What will it take to get derivative to make TD for linux?

General TouchDesigner Discussion
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+1 Linux.
At the moment there isn’t any alternatives really.

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+1 for Linux, Arch and/or Debian

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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 :grimacing:

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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…

Sources:

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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.

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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 … :wink:
maybe just making the engine working in linux so to test and slowly “accomodate” bugs… maybe is an option :slight_smile:

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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. :slight_smile:

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+1 to bring TD to Linux, Debian

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Please, +1! TD on linux would be a dream come true and make it way more interesting than most other servers!

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I also would love to have linux support.

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Also +1 for linux support from all the hackerspaces!

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I should say TD works great on linux with wine/soda (not)emulator. I get this article how to setup linux TD environment using bottles (nice name for wine configuration manager program): https://www.claudiuscoenen.de/2024/09/touchdesigner-on-linux-using-bottles-and-wine/

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+1 for linux, I mean we have Bitwig now running natively linux, Reaper, DaVinci… It’s not 2000 anymore, and believe me we love throwing money at companies who give us native mainstream programs, we are a very loyal bunch (many with a coin to spare).

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+1 Linux, yes we continue to ask. :wink:

Strange that in this long list of +1s, I don’t see any response from Derivative/Touchdesigner? Or too have I looked over it, then, they are many, mostly well-founded, questions and proposals!

But I fear for it because of:

  • There is no response from Touchdesigner here.
  • Touchdesigner latest version is still from 2023!?
    → Sorry, it seams that the version number is 2023 but it’s from 2024, that’s confusing.
  • Max, which has been around much longer than Touchdesigner despite high demand still doesn’t exist for Linux. But does work in Linux via Wine after tweaking and testing by some Max/Linux fanatics!
  • Perhaps Touchdesigner could also run in Linux via Wine?
    → Question is already answered above, so it seams there is a possibility.