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    If you use Kwin (KDE's default window manager), you can do this without anything special added. Only caveat: the global hotkey appears to be unbound by default, so you have to set it to something of your choice.

    @nczuma: I'm most impressed that it has Wacom tablet support on some systems. I haven't seen anyone else do that except through Java apps.

    @avengingwatcher: Gold maybe, but definitely not platinum, based on appdb choices. Many hotkeys (such as space) cause the app to break. You can recover it by minimising and restoring the application usually, but not always.

    @Raijin「雷神」: No problem at all. While you're looking, check the Wikipedia comparison page for 3d software. It's a nice list of price ranges and OS support in one place, which is a good starting point for deciding what apps you may want to try. You might find you like one app for certain types of modelling…

    @numo16: Thanks for the information. I really hope it remains free and continues to get updates and support, even if only to keep it running well on future versions of any OSes it supports. It's fun to use and could be nice advertising for Pixologic if they treat it right.

    @bertdox: I agree completely, technologically Sculptris is incredible and they're not exactly stepping on each others' toes or anything. That's just the basic impression - "oh it's kind of like ZBrush, but different" - and it's the "poor man's" version because it's free, at least right now, not because it's inferior…

    @markoi: Yeah, I said that. Beta started about a week ago, maybe a bit more, so it's probably a long way from a stable (as in "not beta") release.

    @Raijin「雷神」: If you look online there's probably information on converting wavefront object files (.obj) to something Source can use. Atom's, right, it's practically universal for 3d modelling. No matter what formats an app uses natively, it probably also imports and exports .obj.

    @LeftClicker: That's interesting to know, but 2.5 is barely into beta currently, so it could be a long way off. I hope it's not, though, because I want to try the redesign.

    @oscinis: Right now I don't think anybody knows the future of Sculptris. The app author made it on his own time as a ZBrush-esque bit of freeware, but now that he's in Pixologic's employ and it's under their name, the future is uncertain.

    @andysdavidson005: Should be able to just extract all the files and then run the executable.

    I just visited the Sculptris site again, and it seems it's owned by the ZBrush creators, now. That's new. Sculptris was a one-man project until recently; it looks like he got hired by Pixologic for his work on the app.

    I learned about this a while back from a comment made on io9. It's a nice program that is, essentially, a poor man's ZBrush. It won't be useful by itself, but it can export to a format that can be imported into Blender, which makes it a lot more useful.

    @Ian Norton: When a few thousand American civilians were killed during the attack on the World Trade Center, it was a catastrophe. When a few hundred thousand Japanese civilians were killed by American nuclear weapons, it was a victory.

    @Philip Kahn: See, that's what I was talking about. Some people love the extensibility and being able to use emacs as a one-stop app for doing everything.

    @knacko: You're forgetting to include shutdown as well as opening and closing apps, which also runs the system full power for the duration. Depending on the PC and usage habits it could be up to ten minutes of full running for a shutdown/startup, probably five or six for average use.

    @Prairie Moon: When you mention vi or emacs in a computer-literate crowd you can almost guarantee some sort of response ;) God help you if you mention them on Slashdot.