Author Topic: RA2 ALMOST works on Ubuntu (Read 3612 times)

russian roulette · « **on:** August 18, 2010, 09:48:07 PM »

Meh... I use Ubuntu and I am trying to get it to run smoothly with WineHQ, the game almost works but stops when the main menu is present... any ideas?

Serge · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2010, 11:55:01 PM »

The same problem is present with running RA2 on wine since... ever (and I do mean ever - I remember having it around 5 years ago).

I'll try to find which function calls are buggy, fix them and submit patches to the devs. When I have the time.

Also, good job on running Ubuntu! I hope you enjoy it.

russian roulette · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2010, 09:32:11 AM »

Yep, I think Ubuntu is a good way to go. Although it isn't mainstream, it sure feels like it.

Serge · « **Reply #3 on:** August 19, 2010, 11:43:32 AM »

It's way more mainstream than any other Linux-based OS.

russian roulette · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2010, 12:55:45 PM »

Android

inplabth · « **Reply #5 on:** August 19, 2010, 08:48:51 PM »

Quote from: russian roulette on August 19, 2010, 12:55:45 PM

Android

What?

Serge · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2010, 12:32:21 AM »

Quote from: russian roulette on August 19, 2010, 12:55:45 PM

Android

Haha, right, forgot about that. I meant the Linux kernel on desktop PCs.

russian roulette · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2010, 06:58:13 PM »

Quote from: inplabth on August 19, 2010, 08:48:51 PM

Quote from: russian roulette on August 19, 2010, 12:55:45 PM
Android

What?

It's a mobile os based off of Linux and owned by Google, there are close to 100 device that have the os.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2010, 07:09:59 PM »

I used to run Yellow Dog on my Mac ages ago.

Might build a second pc to run Ubuntu sometime. Looks really slick.

Trovaner · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2010, 09:22:18 PM »

I dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my laptop. I prefer the speed and customization of Linux over Windows.

It would be really cool if RA2 worked in Ubuntu so that I didn't have to load up Windows all the time. Whenever I load RA2 in wine, it always has to switch the number of "Users" to 0 (which doesn't make any sense to me) before it will get stuck in the main menu. Wine doesn't appear to be translating the system mouse's direct input correctly.

russian roulette · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:13:56 PM »

I got to say though, Ubuntu is a really cool os and I believe having the taskbar sorted more fluently and having a built in app center really gets my juices flowing.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:15:23 PM »

Ubuntu is pretty cool for mobile................

Quote from: russian roulette on August 18, 2010, 09:48:07 PM

Meh... I use Ubuntu and I am trying to get it to rub smoothly with WineHQ, the game almost works but stops when the main menu is present... any ideas?

wat

russian roulette · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:18:43 PM »

Quote from: Sparkey98 on August 21, 2010, 09:15:23 PM

Ubuntu is pretty cool for mobile................

Quote from: russian roulette on August 18, 2010, 09:48:07 PM
Meh... I use Ubuntu and I am trying to get it to run smoothly with WineHQ, the game almost works but stops when the main menu is present... any ideas?
wat

Ubuntu is desktop only, not mobile. Android is it's mobile counterpart-ish.

russian roulette · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:26:22 PM »

Why and no. Ubuntu would be great as probably a tablet DEVICE (I stay away from saying pc because you and I both know that a net book sized touchscreen running iOS isn't a f**king pc) it would be great because I find with most tablets, bloatware and Ubuntu pretty much has none of it.

Serge · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:28:05 PM »

Ubuntu is pretty bloated when compared to other distributions, like Debian or Arch.

russian roulette · « **Reply #15 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:48:12 PM »

True but when compared to Mac OSX and Windows 7, I am pretty happy with pre-installed software.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:53:12 PM »

Quote from: russian roulette on August 21, 2010, 09:48:12 PM

True but when compared to Mac OSX and Windows 7, I am pretty happy with pre-installed software.

hahahahahahahaha

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russian roulette · « **Reply #17 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:54:45 PM »

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:56:11 PM »

sorry I hate OSX

russian roulette · « **Reply #19 on:** August 21, 2010, 09:59:08 PM »

Nothing wrong with it other than lack of affordable desktop hardware and Apple's semi-annoying software restrictions.