In order for maya 2016 to work in linux please add the following to your custom bash:
rm -rf $HOME/maya
mkdir $HOME/maya
mkdir $NETHOME/maya/2016
for x in `ls $NETHOME/maya | grep -v synColor`; do ln -s $NETHOME/maya/$x $HOME/maya/$x; done
also please be sure that the following is set:
MAYA_APP_DIR=$HOME/maya
Please let me know if you have any questions.
thanks.
Dan Hernandez