LDD on Linux / Raspberry Pi ?

[DrJB]

I'd like to setup a dedicated computer in the Lego Room and was wondering if anyone has successfully ported LDD to a Linux system e.g. a Raspberry PI. I'm almost sure the answer is No, but thought it never hurts to ask.

[roland]

Don't know if LDD plays nice with WINE, but you will also need the full OpenGL (not ES) driver on the Raspberry which has been added (experimentally) to the pi 2.

[SylvainLS]

LDD does play mice with Wine (never used it any other way ).

But, besides OpenGL, it also needs RAM. The 1 Gio of the last RPi’s will be short.

Edit: Oh, and by the way, the RPi’s are ARM, I don’t know how far Wine works with x86 exe’s.

Edit 2: Yes, x86 exe work in ARM-Wine, via Qemu: https://wiki.winehq.org/ARM and https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17701 but not officially supported….

Edited April 6, 2016 by SylvainLS

[TomKraut]

Don't use a RPi! Compared to even a five year old Core2Duo it's extremely underpowered for desktop use even without trying to emulate a whole x86 architecture with QEMU.

Just get an old PC, either from friends or eBay, complete with a Windows 7 license and use that. Should be even cheaper than a RPi.

Cheers

TomKraut