Open source Linux packaging and build system

[tomdavidson (Tom)]

Fider

Some other companies off-load Linux packaging and build system (and support thereof) of their proprietary software to the user community. Could a similar move solve LightBurn’s challenges supporting Linux?

[ednisley]

@tomdavidson

Could a similar move solve LightBurn’s challenges supporting Linux?

That topic has been thoroughly beaten to death:

Linux support to end after v1.7

After a great deal of internal discussion, we have made the difficult decision to sunset Linux support following the upcoming release of LightBurn 1.7.00. Linux users make up only 1% of our overall user base, but providing Linux-compatible builds takes up as much or more time as does providing them for Windows and Mac OS. We have a small, dedicated development team, and, over time, the burdens of supporting Linux have consumed an outsized portion of their time — time which will be better spent…

Searching for “linux support” will unearth more reading on the topic:

https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/search?q=linux%20support

[Colin (Colin Worobetz)]

The links @ednisley provided contain our decision and reasoning, and we’re not exploring any Linux distribution schemes in the current or near future.