Hello @Marllon_Rangel,
Welcome to our community. I am delighted that you are interested in RFEM.
I would like to go into a little more detail about the issue of porting RFEM to other operating system platforms. This applies not only to Linux but also to macOS.
First of all, I am a committed Linux user myself. I mainly use Ubuntu. Personally, I would really like it if RFEM were also available for Linux.
Porting complex software such as RFEM to another operating system is more complicated than one might imagine.
RFEM is based on the Qt library. This is a good starting point, as Qt is also available for Linux and macOS. However, it is not as simple as telling the compiler to create a Linux or macOS version. RFEM uses a large number of small libraries internally. These would all have to be checked, and a whole series of adjustments would have to be made in RFEM. This would require a considerable amount of effort, but it would only be the first step.
When a new RFEM version is released, a large number of automated processes are carried out (keyword CI/CD). A large number of tests are performed automatically beforehand. This entire process chain would have to be set up in parallel for Linux and macOS.
Finally, the prerequisites would have to be created so that we can provide good support for the Linux and macOS versions.
These are all solvable tasks. However, in our opinion, the effort involved is disproportionate to the benefits in the current situation. The proportion of Linux and macOS users is currently too small.
For Linux, I recommend running RFEM with Wine.
On macOS, RFEM works very well in Parallels Desktop, even on ARM Macs.
Of course, we are always keeping an eye on whether the situation changes and will respond accordingly.
Best regards,
Frank