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Blockland for linux?
Captain Zee:
--- Quote from: Lugnut on December 30, 2012, 02:27:43 PM ---Would there be a significant performance increase for such a port?
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--- Quote from: Trinick! on December 30, 2012, 02:37:10 PM ---Running native is always faster than running through wine. I do believe it would be significant.
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I think he means compared to other OS's.
(Sorta off topic) What happened to the Linux Game Tome (HappyPenguin)? I used to find some good cheap/free games there all the time, and I miss it :(
Port:
--- Quote from: Altiris on December 30, 2012, 03:37:23 PM ---Someone has also found a way to make dedicated servers work, t requires some work with the terminal but its easy.
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Huh? Dedicated servers worked perfectly for me with no work necessary.
builder(engineer):
--- Quote from: Altiris on December 30, 2012, 03:37:23 PM ---Linux can actually become an alternative OS, when im an adult and I buy a new PC, if its for gaming but just a home or server PC ill just put Linux on it to save $100.
Blockland really does work perfect with Wine, although I tried it yesterday with Ubuntu 12.04 and a version of wine (it might've been old) but Blockland did not start up, I think it it was because I didn't have my sound drives an it didn't come up, doesn't make much sense but I think that's why.
Someone has also found a way to make dedicated servers work, t requires some work with the terminal but its easy.
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I would recommend you to try linux in a virtual machine, it is a simple way to test it out without any danger of messing around with your actual machine. A good way to do this would be to use Oracle Virtualbox (google it).
X-Plane:
--- Quote from: builder(engineer) on December 30, 2012, 05:37:43 PM ---I would recommend you to try linux in a virtual machine, it is a simple way to test it out without any danger of messing around with your actual machine. A good way to do this would be to use Oracle Virtualbox (google it).
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Games don't run as fast and dual booting does no danger.
Nonnel:
When I used Blockland on Ubuntu, the screens and GUIs always flashed.
But of course, I'd much rather use Windows 7 anyways.