New Horizon 507 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I had been wanting to wipe my laptop for quite some time and switch from windows to linux. I had a lot of apprehension since the last couple of times I used Linux, I kept finding that there was always just 'one little thing' that made it slightly less desirable. Anyway, I figured I would check out Ubuntu again, went with 15.10 and the OS install without a hitch. When it came to TDM, I remember having to install some extras to get it running last time. The libs indicated on the TDM homepage install instructions are said to no longer work and I was unable to install them, apparently their replaced by some other set of files. So, I ignored that part and just went ahead with installing TDM. Lo and behold, I had to do nothing else. Clicked on the executable and everything ran perfectly. Sound works, video looks great and the performance is decent on the laptop...just a hair better than under windows. So I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was after the threads I've seen in here about folks having issues getting it going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grayman 2968 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Have you tried DR yet? I'm presently pissed at Windows, and being an old unix geek, have been thinking about switching to Linux for a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
New Horizon 507 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I haven't, but will definitely give it a shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nbohr1more 2093 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 The big problem with Linux is 64-bit. If you have 32-bit hardware or install 32-bit Linux then you'll see far fewer issues, if any. Quote Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod: http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod (Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...) Link to post Share on other sites
New Horizon 507 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I'm 64 bit all the way and didn't have a wink of trouble installing on ubuntu 15.10. Whatever replaced the libraries in 15.10 did the trick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thieving Barbarian 14 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 (edited) Apart from multi-screen issues I've touched in an another thread, I've never had any issues with running Darkmod in 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS either. I've dabbled a bit with DR too, and had no issues with that either - apart from not being able to use it due to user errors, that is... Actually, there still is one: the sound doesn't work if I've got Clementine, my music player of choice, running at the same time - but since you can't really play Darkmod with other sound sources running at the same time, that's not been a showstopper. Edited November 1, 2015 by Thieving Barbarian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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