For those of you running your printers from a Linux PC, what slicer software works for you? I switched from Windows to Kubuntu about 6 weeks ago. Had been using Orca for about 2 years, but the Linux version doesn’t fully function for me. The build plate preview and functions are just a blank page. Trying to link a 3d printer causes Orca to crash. From comments online, there are plenty of people with the same issue and no resolution yet, using various Linux distros. So is anyone having luck with a slicer program using Linux, Wayland, and a nvidia graphics card?
Huh, I have not had any issues with orca slicer on Linux Mint at all, I’ve been using it exclusively for over a year now. Haven’t had issues linking my printer via WiFi either, I just put the IP and port and it worked right away.
OnfireNFS@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I use PrusaSlicer from Flathub. I was using PrusaSlicer on Windows before switching to Linux. I’ve been using it since the original Slic3r stopped getting updates. Because it’s available as a flatpak it should work on pretty much any distro and immutable distros
onnekas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
+1 for PrusaSlicer. It’s great and I like it’s tools for minimal editing of parts: cutting, placing and scaling…
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It bugs out on me on Fedora 42. Dropdowns all have graphical glitches making it impossible to read the contents.
Also, PrusaSlicer on Linux doesn’t have the ability to fix broken meshes because apparently they rely on a Windows function for that.
OnfireNFS@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hmm I’m using it on Bazzite, which is based off Fedora 42 atomic. I haven’t really noticed any issues with it, though I haven’t printed anything in awhile. I’m using KDE
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I’m using Prusa Slicer as well.