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Forum: Wishes and new features

Topic: Linux??
Any chance of making a version of VirtualDJ that will run on Linux?
 

Posted 2 days ago @ 2:44 pm
If you google you will find officially no however some people have got it to work in a limited capacity.

It's not going to happen.
 

IMO getting it to run on Linux (compiled or emulated) isn't really the biggest issue.

Besides virtually negligible adoption for DJing compared to other platforms, the biggest issue imo is probably Hardware compatibility.

Pretty sure most people planning to use VirtualDJ in a professional sense, want to use it with hardware, but Atomix doesn't make hardware - they depend on hardware vendors, and the vendors almost exclusively focus on MacOS and Windows and also in a non class compliant way (which means drivers/full compatibility aren't available).
Look at DJay on iOS for similar situation (no custom drivers currently allowed on that platform) - there is a push there because Apple products have good adoption in general and going lighter/more portable is valued.

Maybe one day things will change 🍺
 

Okay. So I "dj" dance parties for my school (using the term "DJ" very loosely). And they are fixing to wipe the Windows10 laptop I've been using to run the parties and slap Linux on them. So I was curious if there was a Linux version.
I have enough influence with our technology head to get something for me to use with Windows.
 

None of the major players (VirtualDJ, Traktor, Recordbox, Serato) offer Linux versions. The market percentage is too small.

There's really only one name that comes up for Linux users. Mixxx.
 

Tbh Mixxx devs are doing a hell of a job overall to have their offering where it is, but still, no drivers = no dice for a lot of controllers.

I suspect Standalone platforms like the Prime Series could using Linux or a BSD on their devices as the OS to run their software, but there the environment is controlled (one set of peripherals to deal with).