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Posted July 23, 2016
I still refuse to make the switch, but I'll be in for Tri. Looks very puzzly.
Posted July 23, 2016
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adamhm: If it really was so much more hassle I'd hate reinstalling Mint as much as I do reinstalling Windows & wouldn't currently be planning to dump Windows completely when I build my next PC :)
So if your current PC has Windows installed, may I ask you what do you use it for? Is it some specific application, or something you still find lacking in Linux? Or is it just a remnant of the past and you don't really use it anymore (as deduced from your plan to dump it completely)?

Edit: Oh look, you actually have an avatar :-D
Post edited July 23, 2016 by nepundo
Posted July 23, 2016
Already have the games I'm interested in here, but kudos for a good deed. More people ought to try out Linux :)
Posted July 23, 2016
Thank you for your reply, your guide and your useful links. Guess its time to try a distro in virtualbox ;)
Posted July 23, 2016
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hummer010: Once you get hooked on Linux, you start only buying hardware with known good Linux support, and everything gets easier at that point.
I haven't even been paying that much attention to hardware with known good Linux support, and the only hardware issues I've had have been with Realtek 8723 wifi cards on some notebook systems, which needed an alternate driver.

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hummer010: Now, it sounds like ATi is poised to, if they haven't already, take the crown from nVidia as the best graphics card for Linux.

My next laptop may well be AMD/ATi powered....
It does look like AMD have been putting a lot of effort into improving their drivers lately & I've been hearing a lot of good things about their new AMDGPU & AMDGPU-PRO graphics drivers. I plan to get an RX 480 to try them out for myself :)


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nepundo: So if your current PC has Windows installed, may I ask you what do you use it for? Is it some specific application, or something you still find lacking in Linux? Or is it just a remnant of the past and you don't really use it anymore (as deduced from your plan to dump it completely)?
It's pretty much just a remnant... I built this system in 2011 and started using Mint in 2013. I still have a few games that need it, but I have so many games that run in Linux now (either natively or using Wine) that I can wait for them to get ported or for Wine to improve enough to run them.

I mainly boot into it now to help with testing things in Wine & to try to keep it updated, but it hasn't been able to install Windows updates for the past couple of months or so (Windows Update just sits there at 0KB downloaded for ages, even if I leave it for hours).

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nepundo: Edit: Oh look, you actually have an avatar :-D
Yeah, I've had it set for a while now. Unfortunately the forum software is buggy :(
Post edited July 23, 2016 by adamhm
Posted July 23, 2016
Not in, but +1 and a bonus bump!
Posted July 23, 2016
One of the best giveaways around returns! :)

I have a question - I installed Linux Mint 18 (as i understand its the latest long term support release) and everything is peachy except that when on logon screen the slideshow changes pictures a little slow - is this normal or maybe its because i haven't installed the Nvidia drivers. Does they come pre-installed or i need to install them from synaptic? I did check "install 3rd party non-free software packages" during install for mp3, java and flash support, but when I'm in synaptic I see nvidia 361 drivers as compatible with the release but not installed?

I may enter for some games later on.
Thanks for the generosity, linux commitment and helpiness :) +1!
Posted July 23, 2016
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leon30: One of the best giveaways around returns! :)

I have a question - I installed Linux Mint 18 (as i understand its the latest long term support release) and everything is peachy except that when on logon screen the slideshow changes pictures a little slow - is this normal or maybe its because i haven't installed the Nvidia drivers. Does they come pre-installed or i need to install them from synaptic? I did check "install 3rd party non-free software packages" during install for mp3, java and flash support, but when I'm in synaptic I see nvidia 361 drivers as compatible with the release but not installed?

I may enter for some games later on.
Thanks for the generosity, linux commitment and helpiness :) +1!
There should be additional device driver or something like that somewhere in your start menu. Use it to install nvidia driver. It's safer that way
Posted July 23, 2016
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Emachine9643: I'm not so new to linux I run Mint cinnamon. But I want something else or maybe do I clean install again.
all right then Ubuntu won't give you something too different, unless your goal is to try Unity Desktop Environment.

You can give a try to Manjaro which is a rolling distro, has a lot of DE to choose (Cinnamon too if you want to stick with that), and you will use the great Arch Linux repositories!

Also notice that without wiping your current distro you could simply install another DE or Window Manager, and select it when log in, to have a completely different experience with your Linux Mint

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leon30: One of the best giveaways around returns! :)

I have a question - I installed Linux Mint 18 (as i understand its the latest long term support release) and everything is peachy except that when on logon screen the slideshow changes pictures a little slow - is this normal or maybe its because i haven't installed the Nvidia drivers. Does they come pre-installed or i need to install them from synaptic? I did check "install 3rd party non-free software packages" during install for mp3, java and flash support, but when I'm in synaptic I see nvidia 361 drivers as compatible with the release but not installed?

I may enter for some games later on.
Thanks for the generosity, linux commitment and helpiness :) +1!
you can easily check what's your current driver by typing in the terminal (open it with ctrl+alt+t)
glxinfo |grep core

if it says "mesa 1*.*.*" you have the nouveau driver (open source)
if it says "nvidia 3**.**" you are using the proprietary driver
Post edited July 23, 2016 by manero666
Posted July 23, 2016
Well amazing Giveaway and amazing Guide to begin with!

Just read through your guide and it's really well done ! Kudos for that!

I myself used Knoppix and Solaris in the past and currently use Ubuntu on one of my secondary systems.
On my main system i sadly still use Windows 10 for gaming support and i'm not really a big fan of dual boot so this system is win 10 only sadly (and unlikely to change soon).
I'm also kinda on a "Linux" Mission though as i keep installing Ubuntu on older systems of friends and acquaintances and it works out really well so far speeding up old system/getting rid of outdated Windows versions and also saving the usual suspects how had another virus infection on windows every other half a year from new virus infections ^^. And well regarding usability it worked out really well for (most of) them so i would call it a success.

Seems like i also should try out Mint as you prefer it over Ubuntu so ya guess it's time for a comparison soon.

Regarding the Giveaway itself - woah ! Great games ^^. So ya i glady want to enter!
Regarding game preference i would like to enter in the following order -

1. Hardwest
2. Lords of Xulima
3. Dex


And nice selection of games! I own Dreamfall Chapters, Shadow Warrior , TW2 and Victor Vran myself so ya regarding games i like your list is almost perfect! I guess the only game on that list which isn't my kinda of game would be Ittle Dew but besides that your list matches my tastes quite well.
Posted July 23, 2016
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leon30: I have a question - I installed Linux Mint 18 (as i understand its the latest long term support release) and everything is peachy except that when on logon screen the slideshow changes pictures a little slow - is this normal or maybe its because i haven't installed the Nvidia drivers. Does they come pre-installed or i need to install them from synaptic? I did check "install 3rd party non-free software packages" during install for mp3, java and flash support, but when I'm in synaptic I see nvidia 361 drivers as compatible with the release but not installed?
All Linux Mint releases from 17 and later are LTS releases (17.x releases are based on Ubuntu 14.04 and will be supported until 2019 / 18.x releases are based on Ubuntu 16.04 and will be supported until 2021).

You will need to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers - open the Driver Manager and it'll tell you which driver you're currently using and which drivers are available. But before doing that I recommend adding the [url=https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa]Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA[/url] so you can get much more recent drivers.
Posted July 23, 2016
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clarry: Still better than OpenBSD gaming, still not so great.
It's a lot better than what most think, yes there is a few AAA games that get ported, especially well ported, and not just windows exe's with wine wrapped around it.

According to a post on Reddit, 42% of the top 100 games on steam is also available on Linux, So Linux is increasing, but it's slow work :P
Posted July 23, 2016
I'm a long time Linux user myself and I do pretty much all my gaming on Linux.
I'd like to be in for Dex, if that's okay.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Posted July 23, 2016
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adamhm: You will need to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers - open the Driver Manager and it'll tell you which driver you're currently using and which drivers are available. But before doing that I recommend adding the [url=https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa]Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA[/url] so you can get much more recent drivers.
Is this really the best way to go about it? I have a Nvidia 770 card, and according to that site 304.xx is the recommended driver. Which is an older version than the one I currently run (352.xx). I looked at upgrading to 367.xx (iirc), but not sure if just downloading it off Nvidia's driver page is the best way to go about it. Don't want the computer to smack in the face and jump out the window if something goes awry.

(Think I may have updated to 352.xx manually, but don't recall what I did, but seem to recall there was an older version in the repository).
Posted July 23, 2016
I did a full switch when the windows 10 prompts started getting really annoying

~  head -n1 /var/log/pacman.log
[2015-09-17 17:54] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -r /mnt -Sy --cachedir=/mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg base base-devel'


Almost a year now. Not in btw, but thanks for your efforts :)
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