[Mets]

hey guys,

recently I installed Ubuntu and I seem to find myself using that more than Windows.  I still play freespace, and I was wondering if there is anything special I need to do to get the game to run on Linux.  I know there is a Linux version, and I still have my windows version (from Shivan's pack).  Can I still use that a Linux launcher file or something?  Thanks.

[Herra Tohtori]

Well, if you have your Windows side FS2_Open installation in a decent shape... Easiest solution is to

$ cp -R /media/<windows-partition>/path/freespace2 /path/freespace2

and then fix the rights as needed with chmod. Then simply either find a linux build of FS2_Open or compile your own. Slap that file into /path/freespace2, run it once, quit, do some configuration (there's a file in ~/.fs2_open/ after running the game once, but I don't remember that file's name - there are better instructions in FreeSpace Wiki).

There's no official launcher applet for Linux yet as far as I know, so you'll likely have to write (or copy-paste) a script that will run the executable with desired command line options... Also, as you transfer the game directory from Windows partition, there will be a configuration file /path/freespace2/data/cmdline_fso.cfg, which will contain the latest command line options selected in Windows before copying the files to Linux partition. You can open it up and edit the command line options - those options will then be applied every time you run the game.

[CaptJosh]

Better yet, I think Turrey's installer in the topic at the top of this page works under Linux. Try using that. You'll need a broadband connection though. It downloads everything. You might want to copy your FS2 directory to your Linux install though so that you don't have to have the installer put that in, which will save time.

[Mars]

He already has a perfectly good FS2 installation, there's no reason to download anything.

Yeah... Freespace works better for me on Ubuntu than it does in Windoze...

[Turey]

Better yet, I think Turey's installer in the topic at the top of this page works under Linux. Try using that. You'll need a broadband connection though. It downloads everything. You might want to copy your FS2 directory to your Linux install though so that you don't have to have the installer put that in, which will save time.

As much as I like my Installer being promoted, Mars is right. There's no reason to re-download.

I also installed Linux recently (Fedora Core 6) and it seems to work better than it does in windows. However, this may not be it working all that well with Fedora, but it working REALLY bad with XP.

Also, I can't wait for 3.6.9 Final for Linux. *cough*Please hurry?*cough*

[Mars]

Also, I can't wait for 3.6.9 Final for Linux. *cough*Please hurry?*cough*

Actually you can get it... but only from CVS... if you want a generic binary I can email you one.

Just did if you want it