Hello, i am fairly new to Zorin OS and am using it as a dual boot om my pc,
I want to use linux but am not a programmer of any sorts
I do 3D modeling and everything that comes with it so Photoshop, Davinci, etc...
I used Maya so far and sometimes Blender but Maya is better for me and i am wondering is there any Maya version that can be installed on Zorin as well as Affinity Photo and Davinic resolve?
Thank you
Hm, I'm not sure. You could try it with this guide. Which version of Maya do you want to install?
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/55cvDI9axvY9Vk8PH49O2T.html
Perhaps you must switch to Xorg. You can switch between Xorg and Wayland at loginscreen. Logout and at login click on your username then a cog wheal appears at the bottom right corner. There you can switch between two options, Xorg and Wayland, but only one is named.
I read that users had problems to get the latest maya 2026 version to work on ubuntu 24.04 because of the licenses.
On the website you can read:
"Please be advised that this installation method is incompatible with user license setups."
Maybe it is better to try Maya 2024 first, but I read about dependency problems.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/4EQDDcHqJbfBkQr3i0FrbQ.html
I haven't tested the installation myself.
I read that some users got the package with the wrong dependency to work by adding Jammy (ubuntu 22.04) sources to Noble (ubuntu 24.04), but I wouldn't recommend that procedure.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Maya/comments/1r2r6m7/maya_install_licensing_on_ubuntu_24/
Edit:
Even the Maya guide (quoted from Maya 2026 guide) adds sources from older Ubuntu sources
"Users on more recent Ubuntu releases such as 24.04 will require to install libtiff5 using the following method
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main"
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install libtiff5
"
I would strongly advise against the installation of Maya this way. It will break your system in the long run and lead to dependency conflicts.
Perhaps a distrobox container could be an idea:
Or, if Maya is important for you, to switch to Rocky Linux.
Hello and welcome to the Zorin Forum.
That's a very interesting question. I'm not familiar with Maya at all.
Have you looked around online yet?
I did a quick (very quick) search: “Autodesk Maya, where to download for Ubuntu 24.04?”
(Zorin 18 is based on Ubuntu 24.04)
Maybe this will help
Answer:
Kind regards
Welcome to the Forum!
For Davinci Resolve, You could take a Look at this:
Thank you all for the info, i've searched around but could find only the things you guys suggested so i turned to the forum to see if anyone has maya installed
As for the questions
Not sure which maya version i dont really care im used to working in 2024+ i guess but ye will try 2024 or something
Thing is also i have Maya for free i mean i am a student and they give yearly subscriptions for it so i don't need to pirate it if that makes any difference for the licensing issue
Also would rather not change Linux i'm new to it i like Zorin but this could be a deal breaker
All in all thank you all for your help i will look into it a little bit deeper like i said i was hoping there was someone who uses Maya on Linux but maybe i will just switch to blender in the end
All Maya guides add older Ubuntu versions to the souces, even for versions 2023 and 2024. This can break your system, especially because the guides do not remove the added source after the package is installed.
Be sure to create a Timeshift snapshot or something similar before you try this, so you can revert to the previous state if necessary.
It would be safer to compile the old library, but that requires a bit more technical knowledge about how to install and use it.
To me, installing Rocky Linux in a Distrobox container inside your current Zorin system sounded like the most promising option for avoiding any damage. But as told, I'm not familar with Maya, nor with Distrobox or Docker/Podman. But I read that it can help for such things. BoxBuddy or DistroShelf could offer a GUI to manage your container.