After Avid acquired Softimage 3D from Microsoft, the next version, coined Softimage XSI, had a Linux version available through MainWin. It was diabolical. But i

After Avid acquired Softimage 3D from Microsoft, the next version, coined Softimage XSI, had a Linux version available through MainWin. It was diabolical. But it limped on; over the years maintaining an extremely tight version range of external library dependencies. Last version I used required Fedora 7 x64, a minor-version specific driver for FireGL/Quadro that just so happen to be on the CD that came with the HP XW workstation. Bite the head off a chicken, and boil snails with lizard tails, let it cool to room temperature, re-boil and simmer throughout use of softimage. Softimage is now declared dead by their current owners, Autodesk.