1:57 PM | @gwpl: make sure you have wine1.2. It is supposed to handle both 64 and 32 bit apps by using different prefixes. This topic has already come up endless times. And even the Googlers know quite well that there are thousands wishing a native Sketchup ve |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | POSH GmbH | 7/22/10 3:06 AM | Supporting a third platform with roughly 1% market share on the desktop not only multiplys the efforts for (and thus slow down) development but also will lead to addditional tech. support which is difficult to provide for many SU dealers who are alre |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | John Bacus | 7/22/10 6:28 AM | Hi guys, I'm afraid there's some truth to what Norbert says. A full native port to (some version of Linux) would be complex and resource-intensive for us. Google does like Linux, but that doesn't make it any easier to do native ports of client apps l |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 7/24/10 6:40 PM | That is true. In difference to windows, you normally never have to install any drivers (as linux brings far more by default than windows), but if you have some particular peripheral equipment or very special video cards, the drivers most likely don't |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 7/25/10 1:52 PM | of course Wine on a Mac!;-) |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | FazJaxton | 7/26/10 7:39 PM | Sketchup is a great tool, and I too would like to see it on Linux. I certainly understand that you have limited resources, and am very pleased that you have made it available for free at all. It would be much appreciated if you could keep an eye on |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | keen101 | 8/9/10 6:35 PM | We need a native version for linux. Google has plenty of money and plenty of good programmers, so i dont believe the claim about this being resource intensive. Complex, yes, but it's what we [the users] want! Besides, with all this talk about androi |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | John Bacus | 8/10/10 3:50 PM | Hi keen101, Google does have lots of programmers, but we also have lots of products under development. Our resources are large but not infinite. The SketchUp team is well staffed and capable of continuing the development of SketchUp on its current ro |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | parnote | 9/15/10 10:49 AM | Asking Linux users to use the Windows version of Sketch Up in Wine is a slap in the face. Many Linux users came to Linux as Windows refugees, tired of putting up with substandard applications on a substandard operating system. Now you want to ask Lin |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | POSH GmbH | 9/16/10 2:11 AM | Linux is a server operating system and has no relevance on the desktop (see link above). Windows is currently the best desktop operating system on the market if a fast video output with mature OpenGL support is required. Google please don't put any |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 9/16/10 5:52 AM | Sorry to say this, Norbert, but what you write sounds slightly a bit unfair. Here are users that worry about being able to use SketchUp. I think these users are much more concerned by this request than you as not-linux user. I see that the variety |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | ethana2 | 9/29/10 10:40 PM | I like how Google distributes Android, but then shuns Ubuntu for a native sketchup support and ## doesn't even provide a .deb WINElib built version of Sketchup ## for Ubuntu like they did for Google Earth. I find it utterly hypocritical. To be clea |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | linux3 | 10/2/10 12:53 PM | Google has spoken, use Windows or drink Wine ? |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Hypro | 10/3/10 8:27 PM | I agree that a native port for Linux would be great but practically impossible. I would be glad to see Google at least spend a little time trying to fix or identify what is causing several of the bugs @Aerilius mentioned. Being a developer probably t |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 10/4/10 9:53 AM | Welcome in the forum, ethana2, linux3 and Hypro!It's great to see even more people who would like to use SketchUp on their OS. @ethana2: Unfortunately a WINElib build wouldn't solve the existing incompatibilities, it just would be easier to install. |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | ckunte | 10/19/10 12:28 AM | Here's how I got SketchUp 8 work on Ubuntu 10.04. (The setup is quirky because of the need to modify Windows registry in Wine, but it works like a native app--if you can forgive the small menu text squint.) http://log.ckunte.net/post/1109282796/sket |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 10/19/10 5:48 AM | Great that it works also for you and thanks for the blog post!I often think about if I should describe the 'terminal' way (faster) or the graphical way (intuitive for new users?) to do something. I think both approaches are very valuable. |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | nmassart | 10/19/10 6:01 AM | I really whant SU on linux natively (tryed Wine, it's ...arggg, no word...). But be carerful, this means that devices like 3D mice such as space navigator have to work on linux ! |
| Re: Google softwares on Linux | Aerilius* | 10/19/10 9:50 AM | That would be cool! Luckily spacenavigator and other multi axis devices work out of the box in current kernel versions (without installing something from 3dconnexion). They are not yet included in much software, but driver support is no obstacle. Th |
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