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What's the best option to run Solidworks in Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi everyone — I recently migrated to Linux Mint and overall my experience has been excellent, but I still rely on several Windows applications (notably SolidWorks, among others). Aside from dual-booting, which I really prefer to avoid, running these programs inside a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC virtual machine in VMware Workstation appears to be the most viable option. However, I am uncertain how to implement this setup and whether it is the optimal solution. What would you recommend I do?

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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Honestly, use Windows or choose a different program. Solidworks is not going to work well under Wine, a VM, or a remote connection.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Really, that's still the case for wine in 2025? It runs most things very well, including 3D

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    The 3D stuff around games is actually the smaller problem. It's performance critical but it's basically "just" one API (bundle) to implement that then covers a big chunk of the game's implementation.

    Productivity software usually consists of a shit ton of other stuff. They would probably render fine, but then they ship with a weird ass licensing management system that will deny to work. Or parts of or even a whole app use .NET and suddenly you have the complexity of all the WinAPI calls hidden behind .NET Framework. Maybe the app does a few lowlevel WinAPI calls themselves on top, that Wine didn't need to implement so far. Or the app you want to run is only distributed via Windows Store as UWP; the necessary APIs also haven't been implemented yet.

    Wine is awesome, but it's not fully covering all the shit Window's APIs offer.

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