All suggestions are welcome as this will be an evolving document. 

This will be a book page as Garreth, myself, Grasen, Aidin, and Delirium are done tearing it apart (and it will look nicer.)

All information provided has been referenced by the sources referenced through the document and as can be seen I can confirm that they work.  These instructions are for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, however they should work fine with Ubuntu 9.04 after release.  I might play-test and find out.

Something rarely mentioned by people who support OpenSource is the large amount of End-User work (that’s you) it takes to make a Linux-based system function the way you want it to.  If you do not consider yourself at least ‘moderately’ tech-savvy, take a long moment to consider your options before making the conversion to Ubuntu.  (aka, if the following words mean nothing to you, Ubuntu isn’t for you unless you have guild/family/friends to help.  ‘Mozilla’, ‘Torrent’, ‘manual install’, ‘drivers’, ‘dual-boot’, ‘regedit’, ‘refresh rate’.  Not all of them, but if you’re looking at one of the seven than Ubuntu probably isn’t for you.)

*Note* Currently Blizzard does not support Mouse-Hardware properly while using OpenGL.  In Windows when your system lags, your mouse does not.  In Linux, your mouse will lag when your system lags.  (aka: Wintergrasp, 25man Raiding, Malygos, etc) Please visit the Macro’s and Recommended AddOns page for more information and suggestions.

If you see something wrong, PLEASE post!

This is the Linux x86 and Linux x86_64 Drivers Released 03/24/2009

ATI has recently developed the Catalyst software support for Linux and it is very much appreciated but is not quite enough to work perfectly right off the bat.

The ATI Drivers only support video cards series 2400 and greater.  If you have an ATI card prior to series 2400 DO NOT GO FURTHER.

This is WineHQ 's World of Warcraft page.  Most of the information below will be coming directly from this page.

Please read this section for a quick overview before commending on ‘issues’ that might be unable to be corrected. (aka: mini-map is white while indoors, mouse-lag, etc)

http://www.wowwiki.com/Wine

Wowwiki's Wine Page

http://www.wowwiki.com/Wine_miscellaneous_info

Wow-Buntu 3.1 ScreenShot: Where's Pitbull? 

Table of Contents

Step 1: Planning and Setup

Step 2: Installing and Configuring Ubuntu

Step 3: Installing and Configuring Wine

Step 4: Installing and Configuring World of Warcraft

Step 5: Installing and Configuring Sound / Ventrilo

(Under Future Construction because Garreth ran me through it to fast and I don’t remember what he made me do……)

Step 6: Macro’s and Recommended AddOns

(Under Future Construction because to be frank, I’m a Tankadin and don’t need that wide a variety of macro’s.)

Step 7: Troubleshooting and current known issues

(Under Future Construction. I am not a Linux/Ubuntu guru.  I learned everything and setup my system over a period of three days.)

I used WoWMatrix because they released an addon updater that ran native in Linux.  With the death of WoWMatrix (which I do agree with to a point), I've decided to give Curse a shot.  So far, it works beautifully in the latest version of Wine (1.1.19 for me).

Things to consider:

• When installing the Curse client, uncheck "Autostart" and "Install Curse Profiler"
• Many of your addons will be flagged as "Unidentified" if you used WoWmatrix.  Simply go to the Unidentified tab and reinstall these, or go the "Find" tab, search for the addon and reinstall that way.
• If you installed WoW to its default folder (~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft) then Curse should be able to discover your WoW directory right away.

Curse Client Running in Ubuntu Linux: The Curse Client runs great under Wine in Linux

This has been done a great many times I know, but to be frank, I don't touch my UI very often unless one of my friends beats me with the verbal sticks and yells "BAD PEDRAN!"  (aka, not having PallyPower by accident one raid b/c kids turned it off)

So since I'm re-setting up and re-designing my UI next time I login, I figured I'd see what ya'll think I might be missing, or what you prefer instead of one that I have.

• BugGrabber - Not a UI thing, but there......
• DF Raid-Pack
• FuBar
  • I usually put Dominos, SmartRes, a UI-Restart Button, RatingBuster, Omen, and Grid in my FuBar
• LuckyCharms
• Outfitter - Never used it before, but with Dual-Spec.......
• Bartender4 / Dominos - Personally I can't tell much difference between the two though Bartender is a little more 'tech'.  I've always used Dominos, but I'll be getting Bartender4 b/c Dominos hasn't updated for 3.1 yet.
• QuestHelper- I'm a lazy SOB
• Talented - Ghli recently introduced me to this WONDERFUL addon for exporting wowhead talent-sets directly into wow.  No more screwups for me.
• Pitbull - Yes, yes, I know.  I hate myself too.

I'll also be using the following:

 /console SET mouseSpeed "xx" (I usually play around till I find a good number, but it's been almost two years... I believe the safe zone is either 0-10 or 0-50)  This is mouse-dependant since each mouse has it's own DPI.

 /console SET cameraDistanceSmoothSpeed "14"

 /console SET cameraDistanceMax "36"