Is there anyone out there in the Fire/Water restoration industry using Xactimate on linux?

[Kojack]

I am getting my new property inspection/property management business operational. I am looking at using Xactimate software for times when insurance companies or other individual/organizations would need my services. I have been in the industry for 20 years, and seen alot of changes to it. Anyone out there run Xactimate on linux via bottles/wine or WInboat? I don't know of any other windows emulation software available to linux.

 

[Brickwizard]

that's a doozy, you will probably need to install runtime 7.0.20 to make it work anyway, and it looks expensive for just the occasional job I belive there are alternatives available

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[Kojack]

that's a doozy, you will probably need to install runtime 7.0.20 to make it work anyway, and it looks expensive for just the occasional job I belive there are alternatives available

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There are plenty of alternatives, however, in Canada/Newfoundland, the entire insurance industry has made xactimate the default so they can control pricing. They send you the pricing for materials through the software.

I will ask a good friend still in the biz to see if i can do without the software and use something else. have any suggestions for linux friendly software to replace it?

 

[Condobloke]

https://alternativeto.net/software/altair-activate/about/

there are alternatives to altair activate : https://alternativeto.net/software/altair-activate/

That should give you a few choices to look at. How suitable they are is your call. I have zero experience in that field.

 

[Kojack]

https://alternativeto.net/software/altair-activate/about/

there are alternatives to altair activate : https://alternativeto.net/software/altair-activate/

That should give you a few choices to look at. How suitable they are is your call. I have zero experience in that field.

That's not the software I am asking about.

 

[Kojack]

It's this..

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[KGIII]

The only alternatives appear to be (according to Google) using some web-based applications.

I'd try it with WINE. If that doesn't work, I'd try it with a Windows 'virtual machine'.

 

[Kojack]

I want to use Xactimate for some estimating projects I have lined up, but I do not understand how its specific .NET and SQL dependencies actually behave when you try to force them through Bottles or Wine.

I am worried that the graphical rendering for the Sketch feature will either be incredibly laggy or just flat out crash because of how Wine handles hardware acceleration. Since you have been in the game for 20 years and have seen it all, did you ever find a way to make the database sync properly without it hanging every time you try to generate a report? Thanks

I have not used it on linux at all, I cannot accurately answer for you. If you do try it, let us know how it works. I would be very interested.