Well you thought wrong because the performance for these programs are way better on Linux than Windows. and as a low end Linux user that performance is important for me.

Blender was made for Linux, the compatibility issues happen with windows (they’re still really rare, blender is an amazing program).

Dunno about houdinifx, I don’t know that software.

And I’m assuming you mean Unreal Engine with ue, in which case, game engines not only should work on every platform but they’re especially tested on linux cuz many developers use Linux.

Well, Blender and Maya run natively on Linux. And I think Houdini is available for several platforms, too. Seems Linux is amongst them. Plus we generally have good support for Windows software these days. I’m not that much into professional software, and there might be issues with licensing and copy protection… But the Windows-only games from my Steam library for example just run on my computer these days.

Many big studios use linux (red hat or rocky, although I’m not sure what is the industry standard distro nowadays) for their 3d side of the pipeline, that would include all of that software and more. I think Zbrush is the only one that doesn’t have official Linux compatibility and the hardest one to run, but don’t quote me on that.

You are right in that finding good support for issues that pop up in Linux is hard, especially for the average joe that doesn’t have a team of specialized IT support. But when you make things work, the results are way more efficient.

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