Moving to Ubuntu Linux
garreth — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 09:31
I've been screwing around with Linux on and off again for the last three years and I think it's time I take the plunge with Ubuntu 8 and it's braindead-easy installer. There are really only TWO things that completely required for me to switch 100%:
- Will it run full Photoshop CS3?
- Will it run WoW (and some derivation of WoWAceUpdater)?
Mistrbook, I know that you're a linux geek and you've at least had wow and an addon updater running for the last few months. Hit me with some feedback.
Yeah G, I have been using
Mistrbook — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 15:07Yeah G, I have been using linux since kernel version 1.1.23 (around
1994) and have been runing WoW in linux (Slackware) as long as I have
been playing the game. In fact I get better frame rates with linux/WINE than I do in
Windows.
Anyways it is pretty easy to do and there are quite a few how-tos
The link below will pretty much get you going. I like to compile everything from source but you should be able to get going with the packages.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft
Also Adobe CS is pretty easy to get running CS2 runs out of the box pretty much. CS3 works with the latest version of WINE but I have not tested it myself.
All you need to do once you have WINE installed and configured is type 'wine /path/to/cs/installer/setup.exe' and then 'wine /path/to/cs/photoshop.exe' and you should be good to go.
Below are a few links to help you out with WINE.
http://www.winehq.org/
http://appdb.winehq.org/
http://frankscorner.org/
As for the Ace updater I initially used a Java version somebody wrote but it started breaking on me after so I wrote my own in Python which still works but doesn't have a pretty GUI.
As always if you need any help give me a call.
Mistrbook
Yeah, thats a huge
starstalker — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:54Yeah, thats a huge negative for me. Games like UT that run natively in linux are great, but my expierence with emulators like WINE has been....less than positive.
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Yes, you need WINE to run
Morica — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:50Yes, you need WINE to run it. But as I said my performance has always been better under linux than under windows. But I've not tried it in high level instances like MH or stuff. I'll have to give it a try. As I said for the best performance I recommend Cedega.
As a curious user of
starstalker — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:37As a curious user of fedora, I have a question. Most games I wanted to play that weren't native on linux I had to run under WINE. Will WoW run on its own, or does it still require a program like WINE? If it requires WINE, whats the performance hit like? Have you played it through MH?
OMG, that looks awesome....
Morica — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:37OMG, that looks awesome.... I might have to reinstall Ubuntu on my desktop again... I'll try this out on my laptop and see how well it works.
Yes it will run wow, and has
Morica — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:17Yes it will run wow, and has for like 2.5 years In fact for me it's always run MUCH better under linux than under windows. You might have to get a copy of Cedega (http://www.transgaming.com/) for it to work the best (I use Cedega for lots of stuff so I have a copy of it anyway)... But I'm almost sure WAU won't work under WINE (Because WAU uses .net). But
Talk to me about this guy:
garreth — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:22Talk to me about this guy: http://www.wowace.com/forums/index.php?topic=9814.0
Garreth Has Gone to The
Grasen — Thu, 05/01/2008 - 09:34Garreth Has Gone to The Darkside.Farewell Garreth.