Same problem here. Can't figure out why 2014 is not registering with the window manager. Annoying as hell. :/ I hope 2015 registers ok.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Christoph Muetze <c...@glarestudios.de>wrote: > hey miquel, > > you are not alone. whenever people see me using softimage on my > fedora-booted macbook air 11" they go like: "wow, how is that even > possible?", followed by: "can i do that, too?" :) > > imho it is just great to use softimage inside a modern desktop with spaces > and everything. i've got mudbox and even maya there along with photoshop > (the latter through wine) and they all perform quite well... much better > than i had initially expected. > > maybe i should finally write a detailed install-how-to... i've been > planning this for a while, i just lack(/ed) the time... > > but it would be for 2013 only as i haven't managed to install a working > version of 2014 on any distro yet - it doesn't seem to be registering with > the window manager at all and hence is pretty much unusable on any > multitasking desktop environment. *fingers crossed* that they do something > about it.. > > cheers! > chris > > > On 08/16/2013 04:36 PM, Miquel Campos wrote: > >> Hello Chris, >> I would like to add that I am windows user because is damn difficult to >> install Softimage in linux. I would add a question in the survey "Are you >> interested in move to Linux if we make the installer easy?" answer : "Hell >> Yeah!" >> >> Cheers, >> Miquel >> >> >> ------------------------------**---------------------- >> >> Miquel Campos >> www.miquelTD.com >> >> >> >> 2013/8/16 Chris Chia <chris.c...@autodesk.com> >> >> Thanks Andi for taking your time to complete the survey. >>> The survey is aimed to get some answers from our Linux users. >>> >>> Nevertheless it's still good to know how many Windows users for >>> Softimage. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chris >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 16 Aug, 2013, at 9:38 PM, "Andi Farhall" <hack...@outlook.com<mailto: >>> hack...@outlook.com>> wrote: >>> >>> The shortest survey ever? or just me..... >>> >>> Q1: Do you use linux? >>> no >>> >>> Thanks you for participating in the survey. >>> >>> A> >>> >>> ..............................**..............................** >>> ............... >>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/**andi-farhall/b/496/b21<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21> >>> >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**lord_hackney/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/> >>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >>> >>> >>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >>> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views >>> or >>> opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >>> represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >>> >>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >>> take >>> any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >>> >>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in >>> error. >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**__ >>> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:10:55 +0200 >>> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey >>> From: >>> mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com<**mailto:mirkoj.animator@gmail.**com<mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com> >>> > >>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> <mailto:softimage@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> +1 for bigger developer team and more R&D dedicated to SI instead of only >>> maintenance crew ;) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Miquel Campos <miquel.cam...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:miquel.campos@gmail.**com <miquel.cam...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>> +1 for any easy to use distro >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**---------------------- >>> >>> Miquel Campos >>> www.miquelTD.com<http://www.**miquelTD.com <http://www.miquelTD.com>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2013/8/16 Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com<**mailto: >>> alan.fregt...@gmail.com>> >>> +1 for Ubuntu support n̶o̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶v̶o̶l̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶n̶e̶t̶a̶r̶y̶ >>> ̶a̶l̶i̶g̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶/̶o̶r̶ ̶v̶o̶o̶d̶o̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶c̶r̶i̶f̶i̶c̶e̶s >>> being >>> simple. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Angus Davidson < >>> angus.david...@wits.ac.za<**mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.**za<angus.david...@wits.ac.za>>> >>> wrote: >>> Hi Chris >>> >>> Very happy to see this survey (completed) >>> >>> The linux installer for Softimage needs a lot of polish. ;) When you guys >>> get to it would it be possible to allow an Ubuntu / Linux Mint version as >>> well. I know you cant specifically target all distributions, but at least >>> allowing an easy install via rpms or deb would be a big step forward. >>> Also >>> if it could be robust enough that you don't need to spend days trying to >>> get your .so file and other celestial entities to align so that it will >>> actually work within a decent timeframe. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Angus >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**__ >>> From: Chris Chia [chris.c...@autodesk.com<**mailto: >>> chris.c...@autodesk.com**>] >>> Sent: 16 August 2013 04:51 AM >>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> <mailto:softimage@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> Subject: Softimage 2015 User Survey >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> We need some inputs from everyone. Please fill up the survey below: >>> https://customer.voice.**autodesk.com/se.ashx?s=**077012DC304DCD63<https://customer.voice.autodesk.com/se.ashx?s=077012DC304DCD63> >>> >>> The reason for this survey is to access the impact of dropping official >>> support for Fedora 14. >>> If we do drop support, we intend to continue running automated sanity >>> checks on Fedora 14 for a while longer. >>> The officially supported Linux distributions for 2015 is expected to be >>> RedHat/CentOS 6.2. >>> >>> Please do so by the end of August. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> The Softimage Team >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >>> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >>> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. 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