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Unity 3D Games Editor Is Now

Available on Linux

Unity, the well known engine powering some of the worlds

most popular games, has launched an experimental version of
its games editor on Linux.

Although anticipated for some time, the Unity for Linux is strictly a
tech preview. Future support is not guaranteed.

It also lacks a few of the bells and whistles that its Windows and

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Mac kin are famed for, including support for importing models from
third-party apps.

But every journey has to start somewhere.

Unity for Linux

Unity is described as a flexible and powerful development

platform for creating multi-platform games.

Unity Technologies offer the editor free though software purists

should note that it is not open source.

The decision of whether the preview passes beyond this technical

preview and into something the company can sustain as an official
port alongside [the] Mac and Windows editors depends on several
factors: how well the Linux community receive the preview, the
number and scale of issues they unearth while using it, and,
ultimately, how big the support burden to maintain it is.

Its worth noting that the Unity 3D run-time, the bit that allows
games made with the editor to run, launched on Linux back in
2012 (initially as a preview). The support burden for this, Unity
say, was low.

Based on Unity 5.1.0f3, the native Unity Linux editor

allows developers to export to the following run-times:

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Windows, Mac, Linux Standalone (Unity-based)

WebGL

WebPlayer

Android

Tizen

SamsungTV

The launch of the Unity Linux build marks a significant moment in

the viability of Linux, not just as a gaming platform but a more
encompassing development one.

That said, it should be noted that the Unity editor is but one part in
a wider development workflow. Without Linux versions of an
ancillary software, be it native ports or open-source alternatives, not
all developers will be upping their proverbial sticks to switch to
Linux full-time.

System Requirements and Support

The Unity 3D editor officially supports Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or

later but only on 64-bit versions. A modern Nvidia, AMD, or Intel
graphics card is required and proprietary graphics drivers must be

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installed.

Installing using the official .deb will pull in all the necessary
dependencies, however you will need to install Monodevelop
manually (its available in the Ubuntu Software Center).

The editor may also run just as well on other (modern) Linux
distributions, so long as they meet the system requirements above.
A platform agnostic installer is available to help though it should be
considered unsupported.

In short: if you want the best experience you should use it on

Ubuntu.

Feedback can be left on the Unity3D forums. This will serve as the
primary port-of-call for Linux users looking to hear the latest news.

To download Unity for Linux hit the button below to grab the .deb
installer (roughly 900MB).

Download Unity 3D Editor for Ubuntu

Thanks to Liam Dawes/GOL

Image credit: Unity Technologies

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