Hi y’all! This may be a stupid question, but here it goes anyways: I’m thinking of trying to install Linux on a laptop that’s getting slow because of a bloated Windows install. I basically only use it for some internet browsing and 3D modelling (Fusion360) and slicing for my 3D printer (Cura). Is such software available for Linux and do you have experience with it? Doesn’t need to be Fusion360 and Cura specifically. I’m prepared to learn.

Thanks in advance!

  • radau@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I started with openscad and moved to freecad. Freecad is powerful but definitely not perfect but it has suited my needs fairly well.

    I’m still a holdout for superslicer but I did migrate my profiles to PrusaSlicer for those sweet organic supports.

    • intrepid
      3·
      1 year ago

      FreeCAD needs contributions to help it reach 1.0.

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      Second for freecad. The curve to learn can be high but it’s free and works relatively well. Just make sure whatever YouTube tutorials you watch use the same version you have cuz they like to move or add features based on version. If u have an old version it might not have the tool or layout a video with the newer version has…