Hi,
just adding my 2 cents.
3D Coat on Linux would rock my world!
I got silo running under wine and it runs well enough but there is a distinct lack of sculpting tools for linux... Blender sculpt seems waaayy too underdeveloped and awkward to me (I found blender too odd to get used do).
I am trying to transition from zBrush.
...all I would need is a Photoshop replacement. (don't say gimp)
+1 for 3d coat for linux (64bit? - SuSE).