[ubuntu-us-mi] using Ubuntu (was: Meeting tonight)

[Amy]

Cliff,

That's cool.  Welcome to the list!  We also hang in IRC on freenode at
#ubuntu-us-mi if you want to chat in there.  I'm online more today because
I couldn't get into work because of snowpocloypse 2014.  I think Chrysler
is open but it's not going to have a lot of people there.

I do hope Blizzard supports more Linux.  As they say "the proof is in the
pudding" and as far as support goes, we'll see when the pudding is ready.
 Ahem.

My brother uses Win8 right now and he does like it.  I'm on 7 (for WoW and
my work machine runs 7) for now and it's fine.  I just don't want to futz
with "getting things working" if you know what I mean.  I've done that
already; one of the reasons why I run Ubuntu instead of some other distros.

I'm running the following: Ubuntu 13.10 and Win7 dual boot on my
custom-built PC, Mac OSX Mtn Lion on my Macbook Air (I need to update to
Mavericks but only after I get a new drive; I'm under the recall), ChormeOS
on an HP 11, iOS on my iPod touch, Android Jellybean on my LC F3 (Virgin
Mobile), and Android Kitkat on my Nexus 7.  Like I said before, I think I
have too many devices!

As far as WoW goes, it depends on your graphics card.  I have a ATI 7770 in
my rig and it does a great job under windows for WoW and D3.  I need to
fire up Steam on my Ubuntu side to see if I'm getting good FPS over here.

Stay warm up there!  It's awfully cold down here and I think it's colder up
where you are!


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:35 PM, mr havenstance <havenstance at spockclan.com>wrote:

>  Amy, yeah they had an issue where the Wine version would actually make
> the OS show blank where by making Blizz think they were cheaters. Wine has
> since fixed that and Blizz is actually very open to the thought of making a
> linux based client. They arent as "WE DONT SUPPORT LINUX RAWRS" as they
> used to be. Blizzards only drawback is that some Linux OS's actually force
> the customer to only run open source software and obviously they run a
> subscription based service so going open source really isn't an option.
> However they said they would like to write something for linux but they are
> waiting to see on the success of the steamOS. This information was taken
> from a phone conversation I had with a Blizz Support Tech while trying to
> resolve an in game issue on my fiancee's windows machine. He said that
> Blizzard no longer takes the stand of we can't support linux but is rather
> planning to embrace the os as the fact it could be one of the best in the
> world. They have serious issues with the way Microsoft handled the Windows
> 8 OS. as well as the subsequent 8.1 release. it caused wow to have serious
> cursor issues and things that at first Microsoft was blaming on the
> developers. It wasn't until someone big like EA got involved that Microsoft
> changed their tune and released the hotfix for 8.1 patching the cursor
> problems. this again taken from the gentleman on the phone as this problem
> was related to that machine not having the hotfix and me not knowing it
> needed it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* rpgirl1981 at gmail.com
> *Sent:* Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:43:52 -0500
> *To:* ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] using Ubuntu (was: Meeting tonight)
>
> Cliff,
>
> Wasn't there a problem with WoW and D3 awhile ago wherein Wine users were
> booted off and had their accounts frozen because it looked like they were
> cheating?  Either way, I'm not going to risk it and I'll keep using Win7
> for it.  Borderlands 2 is supposed to be an awesome game... I know a couple
> of guild-mates that quit WoW for a bit to play that.  :)  I'm hoping Steam
> gets it right as well.  Blizzard can learn a couple lessons from them!
>
> Kevin, you are probably right, but I sometimes feel silly with all my
> devices.  I really need that t-shirt from Questionable Content that says
> "My vices are devices".
>
> David,
>
> That is awesome.  I tried to convert my Mom to Kubuntu but she didn't like
> it and wanted windows.  *sigh*  So, she has my old laptop and with a OEM
> copy of Windows 7 on it for her and my brother and I keep it up to date and
> cleaned off for her.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:58 PM, mr havenstance <havenstance at spockclan.com>wrote:
>
>  Amy,
>
> WoW does run with Wine, not the best it runs at poor graphics but you can
> turn your view distance up to make up for most of the loss if your only on
> windows for WoW. I myself had been running only Linux and managed to get
> wow working quite well out of the box with Playonlinux. however I couldn't
> manage to figure out how to compile my own version with Wine. I really only
> went back to windows with a Ubuntu VM because I needed to be able to get my
> Borderlands 2 fix and I couldn't pull that off on Linux. I don't know how
> anyone managed to install it with steam on Ubuntu. Though I'd love to have
> a platform that made it possible to run both games natively whether it be
> Linux based or Windows based, unfortunately I just don't see that happening
> any time soon. Hopefully though with this new SteamOS Steam figures it out.
> Cuz the performance benefit I managed to get out of Ubuntu was nothing
> short of amazing.
>
> Hope it helps-
>
> Cliff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* rpgirl1981 at gmail.com
> *Sent:* Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:43:31 -0500
> *To:* ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] using Ubuntu (was: Meeting tonight)
>
> I dual boot because I get better performance with video games (WoW and D3
> mostly) when it's installed straight to the disk.
>
> I've done the "only Ubuntu" and while it works, I like playing some games
> that just don't work on Linux.  If Blizzard would allow it to be run with
> Wine or offer a version for Linux then I'd probably kill my Windows
> partition.  As it stands, I'm a 5 OS household: Ubuntu, Windows 7, OSX,
> Android, and IOS (ipod).  Oh and ChromeOS on the Chromebook but I doubt we
> can count that as an OS because it's just a browser.
>
> I think I have too many devices.  :)
>
> Amy
>
>
> Robert Citek wrote:
>
>
> "along with Windows 7" -- do you mean in a VM or dual boot, or something
> else?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Amy<rpgirl1981 at gmail.com><rpgirl1981 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I'm running it on my main desktop along with Windows 7.  Just general Unity
> and I'm not sure if I'm going to switch but I say that every time a new
> version comes out.  :-P
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Robert Citek<robert.citek at gmail.com><robert.citek at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Craig Maloney<craig at decafbad.net><craig at decafbad.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> 1) Not a whole lot going on at the moment related to the loco and ...
>
>
> Which makes me wonder, what are people doing with Ubuntu these days?
>
> Personally, I'm mostly doing server stuff, mostly in the cloud or on
> remote servers.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>   Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>
>  January 5, 2014 6:03 PM
> "along with Windows 7" -- do you mean in a VM or dual boot, or something
> else?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
>   Amy <rpgirl1981 at gmail.com>
>  January 5, 2014 5:13 PM
> I'm running it on my main desktop along with Windows 7.  Just general
> Unity and I'm not sure if I'm going to switch but I say that every time a
> new version comes out.  :-P
>
>
>
>
>
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>    Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>
>  January 5, 2014 2:14 PM
>
> Which makes me wonder, what are people doing with Ubuntu these days?
>
> Personally, I'm mostly doing server stuff, mostly in the cloud or on
> remote servers.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
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