Hello, I would like to request better Linux support for Sketchup. I’m a paying user of Sketchup pro and at the moment I’m using it in a Virtual Machine (with Windows), which works but is not ideal, and hell to get and keep working. In the long term I fear using a VM is not feasible and I hope you …

Me too, and I think it is a separate testing program – I got very confused by that in the feedback section for beta testing a while back.

maybe they removed it in order to add more contrast to it ? maybe ? ok, one can dream… :slight_smile:

@bmike @RTCool There are two modes for the labs program as described in Welcome to Trimble Labs! When it was in Labs releases mode you could see the development version with all the features there that @slbaumgartner refers to. Prior to 2026.1 release, it switched to Beta releases mode, so the blee…

I wasn’t persuading you to keep using sketchup, just said that it may not be as effective as you think, threatening to leave the program if they don’t develop a Linux version until February. [image] pr20: but I am one of probably thousands of people in a similar situation I can’t really know…

[image] daniel_pidcock: Now 2026.1 is out, you can expect that next time it will switch back to Labs releases mode again, where you get to see bleeding edge functionality again. I stupidly deleted the installer and the labs version of sketchup with the new UI, I really enjoyed it and was hopi…

Perhaps its time for another poll on this subject? Many unhappy Windows 10 users surely thinking of the switch with the new TPM 2.0 requirements and costs of Windows 11. I am and I would gladly pay for a Linux version of Sketchup Pro.

[image] horkuborkur: with the new TPM 2.0 requirements The TPM requirements have been known for the last several years. They are not new!

[image] horkuborkur: Perhaps its time for another poll on this subject? No need for a new poll, just add your vote to this thread! It only has 8 votes, and, well, adding full Linux support is a lot of work to maintain for just 8 customers…

[image] daniel_pidcock: for just 8 customers I didnt realise that threads like these where understood by people to be polls. I admit I did not even press that vote button until now. Thanks for clearing this up for me. I guess this whole discussion is pointless then?

[image] horkuborkur: I guess this whole discussion is pointless then? You never know, but for as long as I can remember people have been asking for a Linux version and there still is none.. My guess is that companies like Trimble conduct market research about this sort of thing. When the mar…

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ateliernab March 27, 2026, 11:11pm 89

found the way to remove one of my earlier votes. it got partially implemented, on PC at least (the ability to get rid of the weird cube in the material preview… alas, only in the preview though).

man, this thread felt like déjà vu, then I found this other thread where you had the same position and several of us had the same comment as I did and…

great system.

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