Elite:Dangerous for Linux?

[Kneejo]

Interesting this.. I'm messing around with a debian based distro that's quite unforgiving as it was built for specific tasks. I would go for complete linux were it not for 2 games and a DAW that I can't live without at the moment. Alternative are good for the DAW in linux. I hope WIne gets the upgrades it needs for full 3D support.

Aaannd.. to the peeps saying that they feel linux users are in it for the freebies: how many of you actually payed for a actual ligit Windows? You complain that you HAVE to pay, but we all know every windows is available for free.. Microsoft even provides you with upgrades for your stolen version. Linux can take some effort, some thinking, to get it to work.. and I know how you hate to think. If you don't want to put in that effort, you HAVE no other option but to succumb to Windows.

Comfort and lazyness will cost you money.. effort will get you things for free.. legally.

 

[amigacooke]

Aaannd.. to the peeps saying that they feel linux users are in it for the freebies: how many of you actually payed for a actual ligit Windows?

Several thanks, and I've paid for OSX legit as well. That's not to say I would turn my nose up at a free OS if I could find a use for it.

 

[Cody]

... to the peeps saying that they feel linux users are in it for the freebies: how many of you actually payed for a actual ligit Windows? You complain that you HAVE to pay, but we all know every windows is available for free.. Microsoft even provides you with upgrades for your stolen version. Linux can take some effort, some thinking, to get it to work.. and I know how you hate to think. If you don't want to put in that effort, you HAVE no other option but to succumb to Windows.

Comfort and lazyness will cost you money.. effort will get you things for free.. legally.

A Penguinista has spoken! No comment!

 

[Asp Explorer]

A Penguinista has spoken! No comment!

Linux isn't always free though

At least $15k a year for RHEL - and you don't get very much at all for the money. Not to mention that v7 utterly broke some absolutely fundamental jobs. I'm not going to say anything about that at all.

 

[CmdrJacks]

Linux isn't always free though

At least $15k a year for RHEL - and you don't get very much at all for the money. Not to mention that v7 utterly broke some absolutely fundamental jobs. I'm not going to say anything about that at all.

Don't forget the questionable revenue streams of Canonical (Ubuntu). To be fair though, Linux *is* always free (as in beer). So free that companies are also free to charge for the software they build around it.

 

[Asp Explorer]

Don't forget the questionable revenue streams of Canonical (Ubuntu). To be fair though, Linux *is* always free (as in beer). So free that companies are also free to charge for the software they build around it.

Very true - however on big iron it get's a little bit complicated. Some shops install and run *free* (as in beer) distros - and then wonder why IBM's representatives have cut a hole in the buildings wall and forcibly removed kit.

 

[WR3ND]

So... where do I find this free beer you speak of???

There's no reason for an OS fanboy/girl showdown here. This thread is about people wanting a native running version of Elite: Dangerous for "Linux."

I'm very capable of using Windows without issue (most people aren't), and "Linux" (there are many different versions) can be a very capable, stable, and customizable desktop OS. Any of the haters on either "side" basically just don't know what they're doing well enough. Which again, is most people.

 

[Asp Explorer]

So... where do I find this free beer you speak of???

There's no reason for an OS fanboy/girl showdown here. This thread is about people wanting a native running version of Elite: Dangerous for "Linux."

Free beer tomorrow!!!! as the sign always says

Personally I'd love a Linux native version - that way I could chuck Elite on a $99 Chromebook and not worry about letting complete strangers try it out in bars*

*far better than letting complete strangers use a $999 Air

 

[Kneejo]

Oh, sorry for the fanboism. Just had to mention that my linux box runs on 600 megs or ram, out of the box, versus almost triple that for windows.. not to mention how lightning fast the response is.
I just got a new machine and thought windows was running fast on it.. until I loaded Linux.. from a usb drive


But yeah.. I vote for a Native Linux Port of Elite Dangerous as well!

 

[Pendra]

Want to play ED? Just use your imagination.

 

[Asp Explorer]

until I loaded Linux.. from a usb drive

You can run Windows from a USB drive too you know

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831833.aspx

 

[anikaiful]

If ED came for Linux, I'd not need Windows for anything then anymore.

 

[Kneejo]

You can run Windows from a USB drive too you know

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831833.aspx

No doubt about that.. but what amazed me was the speed compared to windows running from an SSD

BY THE WAY: for all in this thread experimenting with getting Elite running on Linux: I'm going to try playonlinux, a front end for WINE. Looks promising.
BUT: I wonder if this would be seen as suspicious behavior by Frontier? Running Elite on a Linux box offer more possibilites for malicious activity.

If I only work on getting the game running, should I worry about that? I mean, with Braben himself being a knowlegable person, I would assume they need to prove that I actually do something malicious, if that were the case, right?

TO BE CLEAR: I don't intend to hack the game or cheat, or intercept data or whatever. I won't modify anything except my own operating system to get the game running.

 

[NapalmJunkie]

Linux isn't always free though

At least $15k a year for RHEL - and you don't get very much at all for the money. Not to mention that v7 utterly broke some absolutely fundamental jobs. I'm not going to say anything about that at all.

Where on earth did you get $15k from? If you want a RHEL subscription it'll cost $349-1491 depending on what you're after. Or if you want RHEL without RedHat (or spending any money) then just use CentOS.

You have a point with v7 though, I still can't see how stuff like systemd and grub2 is meant to make my life easier by hiding stuff away out of easily readable (text) files!

 

[Asp Explorer]

Where on earth did you get $15k from? If you want a RHEL subscription it'll cost $349-1491 depending on what you're after. Or if you want RHEL without RedHat (or spending any money) then just use CentOS.

You have a point with v7 though, I still can't see how stuff like systemd and grub2 is meant to make my life easier by hiding stuff away out of easily readable (text) files!

Mainframeland is a bit different from regular PC land.

https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/mainframes.html

 

[NapalmJunkie]

Mainframeland is a bit different from regular PC land.

https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/mainframes.html

I'm sure it is, but isn't that a bit of overkill for potentially playing Elite?

I'm running MacOS at the moment, so have got enough problems, but the choice of Linux distro to run Elite would be an interesting one. CentOS would be stable, but maybe a bit too behind the latest/greatest curve. Fedora would probably a bit too bleeding edge. Maybe Linux Mint then? I'm not a great fan of Ununtu as of late.

 

[the100thmonkey]

SteamOS - it should run on the upstream distros without too much tweaking, none at all in the case of Ubuntu.

 

[WR3ND]

SteamOS - it should run on the upstream distros without too much tweaking, none at all in the case of Ubuntu.

SteamOS is based directly on Debian, which I use on my PCs along with the KDE desktop. Works great and is very stable. I've got Steam installed and some other games such as Minecraft to play on my new laptop. Mint might be a better distribution for "beginners" (people that don't know their way around computers as well). I jumped straight in to Debian from Windows without issue though. If I didn't know how to do something, I used this sweet new tool to sort things out called the internet. Point being, I found using "Linux" as a PC OS to be pretty easy and am glad I searched around to find the distribution that I like instead of going with a trendy "beginner" one.

I don't really care for Ubuntu either, so I'm glad Valve decided to go with Debian, which I happened to already use.

 

[the100thmonkey]

SteamOS is based directly on Debian, which I use on my PCs along with the KDE desktop. Works great and is very stable. I've got Steam installed and some other games such as Minecraft to play on my new laptop. Mint might be a better distribution for "beginners" (people that don't know their way around computers as well). I jumped straight in to Debian from Windows without issue though. If I didn't know how to do something, I used this sweet new tool to sort things out called the internet. Point being, using "Linux" is easy.

I don't really care for Ubuntu either, so I'm glad Valve decided to go with Debian, which I happened to already use.

I thought SteamOS was an Ubuntu derivative, but it looks like they switched to Debian quite some time ago! :/

I love my Ubuntu. You keep your filthy KDE hands off my Unity DE!

Joking aside, I do actually rather like Unity, apart from a few annoying workflow-related tics that it has. I've never been a fan of KDE.

 

[WR3ND]

I thought SteamOS was an Ubuntu derivative, but it looks like they switched to Debian quite some time ago! :/

I love my Ubuntu. You keep your filthy KDE hands off my Unity DE!

Joking aside, I do actually rather like Unity, apart from a few annoying workflow-related tics that it has. I've never been a fan of KDE.

To each their own, as they say. I don't really care for the default layout of KDE, but have tweaked it much more to my liking with things like a pop-up bar on the left side of my screen for some of my frequently used program launching icons and so on; all from within KDE. I don't really care about some of the eye-candy stuff like wobbly windows, so don't use that, but I digress.

Yeah, Valve did switch to Debian some time back.