technically this is cheating since I used WINE, but I'm working on a native build too.
Hawt. And that's not cheating. If it runs, it runs. I heard somewhere that linux google apps were just packaged on top of wine. No verification on that, though.
foamy3 wrote:
Hawt. And that's not cheating. If it runs, it runs. I heard somewhere that linux google apps were just packaged on top of wine. No verification on that, though.
I've heard that as well, but I'd imagine they're also working on a native build.
@Elfprince: very nicely done, although I also would like a native build for stability and speed purposes.
Any chances of a linux preview release I'd really like to be able to play BL on my laptop which ain't running Windows any time soon.
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KermMartian wrote:
although I also would like a native build for stability and speed purposes.
Stability, sure, but the windows version of Firefox in WINE runs faster than the native linux build.
I would say that that is more a reflection on the low quality of the Linux development for Firefox than the high quality of Wine Not that it isn't awesome. Vista 64 won't run Starcraft, so I use Wine for that.
foamy3 wrote:
Stability, sure, but the windows version of Firefox in WINE runs faster than the native linux build.
In this case WINE will significantly slow things down, since it is adding wrappers on top of performance critical calls (all the OpenGL calls are wrapped, and the DirectX ones emulated - either way it hurts). Firefox on WINE is different since most of Firefox's code is run natively even in WINE (as in minimal OS calls that need to be wrapped)
Regardless, Firefox being faster in WINE would be a fluke, not the norm (and I'm guessing it has more to do with build flags and preprocessor branches than anything else)
elfprince13 wrote:
Vista 64 won't run Starcraft, so I use Wine for that.
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? I ran a short gameplay demonstration on a Vista 64 system, and several times outside the demonstration situation. If it doesn't run, I blame you or your hardware, not Vista.
Will_W wrote:
I can get blockland to run, but not TBM. I haven't messed with my wine configuration at all.
...and?
Yea, I suspect that the things the RTB and TBM guys did messed up it's compatability with WINE. As well, I am almost certain that the new engine fixed that. I got my mod, TNG, working under WINE, and I have no idea what I did to get that working.
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