[Colonol Dekker]

What are the standard linux freespace mod tools?
 
I'm recently broken in to this crazy OS you lot keep harping on about (you know who you are) and i'm curious as to what my new linux brothers use seeing as all my windows tools are effectively dead.
 
 

[The E]

Maja.

Gedit. Or any other text editor.

Wine, for some cases. (Note that wine is not an FSO tool per se, it's a compatibility layer that let's you run Windows apps under Linux)

[Colonol Dekker]

Lol compatibility layer. I just about managed to find the shutdown button in the completely wrong/opposite corner of my desktop. (Is it still called a desktop? )

[The E]

Sure is.....

[Colonol Dekker]

So where's this layer thingy? I need to truespace, it's the reason I bought the dang netbook.

[The E]

First, you (probably) need to install wine. Hook the netbook up to a net connection, open the "Ubuntu Software Center" thingie, and search for wine.

Once it's done installing, you'll need to configure it using its config app (Which should be linked to in the Ubuntu Start Menu equivalent).

After that, you can install Windows apps under Wine. Note that some programs may not work.

For further info, consult http://wiki.winehq.org/

[chief1983]

Or learn Blender, it's about the only decent modeling app that runs natively on Linux.  It's what VasudanAdmiral uses to work his magic.  But yeah, TS will probably work under Wine.  You might also want to read the Wine for Debian-like distros guide on the Wine website, it tells you how to add the Wine package repo so you'll have a more up to date version available than what's in Universe, etc.  (You also need to enable the Universe repo if you're on Ubuntu, if you haven't yet).

[Colonol Dekker]

Sod all that. . . I'll learn Blender. Any good tutorial sites? I've got a 3 button usb mini mouse on order too. Just in time I think.

[chief1983]

Well, there's several tools that don't really have a Linux equivalent yet.  You'll almost definitely want to run Wine for PCS2, the Windows Texture Viewer, most of the original FS2 tools, etc.  Not to discourage you from using Blender, just saying you'll probably need Wine eventually, if not for TS then for something else.

[Colonol Dekker]

I can boot into windows and finish up stuff. This is my period of readjustment, just thought some familiar modding tools would help it.

[chief1983]

Learning Linux is one of those sink or swim things usually.  It's good to get familiar with certain things first, for instance the command line via server management or just some common Open Source software, but to really get into it you pretty much have to cut the cord and just go for it.  I still don't run Linux on a desktop, but I run a Linux server and I have an OS X MacBook at work, but I'm still tethered to Windows on my main PC.

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm all over the GUI. It beats the living snot out of win7 although the file management is a little unfamiliar. I'm ninety nine percent there.

[pecenipicek]

Well, there's several tools that don't really have a Linux equivalent yet.  You'll almost definitely want to run Wine for PCS2, the Windows Texture Viewer, most of the original FS2 tools, etc.  Not to discourage you from using Blender, just saying you'll probably need Wine eventually, if not for TS then for something else.

What? Why would you want to use Windows Texture Viewer?

[chief1983]

Because the nvidia WTV is a very good tool for viewing DDS textures, from what I've seen.  Beats the Gimp anyway.  You could even associate DDS images with it for a quick preview of them, since even through Wine it would probably start pretty quickly.  Is there a better tool for viewing DDS images on Linux?

[pecenipicek]

Because the nvidia WTV is a very good tool for viewing DDS textures, from what I've seen.  Beats the Gimp anyway.  You could even associate DDS images with it for a quick preview of them, since even through Wine it would probably start pretty quickly.  Is there a better tool for viewing DDS images on Linux?

i forgot that nvidia made that little extension, never used it to tell you the truth, i usually just do it through photoshop...