I got a pro licence, and I want to use Linux. I switched back to windows 10 years ago, because of 2 programs: Sketchup and PV.Sol, both yearly payed licence modells. I would appreciate to switch back to Linux, especially because of upcoming windows 11 obligation in 2025…
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This is probably not what you want to hear but it is unlikely that SketchUp will be made available for Linux soon because of the relatively small user base…
SketchUp would have to be completely rewritten for Linux which would imply a great deal of resources in money as well as man-hours.
Being an open source OS makes it less secure, any hacker with bad intentions could have access to its code, it has happened before.
Being open source makes it more secure, as a matter of fact. And there’s no denying Linux is far more secure than Windows or macOS. It’s considered the most secure OS around, and has been for decades, which is why it’s used as the backbone of most security platforms, and of course the internet itself.
Some years ago, one of the Linux distributions added high security features so that they could sell to the US government. Others soon followed, so yes it is the most secure OS publicly available.
The pain security threat of linux - and any os really - is between the keyboard and the chair.
And with linux, you can easily end up asking for help on reddit because some stuff is not working well.
And that’s safe.
I’d like to try running SU pro on linux through Wine. I’m actively looking into it and researching what the best setup might be. I’m still not 100% going ahead but I’ve been interested in using Lunux day to day instead of windows since 2006/7 or so. There are two main reasons, so far - I have reached with this research - why I’ve held back from taking the plunge…
- Stability of Wine seems to have started about 2008 and I’ve been keeping one eye on its progress
- Software based rendering - rather than hardware rendered - of some Windows dedicated programs like Sketchup, meant Wine, as I understand it, not really an option for me.
I’ve long been told of the security of linux is much stronger than windows.
What especially attracts me is a good friend who uses linux and Wine daily tells me some of their windows based software runs better through wine than it does through windows itself - as its not jumping through all the windows hoops and navigating the bloated gauntlet of nonsense that Windows seems to have become stuffed with.
Hi @IanR, thanks for the post. We can’t discuss future plans for SketchUp publicly as company policy prohibits us from doing that. I can however state that SketchUp on Linux is not supported.
While you are welcome to give it a try and I am sure it is possible to get it working somehow, I can’t say that I am familiar with what you would need to do to get it working nor would support be able too assist you if you run into an error. If you make any progress, do keep us informed on how things go.
I am a SketchUp Pro desktop user. I made the move over to Linux, and I would like SketchUp Pro Desktop to come with me.
I’ve tried to use Wine, and Bottles for SUP 2025 with no luck. Id really like it to just be native to Linux. LibreCAD so far is the only Linux CAD software I have found that will load up a full set of house plans, but it tool set leaves a lot to be desired when comparing to the capabilities of SketchUp and Layout.
I am a huge linux user BUT only for networking, cyber security etc. When i was a ccnp and rhct for the DoD, i used nix systems all the time but never for anything other than networking. Linux and other nic systems were ment to be server os and network pc’s and thats it.
Now, i am a huge fan of freecad, especially since ondsel engineering suite just gave them all their code and i was part of that project, but im also a huge fan of su pro and pay for it.
Using freecad for architecture is difficult but it excellent at cfd and fea.
Now if i need to mesh a stl file for fea, i use prepomax which is opensource and amazing at fea as well.
I never use blender because its just way to complicated for me. Su pro is way easier
I dont think linux should be used the way others are trying to use it. It was designed for networking and servers.
Not the only one. Here is an example
Qcad and Qcad pro are way better than libreCad and it has a Linux version as well.