Anycubic Slicer Next — Flatpak
Anycubic only ships their slicer for Ubuntu 24.04. We Flatpak'd it so the rest of Linux can use it.
Why
Anycubic released Slicer Next as a Debian package that only installs on Ubuntu 24.04 (noble). Their installer script hard-checks the distro and the binary needs glibc 2.38+, which locks out Debian, Fedora, Arch, LMDE, and basically every Linux that isn't one very specific Ubuntu release. People were not thrilled.
That isn't a Linux app — that's an Ubuntu-24.04 app with a Linux sticker on it. So we took the official binary and repackaged it as a Flatpak. The GNOME 46 runtime carries the dependencies the .deb assumed were on the host. A build-time patch fixes the hardcoded /usr/share path so the binary finds its assets inside the Flatpak sandbox. If you have Flatpak, it runs. That's the whole point.
The world needed it, we needed it ourselves, so we built it in public. AGPL-3.0, consistent with the upstream OrcaSlicer / PrusaSlicer / BambuStudio lineage the slicer descends from.
Who it helps
Anyone who bought an Anycubic printer, runs Linux, and isn't on Ubuntu 24.04 — which is most Linux users. The repo includes install instructions for Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE, and anything else with Flatpak.
Anycubic Kobra X owners in particular. The Kobra X multicolor profile (with ACE Gen 2 support) isn't in OrcaSlicer yet, so Anycubic's slicer is currently the only viable multicolor option for that printer on Linux. Brand-new printer, locked behind one distro — until now. You're welcome, enjoy!