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What's the best option to run Solidworks in Linux?
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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Really, that's still the case for wine in 2025? It runs most things very well, including 3D
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.