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Date/Time: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:38:13 +0000
Native Support for Linux. Will This Ever Come?
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| [2024-11-01 19:02:30] |
| cesium932841 - Posts: 170 |
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I am having exactly equal or faster speeds running sc in wine on linux, so i am beyond happy
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| [2024-11-01 19:05:33] |
| YSS - Posts: 115 |
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I am having exactly equal or faster speeds running sc in wine on linux, so i am beyond happy
By what measurements? Because your statement with the way Wine works this is in Assembly language CPU Cycles basically technically impossible. |
| [2024-11-01 19:07:40] |
| cesium932841 - Posts: 170 |
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Refresh rate performance of my 10ms refreshing charts, and chart load times, and it is possible, because i saw large performance improvement in the overall computer when switching from win to linux
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-11-01 19:08:05
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| [2024-11-01 19:13:08] |
| YSS - Posts: 115 |
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Refresh rate performance of my 10ms refreshing charts, and chart load times, and it is possible, because i saw large performance improvement in the overall computer when switching from win to linux
That's great to hear but if you would put SC Windows and SC Linux Wine side by side I think the result would surprise you. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-11-01 19:13:31
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| [2024-11-01 19:20:00] |
| cesium932841 - Posts: 170 |
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Are you trolling the thread? I did put it side by side, Ive ran windows, and now linux. And im telling you, my linux is faster in every way
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| [2024-11-01 19:22:47] |
| User753428 - Posts: 182 |
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Are you trolling the thread? I did put it side by side, Ive ran windows, and now linux. And im telling you, my linux is faster in every way
he's right though, it's technically impossible for sc running on wine linux to be faster than sc running natively on windows. i recall even the sc engineering team acknowledged this. |
| [2024-11-01 19:34:42] |
| cesium932841 - Posts: 170 |
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my system as a whole, the entire operating system, on my hardware, everything, operates much faster on linux than it was on windows
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-11-01 19:35:33
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| [2024-11-02 06:26:19] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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What I do I watch the cpu usage percentages as a whole and in Linux the values are way much lower. You can also feel it when operating with the charts. Out of the box Linux is not as bloated what Windows is and I think Linux has a better task scheduler too. The latest Phoronix speed comparisons confirms this too. But the wine is a problem when loading history data over the internet. Windows does it way much faster. Btw. In SC I switched to Debian/wine few years ago and never looked back. Very happy with it. I have been a Linux user something about 23 years now. Today all my desktops, laptops and mobile devices are based on Linux. Windows is history for me. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-11-02 06:45:30
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| [2024-11-03 19:11:50] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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To get better download times on the internet, can I write my own Linux native downloader for "Historical Daily and Intraday Data" ie. Is it possible to log in to the historical data server from external programs (with my credentials)? EDIT: Not supported Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-05 06:08:26
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| [2025-12-05 01:55:44] |
| User370774 - Posts: 35 |
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Thought a year after the last post it might be worth asking... how is the native Linux version coming along? Cheers |
| [2025-12-05 06:14:39] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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Thought a year after the last post it might be worth asking... how is the native Linux version coming along?
Cheers This thread was started six years ago, and even back then, support said they had already planned this years earlier. So we're easily talking about a decade. Could one conclude that this support might never actually arrive? IMO the issue is certainly about money i.e. too little demand for Linux. At least for now. |
| [2025-12-05 06:22:03] |
| Tony - Posts: 655 |
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No demand for Linux version doesn't necessarily mean few Linux users (check this link: Linux) I have been running Sierra on Linux since 2019 flawlessly, I sure hope Sierra will NEVER develop a Linux version. |
| [2025-12-05 07:20:40] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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It would be interesting to know what percentage of paying SierraChart users are currently Linux users. I would guess that the percentage is very small, but as we can see from that Linux thread, they are nevertheless quite vocal. Furthermore, with a user survey, we could quickly find out how many Windows users would switch to Linux if SierraChart offered official support for it. Not to mention entirely new users. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-05 07:21:45
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| [2025-12-05 09:55:25] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21806 |
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No, it is never about money: IMO the issue is certainly about money i.e
One thing that we have learned over the years, is money (referring to large amounts of money) is rarely a solution to anything. That applies to so many things in this world. Or if it is an issue, a lot less money is probably needed, to accomplish something and if a project is worth investing in and makes sense, there will be people who would be willing to help.Money is certainly no solution when it comes to producing good software. Good software can only come from very intelligent people working hard, knowing what they are doing, and being very dedicated. And it takes time. There are three basic reasons for the long delay, with direct support for Linux. But we think there is a good chance it could come, within 2026, by using the Wine library which we discussed here: Notice: Solution to: Chart/Book Tabs Visibility Issues, Portions of Chart Window Cut Off | Post: 428932 1. We underestimated the amount of time that is involved. 2. Our time is occupied with so many other things including complying with CME market data policy (A massive monumental waste of time), and maintaining Sierra Chart features, and adding new features and answering customer support questions. Customer support and CME market data policy, are huge time wasters. 3. Lack of highly intelligent and dedicated programmers. These are a very very very rare thing. And is not like we need many. Just like one maybe two. This is all. It would be interesting to know what percentage of paying SierraChart users are currently Linux users.
We do not know and we are not sure there is a way to tell. But based upon user support questions it seems like, it is a significant percentage and growing. Maybe it is 15%.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-05 10:07:28
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| [2025-12-05 09:59:25] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21806 |
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This does not make sense because there will be a massive improvement with performance, and general stability with direct support for Linux: , I sure hope Sierra will NEVER develop a Linux version.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-12-05 10:27:25] |
| skalaydzhiyski - Posts: 108 |
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I mean literally my Windows uses up 11GB of my Ram on startup and my Linux box uses up 950mb... :) Sierra is an ultra fast software which if migrated to Linux natively would be even faster! Looking forward to it |
| [2025-12-05 12:01:42] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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There are three basic reasons for the long delay, with direct support for Linux. But we think there is a good chance it could come, within 2026
But that was truly excellent news! Ah, so the percentage could be that high. Excellent. You could simply send a survey by email to all your customers asking, "Would you start using the Linux version if we added support for it?" The percentage of positive responses might be surprisingly high. |
| [2025-12-05 13:13:28] |
| YSS - Posts: 115 |
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I know SC was looking for a complete solution to even create their own linux SC distro. I would advise to just maintain a flatpack since the dependency to use Wine to interact with the WIN32 API will be needed. An Official SC Maintained Sierracharts Flatpack is the most cost effective and best elegant solution at the momenent imho. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-05 13:13:54
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| [2025-12-05 13:21:36] |
| R1sk - Posts: 251 |
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I would advise to just maintain a flatpack since the dependency to use Wine to interact with the WIN32 API will be needed.
I have been running SierraChart through Bottles (https://usebottles.com), which is based on Flatpak and has worked very well. Bottles is an application that allows you to easily manage Windows prefixes on your favorite Linux distribution supporting different kind of runners as follows: - Caffe (our official runner) - Lutris (from Lutris Developers) - Proton-GE (from GloriousEggroll) - Vaniglia (our vanilla runner, available by default since Bottles v3) |
| [2025-12-12 12:31:58] |
| User753428 - Posts: 182 |
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there used to be a time when i wondered if a native linux version of sierrachart would be necessary but now that Microsoft is no longer even hiding their intentions of turning Windows OS into a mass-surveillance tool force-feeding AI down our throats going beyond just metadata but now actively trying to scrape and even scan the actual data in the File Explorer in order to better target ads that are scheduled to go live in the Windows Home versions, i now realize how wrong i was and that a native linux version of sierrachart will not only be preferable, but will probably be mandatory within 5 years. once microsoft makes it impossible to disable all the bs copilot features, i would be very wary about running trading programs that manage huge sums of money on an operating system i cannot control. |
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