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Mint (noob) default apps with wine (self.linux)

submitted 2 months ago by tyrant to c/[email protected]

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Coming over from windows again. I've got pretty much everything figured out. I even got a VM going with my CAD software so I don't need to switch between Windows! I was super proud of myself on that one. The last thing I'm having trouble with....

I use pdfxchange for my PDF editor. It works great in wine but they don't have a specific Linux release. (If there is a good PDF editor that is Linux native let me know, I need good Mark up and dimensioning tools that can scale off of the drawings). I'm trying to set it to open PDFs by default but can't figure it out. Does someone have a good (easy) way to do it?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For PDFEditor, the best option is OnlyOffice, not libreoffice. You can download an appimage on their website to test that out.

Also, for CAD, consider giving QCAD a go (if it's 2D cad/cam you're after). If it's 3D cad, consider the free version of OndSel, a more sane version of Freecad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with freecad?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot. The UI blows. Which is why there is a commercial version of freecad that fixes exactly that. If there wasn't an issue with the UI, they wouldn't have a case for a commercial product. But they do, and they do rather well. There's even a youtube video about the two apps, by a professional cad person who tries many new cad apps. When he eventually made a video on freecad, he couldn't believe that people used it in that condition. In the comments, he was directed on Ondsel, and he tried it a few weeks later. He found it way more usable, even if it's just freecad underneath. And I agree with his assessment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I use it and find it works just fine.

[–] tyrant 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks! I'll check out only office. For CAD I've tried most options in Linux and they simply aren't as polished, powerful, professional as Windows options. Luckily my VM is working good on that front!