Atom Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 HI All, I have installed Linux a few times and I want to setup a machine again for Houdini. Which version works best with Houdini? Which version is used most in a production environment? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mestela Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Vfx platform has some intentionally vague answers: http://www.vfxplatform.com/FAQ/ All the places I've worked used centos. Not sexy or cutting edge, but mostly guaranteed to work with the regular suspects (maya, nuke, Houdini). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 CentOS seems to be the most commonly used, but Maya compatibility is probably the only reason for that. I've been running Houdini on Linux Mint at home without any issues. But I'm no Linux master so I was looking for the most user friendly distro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo_c Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) Same as above, I've been running Linux Mint XFCE for a while now with no troubles at all. Edited December 1, 2015 by carlo_c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamp Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Running Centos 7 here, works with Houdini,Maya,Nuke. Harder to set up to perfection than Ubuntu for example but worth it in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesyes Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 ubuntu 15 is what I am using, installed graphics card drivers and houdini easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fencer Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 in Ubuntu right nowHoudini 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thanks everyone, I have used Ubuntu before. I'll probably just start there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldleaf Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I highly recommend Linux Mint as well. I use it for my laptop/desktop (and Debian for render slaves). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivo3d Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Linux Arch here with Houdini running fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow wafflebeard Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 answer to your question is CentOS,but most people nowadays would use mint, debian, ubuntu. i use mint, and i did my distro hop for a few weeks, glorious waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnLIC Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 If you ever plan on installing maya avoid ubuntu. Maya installations on ubuntu are not supported by Autodesk, and it was a major struggle for me to get it running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordibares Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 If you deal with Flame people your admin guys will love to stay in CentOS given is part of the same distribution and therefore pretty much the same to maintain. my 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art3mis Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Because of all the finicky driver issues I've given up on Centos 7 (see all my other threads!) So now will take Luke's suggestion and switch to Ubuntu LTS The only other app I will be running is Nuke, and AFAIK fully supported on Ubuntu. Trying to decide between Ubuntu Studio and Ubuntu Mate Anyone reading this use either? Edited December 7, 2016 by art3mis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldleaf Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Not directly, but I would go with Ubuntu LTS Mate, or Linux Mint Mate/Xfce/Cinnamon; Mint (LTS-based) seems popular among Houdini artists/devs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tar Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Nuke isn't fully supported in Ubuntu - Centos is IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art3mis Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks Too many options The recommended version of Ubuntu is 14 for Houdini. But my understanding is that has something to do with the newer compiler that ships with Ubuntu 16 I'm not interested in plugin development. Am I safe with the latest Ubuntu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourfather Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 You'll be fine with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (or one of the cousins like Ubuntu GNOME). Note there are two releases of Ubuntu that could be "14" so it helps to be specific. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is a long term support release which would also work. Ubuntu 14.10 is not a long term support release and would be a bad idea to install at this point. I wouldn't go with Ubuntu 16.10 either even though it's the latest because it's not a long term support release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7ofDiamonds Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Feel like Ubuntu has too many bells and whistles that I don't need. Been running Centos 7 with no issues using Nvidia with Houdini, Nuke and Maya running smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art3mis Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) ubuntu-mate isn't that bad in terms of bloatware. And for novices like myself there is both streamlined support for Nvidia drivers as well as a MUCH larger community should you need help. Having said that I may give CentOS7 a 2nd try at some point in the future. Edited December 11, 2016 by art3mis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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