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Anyone familiar with Ubuntu and running SL?
Mystic Soothsayer
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Join date: 17 Oct 2005
Posts: 58
02-02-2006 13:20
Hey guys
I just got Ubuntu linux ;) can any of you linux folks help me out getting Sl running on it?
I have managed to get cedega going
thats about as far as it gets
send me a PM here or IM in game (running on windows for now blech)
I heard rumors of a native linux client coming but never saw anything like 'click here to download and try your native linux client' =)
Thank you in advance for any help!
the Fuzzy one
Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
02-02-2006 14:05
Ubuntu runs off Debian, if I recall. LordJason's APT tutorial should work just fine. As should ragarth's:

/111/03/79372/1.html

(PS. Turn your PM box on)
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Lum Kuhr
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02-02-2006 14:10
SL Linux Users Forum: /invalid_link.html

There's a couple of tutorials in there already. One of them might work for you.
Burke Prefect
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02-02-2006 14:16
Step 1. Install Windows.
Step 2. Install SL.
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Reitsuki Kojima
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Join date: 27 Jan 2004
Posts: 5,328
02-02-2006 14:37
From: Burke Prefect
Step 1. Install Windows.
Step 2. Install SL.
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Heh.

I like Linux conceptually, but it's not ready to be a gaming platform, not yet.
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Zonax Delorean
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02-02-2006 15:10
From: Reitsuki Kojima
Heh.
I like Linux conceptually, but it's not ready to be a gaming platform, not yet.


SL is not a game :-)
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Jeffrey Gomez
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02-02-2006 16:01
From: Burke Prefect
Step 1. Install Windows.
Step 2. Install SL.
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Have to agree with Reitsuki as a split Linux/Windows user for the past year. Linux and cross-platform/open tools like GIMP and Blender have been absolutely invaluable to me for the various projects I have going on.

But when it comes to niche products like SL and games... yeah. EXE only, almost always.


Really, for me, it's about cross-functionality. I'm deathly afraid of the stunts being pulled with Vista, so I have an alternative that runs all my stuff if needed. QED.
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Lum Kuhr
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02-02-2006 16:16
Linux is working fine for me as a gaming platform. All it needs is the vendor support.

Full marks to ID, Epic Megagames etc. for releasing decent Linux versions. (even if Doom3 on linux was a little late)

Yah boo sux etc. to Valve for not bothering.
Mystic Soothsayer
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Join date: 17 Oct 2005
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argh! sorry hehe
02-02-2006 16:40
From: Jeffrey Gomez
Ubuntu runs off Debian, if I recall. LordJason's APT tutorial should work just fine. As should ragarth's:

/111/03/79372/1.html

(PS. Turn your PM box on)


er how do I turn on the pm box? =)
Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
02-02-2006 18:20
From: Mystic Soothsayer
er how do I turn on the pm box? =)

User CP -> Edit Options -> Enable Private Messaging

Sorry. I had to look it up too. :D
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02-02-2006 18:34
From: Jeffrey Gomez
Really, for me, it's about cross-functionality. I'm deathly afraid of the stunts being pulled with Vista, so I have an alternative that runs all my stuff if needed. QED.

Its kind of funny, but Vista is going to get me to change to Linux almost exclusivly. I've allready got everything cross-platformed on Linux anyway other then Guildwars and CoH. Everything else i've got is Emulator-supported.

Once SL gets more stable on Linux, there will be hardly anything to keep me on a Windows enviroment.