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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What 3D printing-related software runs on Linux? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by Grumpy404@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So i have a 3D printer, and i have linux on a laptop but im struggling to find good 3D print-related software to use on linux or maybe i havent looked hard enough? Im pretty much a beginner to both linux And 3d printing, also using Ubuntu Mate if that matters on a old thinkpad.

So i need a 3d print slicer/way to print to my printer, i also need a simple 3d modeling software (ive tried blender but found it too hard and heavy for me and my laptop). It would help if all suggested software were open source or something like that.

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[–] Yttra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Orca has an appimage I've been using that prints well over wifi. I've picked up FreeCAD to start learning, but I'm told the learning curve is ridiculous compared to F360 and other non-CAD modeling programs.

It's been a while since I needed to do this, but Blender had some viewport quality settings I tweaked on an old laptop years ago to smooth things out (if you haven't already tried). It might have been the anti-aliasing settings...

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

FreeCAD isn't terrible if you haven't already learned F360

I had to watch a bunch of videos on FreeCAD to sorta unlearn the work flow of F360 stuff but its not bad.