Oddly, it runs for me on Ubuntu 17.10 but not on my Solus machine with the same Nvidia drivers...

That said, I love this game and enjoy playing it much more than Everspace. The engine is great, silky smooth. Great graphics. The downside is that the missions are kind of thin, but it's $5. At some point after formal release the developer is going to open it up to modding, and I bet that will be huge, as every franchise could be adopted to this combat engine so well. I can see SW and BSG being natural fits.

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For those of us unfamiliar with the background/backstory, can someone explain the difference between Wine and Wine-staging? Are they different projects?

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Quoting: PublicNuisanceBeen using Solus for my main system for a week or so now. Liking it so far.

Absolutely a distro to watch. I think they've said they want to tackle dedicated GPU/Intel dynamic switching at some point, which would be quite awesome...

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Anyone have a direct email contact? Maybe we need to start writing them...

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Not a fan of Witcher 3's genre, but may need to try it given all the accolades...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeThere are some reports of almost getting Elite: Dangerous working under wine in 'normal' mode. I kind of wonder if the Linux thread on the Frontier development forums is the longest 'can we have a Linux version please?' thread out there. I'm pretty sure it's up to 2000 something posts. I'd have to look again. I know it's been active for years though.

If you need a space fix in the interim, Helium Rain in EA is quite a sweet game so far. It's no AAA like ED, but very satisfying...

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Quoting: iiariHmm, what Distro? [for FS2 open launcher install] Looks like the launcher and all the goodies are packaged for Debian Sid

I used the direct download file from the project website, always on Ubuntu derivatives (Gallium OS, Mint, Gnome). I'm glad it's out there and theoretically install-able by someone, but I've already climbed that mountain and have a working version via Wine and I'm not sure I'm willing to start from scratch again, although I have a tinkering laptop I can try it with again (although not until December after some work stuff is done).

Thanks for looking into it!

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Quoting: HexDSLOutside of stuff i play for my YouTube Videos...

Love your YouTube work! There are lots of titles I never would have encountered if not for your reviews, and I hope you do indeed continue Wine Wednesdays in some fashion, as they were a favorite.

Thanks for the Amiga documentary review the other day also, BTW. I was one of the few and proud in the US who grew up with the Amiga, and wow was it ahead of its time. I just listed the Speedball and Speedball 2 series in my pantheon of Perfect Games above. If you've never tried it, it's worth firing up the FSUAE emulator and giving them a try. Starglider I and II on the Amiga and Atari were high points of my gaming youth as well...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeFreespace 2 has a native source port, any particular reason you're running it under Wine?

Great question. Basically, in two attempts on Linux, I wasn't able to get it to work. I would end up in dependency-lacking hell, seeking out ancient versions or their replacements online. A lot of online help is no longer applicable, broken, or missing. Finally, on the third attempt, I finally had the main game working, but then for some reason the open launcher wouldn't work, the opposite of my past attempts, where the launcher would work, but the game wouldn't. So I couldn't d/l or manage any mods, which really is the whole point in 2017.

Using it via Wine, everything worked on the first try, no problems, both launcher and game. And my understanding was that the Diaspora free-standing mod's installer was currently broken on Linux (but you could compile from scratch) but still worked via Wine. My choice there was obvious.

The other bonus was I installed on this via CrossOver Wine, which has a fantastic archiving and backup feature, making it easy to bring from machine to machine to restore, without having to "reinstall."

A lot of the people who made this work in the Linux world have seemingly long since moved on from those communities and either aren't available or just don't remember how and why things worked and are no longer helpful. Same for the mod people, where things seemed to have peaked about 2013 or so. I would hazard to say the FS2 community is really no longer active and approaching historic status at this point?

That said, while still fun, I think FS2 has finally been eclipsed by recent titles as this genre gets some new life. I would much rather play Astrokill, Overland, or Everspace on Linux, or the new Eve Valkarye non-VR space shooter on PC.

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For those who don't have it, this is a must purchase for Linux action fans. It's right behind Rocket League in my "Just five more minutes of play" addiction. The 6 DOF fight model feels like an extension of your will and is easily the best of its kind right now. It looks great and is super smooth, with lots of graphics customization to get it silky smooth on all hardware...

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