Public bug reported: Blender 3D is an OpenSource jewel, this is one of the best examples of how an OpenSource project can be well led and grow daily in their development. Blender 3D is a complex software, competing on a par with other great softwares of big companies. I can mention you some of the problems discussed in "www.blenderartists.org" about Blender and Ubuntu:
* Blender 3D is outdated in Ubuntu: The development of Blender 3D is very fast incorporating important new features in each release. To date, the stable version of Blender is 2.71, and is close to release the 2.72. In Trusty Blender 2.69 is currently in the repositories. Even in the unreleased Ubuntu Utopic the version is 2.70. * Blender 3D Ubuntu packages do not include the precompiled CUDA Kernel. The GPU acceleration on nVidia cards is very important to the Cycles engine. The official Blender 3D binaries include precompiled CUDA Kernel. But in Ubuntu to compile the kernel you need to install CUDA Toolkit, this means installing a lot of packages for developers that you will never use. According to the next thread: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/544289/can-applications-to-use- cuda-technology-just-installing-nvidia-driver-on-linux-/ You should need to install only the runtime librerieas, but apparently that does not work in Ubuntu. Perhaps this should be revised in Ubuntu and it would be good to have a metapackage to install corresponding CUDA runtime libraries for Blender, instead to need to install all CUDA Toolkit for developers. * Some Blender HotKeys malfunctions are reported and apparently only occur in Ubuntu / Unity: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?316258-double-press-key- on-Linux Please, users of the best Linux distribution and the best 3D software will be grateful if you pay attention to these points. Thank you. ** Affects: blender (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 3d blender cuda nvidia ** Project changed: launchpad => blender (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1375333 Title: [wishlist] Blender 3D needs more attention from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/blender/+bug/1375333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
