I thought about trying Houdini on a Linux system - so i installed Mint on an USB3 HDrive yesterday and was wondering if i can install an apprentice license and then connect the drive to different workstations without reinstalling the license everytime…


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de heavy

Why would you do that? It is free license. Install it on both workstations.

Ohhh my maintrainingworkstation is at home with windows and its running fine. But I have read a lot about better memory management and render times on linux. So I thought I give it a try. And while we are at work dont do fx and 3d, I really would like to use the machine there and at home. Having all my stuff on a portable drive, seems to be a good option.

And the best case would be, not to worry about relicensing every time i plug the drive on a different Workstation or computer.

install an Apprentice license on both
put your working files on a usb and you should be fine

Seems that i did not express my self correctly.
I have one Linux Mint on an transportable drive, where I would like to put the apprentice on.
So if I am correct, everytime I plug that drive in my or somebodys workstation the licensemanager checks the config and finds a missmatch, knows that it is a different computer and renews the license.
Therefore i thought there is a way to bind the license to the usb drive or something.
I know its not a big deal for me to recreate the license at every start, but I hoped there is an other solution.

ah - I see…
I don't think that kind of thing is supported, you could mail support directly.
sounds kinda cool…

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So if I am correct, everytime I plug that drive in my or somebodys workstation the licensemanager checks the config and finds a missmatch, knows that it is a different computer and renews the license.

If you're plugging it into the same machine every time, I wouldn't expect it to find a configuration mismatch. Try saving out the license diagnostics and comparing them whenever it renews the license. Launch the “License Administrator” (aka “hkey”), and do View > Diagnostic.