I'm moving to Linux all the way from Windows in some time. My first try is Ubuntu, but that may change in some time. But to the point. I've heard, that its not a big problem runing GP Bikes on Linux. Is there anyone to explain how to do this?
you must install wine ( Wine Is Not an Emulator, that's the acronym lol ).
open your command prompt ( or terminal ) with ctrl+alt+t, then type
"sudo apt-get install wine"
and type your password. while you type your password, you won't see it but trust me, you're typing it lol.
then let him download ecc. ecc. then double-click on the gp bikes installer and it's all done. then you can do the same, the installer is the same so you won't have problems.
I followed your steps and doing that I messed up :/ Do you know that doing your way I installed wine 1.4.1 ? As the current stable version is 1.6 :/ I will have to uninstall it and install it again. But anyway, thx for help. Soon I'll be linux master :P
you can update it via prompt command, but don't remember how
You can also use Playonlinux (it's Wine with pre-configured prefixes to run games).
I'm a linux user too and can help you if you need. GPBikes runs perfectly trough Playonlinux, no configuration needed.
Follow these steps for your distro: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html
If u need any help, just ask ;)
i'm not using linux now so your help to him is really appriciated
Small update. I made a comparison between windows and my ubuntu. I got 120-160 fps on ubuntu and 90-120 fps on windows. Playing in POL is just silky smooth. Everything works! I approve! ;)
Try Linux Mint, its very stable and user friendly. I have run GPBikes in Linux in wine and have had success. Being as GPBikes utilizes OpenGL there may be a way to run native in Linux (dream come true).
Been using Linux for many many years so if you have any questions feel free to ask and if I have a solution I will help you.
The biggest thing in Linux is your graphics driver updates, make sure you are up to date or proprietary drivers are installed.
Another thing to consider is when using Linux to run GPBikes, it may run GPBikes good but you may find problems with gamepad drivers etc....
Linux Mint +1 Awesome
Quote from: Napalm Nick on July 26, 2015, 08:59:07 PM
Linux Mint +1 Awesome
From Slackware to PCLinuxOS to Debian and a endless sea of other distros over the years and I find Mint/Xfce is simple and easy for first time users or veterans at that. Good luck and enjoy the Linux, you will learn a lot and will adapt to not having a OS that holds your hand for every move you make...
Also check your "synaptic package manager" for software you may enjoy as you can simply bypass your terminal if you are not comfortable with command lines.
Quote from: WALKEN on July 26, 2015, 08:57:14 PM
Try Linux Mint, its very stable and user friendly. I have run GPBikes in Linux in wine and have had success. Being as GPBikes utilizes OpenGL there may be a way to run native in Linux (dream come true).
Been using Linux for many many years so if you have any questions feel free to ask and if I have a solution I will help you.
The biggest thing in Linux is your graphics driver updates, make sure you are up to date or proprietary drivers are installed.
Another thing to consider is when using Linux to run GPBikes, it may run GPBikes good but you may find problems with gamepad drivers etc....
Luckly I'm not such a linux noob anymore ;) Got some problems with gamepad but easily solved with jstest-gtk.
I'll be moving from W10 to Linux this week. Does GP Bikes still work well with wine/playonlinux?
Quote from: Boerenlater on January 01, 2017, 12:32:46 PM
I'll be moving from W10 to Linux this week. Does GP Bikes still work well with wine/playonlinux?
Why are you moving from Win10 to Linux?
Just use a dual boot (keep windows 10)
To get rid of the botnet and NSA backdoors.
It should, wine is too good not to work
Quote from: Boerenlater on January 01, 2017, 06:47:22 PM
To get rid of the botnet and NSA backdoors.
Sounds a bit like paranoia to me Boren? "Big Brother" is watching us all and everything we do on the internet and all that rubbish. Lol. But even if that were true(which it isn't), so long as your not doing anything
seriously illegal then you'll be fine mate. ;)
But to not use Windows OS simply for that reason with the disadvantages it will bring in limited accessibility to a wide range of software that won't work with Linux is in my personal opinion a massive overkill? :)
But if you really want to go down that route then the best solution as Matty suggested would be to create a dual boot OS system. ;)
Hawk.
Quote from: Hawk on January 02, 2017, 09:19:31 AM
Quote from: Boerenlater on January 01, 2017, 06:47:22 PM
To get rid of the botnet and NSA backdoors.
Sounds a bit like paranoia to me Boren? "Big Brother" is watching us all and everything we do on the internet and all that rubbish. Lol. But even if that were true(which it isn't), so long as your not doing anything seriously illegal then you'll be fine mate. ;)
But to not use Windows OS simply for that reason with the disadvantages it will bring in limited accessibility to a wide range of software that won't work with Linux is in my personal opinion a massive overkill? :)
But if you really want to go down that route then the best solution as Matty suggested would be to create a dual boot OS system. ;)
Hawk.
So if you got nothing to hide it's okay to spy? ???
Quote from: Boerenlater on January 05, 2017, 06:45:22 PM
Quote from: Hawk on January 02, 2017, 09:19:31 AM
Quote from: Boerenlater on January 01, 2017, 06:47:22 PM
To get rid of the botnet and NSA backdoors.
Sounds a bit like paranoia to me Boren? "Big Brother" is watching us all and everything we do on the internet and all that rubbish. Lol. But even if that were true(which it isn't), so long as your not doing anything seriously illegal then you'll be fine mate. ;)
But to not use Windows OS simply for that reason with the disadvantages it will bring in limited accessibility to a wide range of software that won't work with Linux is in my personal opinion a massive overkill? :)
But if you really want to go down that route then the best solution as Matty suggested would be to create a dual boot OS system. ;)
Hawk.
So if you got nothing to hide it's okay to spy? ???
It's more a case of if your doing nothing majorly illegal then you won't even get onto their radar to be spied upon, so I wouldn't get yourself all paranoid about the hype being spread about governments spying on "
everyone's" internet activities(that will never happen).... So long as your not doing anything majorly illegal then your activities won't even flag up on their systems for them to look into. Common sense should tell you that any internet spy system will be an automated system based on
alerting them to only suspicious illegal activities of any internet users; any other normal users will never even get looked at, so don't worry about it. :)
Hawk.
I don't have any concerns with the Spying issue for the reasons Hawk says though I also don't like the idea of being spied on if I just have (lets say) a healthy interest in the physics and chemistry of Weedkiller bombs but have no intention on using them. :o
Lets face it, texts and phone calls already have that automated surveillance for a long time. And if it stops the lazy dix who have lost the game of life, then good.
But what I do fear is all this data being hacked and stolen/sold (as it will be) and used to target individuals for gain (of whatever form) even if totally innocent. So knowing this I am not in favour.
I think the decision is simple enough - if GpBikes don't work on Linux set aside a budget to pay the scammers and stay with 'Gates perfect megalomania model'.
Sorry for OT Boeren but if this doesn't lure GrT back nothing will. :D
Well I got it working reasonable well on Mint. So far the only thing that's not working is the maxhud plugin.