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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So don’t go with a mainstream option.

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This “solution” completely ignores the volumes of software that is still only compatible with Windows. This is exactly the belief that Microsoft wants you to have: the illusion that you have a choice between Windows and other, equal alternatives. And before someone starts spouting off about WINE: it truly is a wonderful piece of software, and I don’t mean to disparage any of its talented contributors, but it will likely never even approach feature parity with Windows. I mean, it still can’t run the industry standard 3D modeling program.

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is always brought up but it isn’t actually that relevant. The 3D modeling profession is very small, hundreds of millions of general purpose computer users have no need for Microsoft.

[–] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 5 points 1 year ago

I was confused as well because the industry standard (Maya) natively supports Linux. Until I looked up Solidworks and realized we're talking about 2 different 3d modeling/design fields.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I’m aware of the pitfalls.