Just wanted to drop a line here to say it is working very well and performs very well so far, even on a couple of our very large projects. Congrats to the Unity folks who’ve been working on the Linux port - it’s awesome!
May I ask which distribution and desktop environment you’re using?
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I’d like to know too. 
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Thanks for the thanks! I’d also be curious to know what distro and desktop environment you’re using. If anyone is looking for a recommendation, Ubuntu 18.04 + Gnome is probably your best bet right now.
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Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon was doing pretty well, I have a few large projects one in Android and another has about 5+ years work as Standalone…
Few issues
- The RectTransform tool doesnt show up in editor
- When closing Unity3dD it freezes
- Some small VSCode issues
Request
- Monodevelop as a alternative IDE to VSCode
I might try a go with Ubuntu 18.04 + Cinnamon I cant stand Unity <---- the Ubuntu sidebar
Good job though to the Unity3D Team its looking promising.
Kubuntu 19.10 with KDE Plasma desktop env (customized to be pretty lightweight):
I’m mostly building to Android target these days, both for mobile and Oculus Quest. Builds from the Linux port are much faster than they’ve been on Windows and Mac, though I don’t have exactly apples-to-apples hardware to compare across those. Entering playmode and compiling are also much snappier here than on Windows/Mac so far in the same projects.
I’ve hardly had any problems at all (other than needing to manually cleanup the Android SDK and NDK install from Unity which had incorrect file permissions and locations, but that’s a one-time thing). The one chronic issue I have is that quitting the editor doesn’t actually quit (I have kill -9 from a terminal). Not much of a bother.
I’ve only been on 2019.3.0f6 so far.
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Same here with the editor not quitting, going to install 18.04 Gnome hopefully everything turns out great.
Ubuntu 18.04 and it is very stable, many many steps ahead from previous versions, also nice UI
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Just installed it, feels very smooth to be honest I am glad I made the change. I found that I could download an extension called Dash To Panel I am happy with the results… I will note though there was a forum where someone was complaining about freedom of distros. Here is the thing many companies can release for Debian that gives the people freedom of choice, now I am not against what I am seeing currently. Ease of use, some freedom to arrange the desktop ← with looking up how to do it, and over all I’m pretty pleased. If Companies want to satisfy everyone’s needs or wants with many distros I think maybe they should drop to the source where they all originate from that way no one can complain. Me I am not a complainer just want my desktop to look a given way. -Levon
still time is not in am/pm and desktop icons are to big, but its cool haha.
Anybody having experience with Linux Mint + xfce and could provide feedback?
Honestly go with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can remove the launcher on the right side well sort of heres how my desktop looks.
I achieved the look by using
- Dash to panel from the Application store
Cons
- When installing Unity3d you have to jump through some hoops for android
- When installing VSCode you will also have to update to the latest mono
- Sometimes when scrolling in and out of the scene view the transform tools will disappear
I was on Linux Mint 19.3 mate sort of worked Linux Mint Cinnamon all had sorts of issues, but the Unity3d Dev team are all on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS so you could do 18.04 and then install xfce on top of it should work about the same.
I agree, I’m on Manjaro and the editor runs great, although start times seem to be slower. Though that’s most likely some other issue as I’m having issues with long loading times in games in general on Linux.
I do get a crash if I try to run the game window with maximize on play but other than that it’s perfect.
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Not an option for me. I just tried it and it’s lagging so much that it’s unusable. I had the exact same problem with Ubuntu Studio.
For now only Linux Mint works for me but I have to tweak it. I’m going to try CentOS again; the first time I installed it it just never started; maybe I did something wrong.
I’m in the process of trying Unity on various distributions and desktop environment to see how well it does on each (and choose one for myself). Mint XFCE is on my list.
You’re going to need this: https://itsfoss.com/reduce-overheating-laptops-linux/
Another one here with 2019.3.06 and no issues at all, at least not anything deal breaker…
Distro Pop_Os 19.10 which is based on ubuntu
I could not be happier using 2019.3.06 on Ubuntu 19.10. I guess if I wanted to nitpick, occasionally the editor will hang when exiting. That doesn’t bother me as I am done using it at that point.
Sorry for possibly stupid question - but where 2019.3.0f6 for Linux should be obtained? I found https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/InstallingUnityLinux.html that directs to Unity on Linux: Release Notes and Known Issues page-2 where last version is 2019.1.0f2
Did you try and update the command?
$ ~/Downloads/UnitySetup-2019.3.0f6
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