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Title: Linux
Post by: Snagger on March 04, 2010, 05:29:07 am

Hi guys.

It's not mentioned in the FAQ sticky thread, and a search was forum wide, not specific to Diaspora, so can anyone telll me simply if Diaspora will function correctly with Linux "Mint"?  We have come by a friend's laptop, an nice one, with a broken hard drive.  We replaced the hard drive and are looking at Linux because we don't want to pay Gates £300 for a bug-ridden OS.

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 04, 2010, 05:33:14 am

Yes on Linux. Dunno about Mint's quirks.

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: ni1s on March 04, 2010, 04:17:11 pm

See http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Guide_to_FS_Open_on_Linux (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Guide_to_FS_Open_on_Linux)

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Snagger on March 06, 2010, 02:33:05 pm

Right, so it'll work, but only if you're an awful lot more computer savvy than I am.  Bugger!

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Topgun on March 06, 2010, 04:51:43 pm

does someone have a .deb of fso? would making things easier.

BTW mint is awesome, am using it right now, definitely easiest distro to use.

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: captain-custard on March 09, 2010, 07:45:17 am

mint is a ubuntu baby , and as for difficulty to install i dont thik there will be one , hopefully a new launcher and everything will help with that ..

other than that

Quote from: Topgun on March 06, 2010, 04:51:43 pm

does someone have a .deb of fso? would making things easier.

as for that TBP has a .deb package but i dont think any other TC has

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2010, 11:16:20 am

Ubuntu is the king.
 
 
I just can't get **** working without the internets as the King doesn't detect my built in wireless. :(
 
 

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2010, 11:17:02 am

Ubuntu is the king.
 
 
I just can't get **** working without the internets as the King doesn't detect my built in wireless. :(
 
 

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Topgun on March 09, 2010, 12:41:23 pm

Quote from: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2010, 11:17:02 am

Ubuntu is the king.
 
 
I just can't get **** working without the internets as the King doesn't detect my built in wireless. :(
 
 

Mint > Ubuntu, it has everything ubuntu has + everything it needs.
as for wireless drivers, yeah, linux sucks like that, it makes up for it, but its a pain to set up.

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: Snagger on March 11, 2010, 01:49:46 pm

My wife changed her mind about Mint and has installed Ubuntu instead.

I'm glad to hear that there will eb a new launcher so that computer illiterates like me can still play.  We just need to get the wireless working on it now - interesting to see that it's a common prolem with that particular OS.

Title: Re: Linux
Post by: odo2063 on March 14, 2010, 02:36:39 pm

Quote from: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2010, 11:17:02 am

Ubuntu is the king.
 
 
I just can't get **** working without the internets as the King doesn't detect my built in wireless. :(
 

have a look at ndiswrapper  :o