If you’re a designer, developer, or artist, you’ve probably been using the experimental Unity editor on Linux. However, you can’t always use experimental versions — developers need a full and stable working experience.

As a result, they recently announced that you can now use the fully functional Unity editor on Linux.

While this is exciting news, which Linux distributions are officially supported? Let’s talk in more detail…

Non FOSS warning

The Unity editor on Linux (or any other platform) is not open source software. We introduce it here because:

Ubuntu and CentOS 7 are officially supported

Whether you have a personal or professional license, the editor is available if you have Unity 2019.1 or later installed.

In addition, they preferentially support Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04 and CentOS 7.

In the announcement, they also mentioned the supported configurations:

  • X86-64 architecture
  • Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system
  • Nvidia official proprietary graphics drivers and AMD Mesa graphics drivers
  • Desktop computers that run on devices/hardware without emulation or compatibility layers

You can try others – but it’s best to stick to the official requirements for the best experience.

Notes on third-party tools

If you happen to use any third party tools on a project, you must check that they are supported separately.

How do I install the Unity editor on Linux

Now that you know, how do you install it?

To install Unity, you need to download and install Unity Hub.

You need to complete the following steps:

  • Download Unity Hub for Linux from the official forum page.
  • It will download an AppImage file. Simply put, make it executable and run it. If you don’t, you should check out the guide on how to use AppImage on Linux.
  • Once you start Unity Hub, it will ask you to log in (or register) with Unity ID to activate the license. See their FAQ page for more information about the license in effect.
  • After login with Unity ID, enter the “Mouse” option (as shown above) and add the desired version/components.

That’s it. This is the best way to get and install quickly.

conclusion

Even if this is exciting news, official configuration support doesn’t seem to be widespread. If you use it on Linux, please share your feedback and comments on their Linux forum posts.

What do you think? Also, are you using Unity Hub to install it, or is there a better way to do it?

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Via: itsfoss.com/unity-edito…

By Ankush Das (lujun9972

This article is originally compiled by LCTT and released in Linux China