+1 Linux.
At the moment there isn’t any alternatives really.
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+1 for Linux, Arch and/or Debian
I’d love to see TD on Linux. Even if started as less a featured version of TD player, that would still be very useful.
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A miracle 
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+1 for a “TD goes Linux” evaluation
But there are some huge challenges I assume, like the above mentioned hardware support of sensors, tracking cameras etc.
To get started the VFX industry has this VFX Reference platform to improve compatibility: https://vfxplatform.com/
And looking at SideFX Houdini and Foundry Nuke system requirements, CentOS 7+ and now Rocky 9+ are the favourite distributions. Altough Ubuntu 18.04+ LTS (64-bit) is also very common (and Houdini supports a lot more).
Unreal Engine says: Ubuntu 20.04 (5.0), Ubuntu 22.04 (5.0.2+), Centos 7
So it looks like latest Ubuntu LTS and latest stable Rocky…
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I would be perfectly happy with a Linux version that has limited hardware support. TD already has operators that are specific to systems with Windows, Mac, Nvidia, AMD, etc. Or specific software like Ableton, Bitwig, and Photoshop. Even if the only hardware support was keyboard and mouse, I’d appreciate a Linux build as much.
I’d be curious to hear from the devs what the official position is. If they have no plans to ever make a Linux build, I understand completely. But they’ve never confirmed or denied it as far as I know.
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Is it possible to get Touch running through Steam Proton? Would Derivative be willing to work with Valve on it.
I think I’ve heard of some people having some success with Proton, haven’t tried it myself.
If there is someone at Valve interested in getting it to work we’re certainly happy to discuss how we use Vulkan or other libraries to see where the issues remain.
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Please consider doing an official (supported) port at some point. Windows is becoming increasingly hostile to users seeking a stable, professional environment, not to mention almost impossible to configure for unattended setups. A very small number of people / studios will be candidates for enterprise program enrollment so claiming full control over our playback systems seems farfetched nowadays.
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+1 here!! i agree with @r-ssek !! i think also for all the new machine learning stuff will be a nice +++
and also how cool sound UBUNTU compare to WINDOWS … 
maybe just making the engine working in linux so to test and slowly “accomodate” bugs… maybe is an option 
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It would be fair, especially for young people, to know exactly this answer after more than 23 years.
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I’m sure few people are running TD on systems with Crowdstrike, but today seems like a great day to bring up a TD for Linux. It’s the only thing keeping me dual booting Windows…
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I thought it might be worth mentioning here that PREEMPT_RT Real-Time Kernel support finally merged into Linux 6.12 after 20 years in development.
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+1 to bring TD to Linux, Debian