Rhino 3D natively for Linux

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McNeel Inc.

228 Signatures

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228 Signatures

46 %
500 for collection target
  1. Launched April 2026
  2. Time remaining > 2 months
  3. Submission
  4. Dialog with recipient
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Petition addressed to: McNeel Inc.

As the ultra long thread in the McNeel Discourse Forum shows, we (the Rhino user base) have a strong need for Rhino running natively on Linux.

Please subschribe to this petition to collect the number of people interest and show McNeel this is a
relevant part in their business strategy.

Reason

Personel data protection becomes more and more important to many of us, as Microsoft steadily increases data collection. Passwords for email acounts are send with Windows 11 and Outlook to the US authorities. Win 10 does already count the key strokes and times on our keyboards.
It's time to stop this by changing to Linux and having Rhino running natively on Linux, as the update to Win 11 cannot be postponed very much longer without risking a lot of attacks on our PC systems.

Please subscribe !!

Thank you so much for your support, André Bauer, Bremen
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Petition details

Petition started: 04/04/2026
Collection ends: 10/03/2026, 23:59 CEST
Region: United States of America
Topic: Economy

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Rhino3d is the only reason our company didn't work on Linux. It's our main CAD design software, and we love McNeel's approach. We'll soon move to Linux anyway, and we'd love to have a native Rhino3d to work on!

No CONTRA argument yet.

Why people sign

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Lost trust in US tech

Linux is the only (independent) way forward for serious professionals.

Recent years of trusted companies turning to unsustainable licensing models and data control call for turning open source. Of course Rhino 3D should not be Open source, but it need to be available on open source hardware and software, like Linux.

Like many, I am done with Windows' antics and I am really only being held back because my school uses Rhino primarily. If there was a Linux version there would be no questioning the switch.

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