#PlayOnLinux

[phantomtrax]

I hate ubuntu I was testing exe files and none of them would open to I suspected something was up with wine but then the system fucking froze and I couldn't do anything but hard reboot and after that the exe files started working anyway. Everything happens to me.

[coolerdracula]

my problem with linux is I am so rigid in which programs I need and paint.net + paint tool sai are those programs. but I'm seeing some things online saying that it's possible to run them with some finagling?

[tsscat]

I am once again asking everyone to get Portal and Portal 2 for $1.48 . If you have a Mac or a Linux OS that does not have 32 bit support, install WINE and use PlayOnMac or PlayOnLinux to run the windows version of Steam. Theses games are such an experience I promise you

[bjsmall]

2023

Ice Age 2 The Meltdown game.

On the 31st July 2023, I installed Ice Age 2: The Meltdown onto my system to test-run it on Microsoft's Windows 11.

I connected a portable Liteon DVD-ROM optical drive to my Mini-PC to install it using the 2 CD discs.

Here is a picture of me with the game box!

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, based on Blue Sky Studios 2006 film of the same name, was developed by Eurocom and published by Vivendi Universal Games (Sierra Entertainment).

The game works on the latest versions of Windows and also works on Linux using Wine (PlayOnLinux).

I put Disc 1 in first and opened the auto-run from the disc. I clicked the 'Install Ice Age 2: The Meltdown' option from the list. The game uses InstallShield software to install itself onto Windows. I switched the discs around towards the end of the install. Once it had finished installing onto the system, I chose to launch the game.

After going through the intros, I pressed the enter key to go to the main menu. Firstly before starting the game, I configured my favourite keyboard layout. Afterwards I then started a new game and selected a save game slot (Slot A).

As I was playing Ice Age 2, I got to the Forest 2 stage, shortly after going through this stage, Windows 11 asked if I wanted to run the game in 'Compatibility Mode', I chose to run the game with this. It offered this as it knew the game application running was intended for an older version of Windows. However compatibility mode didn't work and the game crashed to the desktop.

The app process name for the game is 'IceAge2pc.exe' (32-bit) when running. The CD (Disc 1) is required to play the game.

I re-launched the game and had to re-configure everything and start from the beginning again, however the game seemed to work much better without running it in the legacy mode Windows offered.

I tried again and successfully played the game up to the end of the Maelstrom level, completing this stage which in my opinion is the best level in the game! Here are the in-game pictures I took with the camera of some of the stages. I had to use HDR camera effect for some of the pictures. The levels shown in the pictures are the Waterpark, Forest, Ice River and Maelstrom.

I had to use my camera for the pictures as the game doesn't allow for print-screening due to Windows copy protection. When running Ice Age 2 in windowed mode, if you click out of the game it will darken the game screen and pause everything until you click on it again.

The game defaults to a screen resolution of 640x480, so I changed it to the maximum resolution of 1024x768. Interestingly the game didn't scale to full screen as when I tried it previously on another PC running Windows 10, but stretched to fit the screen instead. This was because of the 'Gaming Mode' function which is enabled in Windows 10. This mode is disabled by default in Windows 11 and the game worked perfectly without it. However, the game always runs in the 4.3 aspect ratio, but uses a fisheye lens effect which defaults to the 16.9 aspect ratio, so changing that fixed the gaming experience on this monitor. You can read more about display settings for the game in my write-up.

Audio played through my Mini-Rig Bluetooth speaker, which sounded great! The game uses a stereo sound set-up, which can act as surround through headphones.

Back in 2020, Dad gave me a copy of the Ice Age 2: The Meltdown video game which he found on eBay. I did a detailed review of the game and an unboxing review.

See my reviews in the links below:

There are a number of cheat codes you can enter in the pause menu, these include unlocking all the bonus content and the ability to unlock the 'Level Select' menu, plus more.

See all the cheat codes for the game here:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/931239-ice-age-2-the-meltdown/cheats

Playlist featuring all the levels:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyj4UFt4ma4_XQ0RZ3FjpFZAa7jvjhPc9

A link to the complete in-game music composed by Jim Croft:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO4jlmGoc6uDm0QVLyMqURTP2ciHWjCF_

Overall despite being 17 years old, running the game on Windows 11 worked a treat! It was great fun playing Ice Age 2: The Meltdown again as it is fun, humorous and challenging. Its music is memorable, vibrant and colourful just like its movie soundtrack!

However, I think that both Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) and its Activision sequel Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) should be made available as a digital download through game distribution services such as Valves Steam alongside Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure (2019) to keep them running into the future without the need for a disc.

For a full list of all the Ice Age video-games see:

https://iceage.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Ice_Age_video_games

See my video below. See videos underneath for the in-game bosses and also bosses in Scrat's Nutty Adventure on YouTube.

Scroll down to see my write-up on Cretaceous and Maelstrom!

[daemonhxckergrrl]

Speaking of WINE, I know WINE's dev team actively discourages using PlayOnLinux, but it's got the most intuitive interface/workflow of all the WINE GUIs I've used (I don't like using CLI for complex config stuff). I have like 10 different programs set up with it. I want to change away in hopes of getting better functioning/compatibility, any suggestions for either a better easy-to-use WINE GUI or making WINE CLI less intimidating?

bottles is your friend :3

wine is one of the few things i don't take the cli option for bc idk it's just easier in that specific instance, and bottles has a pretty good ui + easy to create and copy wineprefixes and back them up and stuff !!

and it makes it real easy to just grab any DLLs you might need for certain software

[thunderboltfire]

The cited comments are in technobabble, are completely bonkers considering the context, and sound pretty condescending. Throwing terminal commands randomly at people won't help anyone. But considering the tags and the discussion in the notes I thought I may speak up as someone who's used Ubuntu as my main OS for a few years. It definitely has its upsides and downsides, it's not for everyone and honestly its maintenace is a steep learning curve, as in case of all tech-related things (I'm not a tech specialist, my only legitimate tech education is high-school level computer literacy).

I thought maybe I'll list what to me personally are the advantages of linux over windows, as well as the reverse (as a relative tech noob, who used the most beginner-friendly type of unix OS on PC - Ubuntu):

Upsides:

relatively lightweight (Ubuntu can run without issue on old laptops, and very outdated PCs, my original PC had less memory than my phone has and I don't personally believe it could carry windows 10 without issues, but ubuntu has let me squeeze a few more years of use out of it).

(related) it doesn't gather Your data as much, there's no AI assistant or conflating internet and file search in the system.

simpler, easier to understand file locations (Documents folder isn't hidden somewhere in a weird place, the file paths are usually short and straightforward. It's very easy to separate system files and your personal files.) Makes no difference in day-to-day use, but it makes it less tedious to find particular files in the long run.

faster file search - I find default file browser of Ubuntu to be easier to use, with a file searcher much faster than windows file explorer's.

doesn't update anything without permission (this one's dedicated to times when an automatic update in Windows 10 broke something on my laptop)

personally I like the interface, it's something in-between Windows and Mac. (that's just my opinion. That being said, it's also possible to customise it.)

Terminal use in many cases is optional. The interface in Ubuntu makes it so You don't really need to use a terminal during its regular use, and in many cases, you don't even need it to install and update the applications. It has an app manager similar to the app store on android. You can use the terminal if You want and in case of some more niche apps you may need to use it to install them, but the app developers usually provide a step-by-step instruction on how to do it and You don't need to use terminal to run them afterwards. There were times when I haven't opened terminal for months, bc I didn't need to.

cheap (literally for free, compared to like a 139$ for Windows OS, and should You need to update Ubuntu OS to a next version, the process is pretty straightforward).

downsides:

Doesn't support all programs. If You're desperate there are ways to install them and some of them will run well (I managed to get Clip Studio Paint to work) but don't get Your hopes up, if an app doesn't have an official linux version, you may not be able to get it to work. If You ever consider switching to Linux, make a list of apps You absoluetly need and check in advance if there's a way to make them work on Linux. Apart from official linux/unix OS support for certain apps, there exist compatibility layers, such as WINE and PlayOnLinux that basically trick the app into thinking it's launched on a different OS, but they may be a bit tricky and require time to set up. The compatibility issues unfortunately involve the majority of games and commercial programs (like Microsoft Office, Corel Draw, and probably Adobe CC - Ubuntu doesn't vibe with many live services).

in case of problems, you have to fix them yourself. I can't stress this enough, I found it generally easier to fix a problem in linux than it is to fix a problem in windows, but You have to get your hands dirty. Many tech service centres don't handle problems with linux at all. In case of linux it took me quite a bit of time, finding and following guides and typing things I didn't understand into the console, but I ended up fixing the issue. In case of windows, it's sometimes straight up impossible to fix some things at all with help of internet guides, you don't have this type of access. Think of it as you being a designated mechanic in case of linux, and the system having majorily automated diagnostic systems in case of windows. It's pretty rare in my experience for Ubuntu to break in any major way, but if it happens, you have to be prepared for the possibility You'll have to do something with the problem.

The live CD creation is complicated. The installation of the system itself is simple and has a step-by-step guide, but the process to burn a live CD which is needed for installation may be daunting to someone unfamiliar with it.

I didn't have any major problem with drivers, but You sometimes need to install the drivers manually (esp. in case of printers, graphic tablets and so on).

All in all, I'd say that the setup and settings are time consuming and unfortunately (largely due to limited program support) the OS is not universally versatile.

However, I found it very pleasant to use, and I still use it (my older laptop which with time became unusable under Win10 is working like a charm under Ubuntu 22), it's worth having in the back of mind as an alternative. Also, IMHO it serves to show in what aspects windows really could be better.

I swear to god computer people talking online about how easy computers/linux are are just that xkcd comic about experts in a field overestimating a layperson’s knowledge (“surely the average person must only know 2-3 feldspars”), over and over again. I felt this firsthand back when I was asking for advice when buying my desktop PC. When a casual computer user reads something like this, at least speaking from personal experience, it is nearly incomprehensible. It is wonderful to want to help the less technologically-fortunate, but you have to break things down more than this. You are speaking wingdings at people.

[jvkings]

How To Use PlayOnLinux To Play Windows Games On Linux

[plutooonium]

playonlinux is fucking with me on purpose i just know it

[awaisdilshadme-blog]

Overview of Zorin OS 17 Zorin OS 17 is a popular operating system based on Ubuntu and Linux that makes your computer run faster and improves its performance. This operating system is especially useful for Windows users who want easy and real-time access to Linux features and applications. It provides a smooth, flexible computing environment that suits the needs of both novice and standard desktop users, much like the desktop environments of Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems. It uses advanced Wine and PlayOnLinux technology to allow you to install and run all kinds of Windows applications and games on this operating system. You can also download it.

Download Zorin os 17 click here.

[inkmo]

No idea why it's fucking up. Crashing like crazy in playonlinux, loads of errors in wine. Wasn't behaving this way when I was running Linux Mint 20.3 with MATE. maybe this is an XFCE problem?

When I did my OS upgrade so I could have newer krita, I apparently forgot how to install wine correctly and Photoshop CS2 came back wrong. I've been back to trying to color this comic that's supposed to be my day job in earnest and it's making me want to rip out what's left of my hair 🤯 (I forgot to start with wine-installer apparently)

So I've purged wine, I'm waiting on a system snapshot, and if it still won't work right I'm going scorched earth and reinstalling Linux. pray 4 me (that greentext screenshot about failing to install Photoshop on wine, using gimp, and getting beat up after class is feeling so real to me rn)

[vividotg]

Stykz Stick Figure Animation Maker Di Exagear Windows Emulator

[techdirectarchive]

How to Install PlayonLinux on a Linux System

How to Install PlayonLinux on a Linux System

PlayOnLinux is a graphical interface for software compatibility layer that enables Linux users to install Windows-based video games, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as many other programs including Apple iTunes and Safari. you will learn how to Install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using a Step by Step Process. With the ultimate objective of being able to see and Run…

[veuhoffblog]

Microsoft Office auf Linux Ubuntu installieren: Wie kann Word, Excel und Outlook auf Ubuntu verwendet werden?

Du verwendest eine aktuelle Linux-Ubuntu Distribution und möchtest nicht auf die Programme: Word, Excel, Outlook und PowerPoint (Microsoft Office Suite) verzichten? Da gibt es drei Lösungen, die für dich in Frage kommen würden. Bekannterweise ist Microsoft Office als Software den hauseigenen Windows-Betriebssystemen vorbehalten. Früher war die einzige Möglichkeit, die Office-Suite von Microsoft auf Ubuntu benutzen zu können, die Verwendung der OpenSource Software Wine.

Für viele von uns ist dieser Weg jedoch zu Umständlich. Wine Funktioniert im Übrigen auch heute noch mehr oder weniger gut. Abhilfe schafft hier die neue Online-Version von Microsoft Office, die sich im Browser ganz unabhängig vom Betriebssystem verwenden lässt. Dafür ist keine Microsoft-365 Mitgliedschaft (Abo) notwendig. Es wird nur ein registriertes Konto bei Microsoft benötigt...[Weiterlesen]

[thanook]

BTW, mspaint is available on PlayOnLinux, you dont even need to WINE it

The only things you should WINE when using linux are mspaint and software that you literally will loose your job if you don't run

[ladyvenerasims]

Playonlinux Sims 3

What works

Game itself, some launcher functionality.

What does not

The starting HTML page that is required for social functions in the launcher does not load or render at all if the game was installed in a prefix that was created in the 2.21-staging version. Logging in from other menus like Downloads doesn’t work either.

If the the prefix was created in 2.0.3 version, the page loads but isn’t fully rendered, although you can can login from other menus.

The problem is not present in 2.0.3.

Workarounds

As with previous versions, it’s still necessary to create 32-bit prefix and install dotnet20, vcrun2005 and mfc42 through winetricks in order to run the game.

In the first launch the game launches with a small resolution, which results in only seeing quarter of a screen. To fix it, you need to configure (in winecfg) the prefix to emulate desktop in a window, launch the game, change resolution and disable desktop emulation back.

What was not tested

Nothing

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU: Nvidia

Driver: proprietary

[sololinuxes]

Ubuntu vs Linux Mint - Cuál es mejor para mi

Ubuntu vs Linux Mint - Cuál es mejor para mi. Ubuntu o Linux Mint, extraña pero necesaria decisión. Parecen iguales pero te aseguro que no lo son, y eso intentaremos aclarar en el articulo de hoy. Vamo a ver las principales diferencias entre las dos distribuciones Linux más populares, después... tu decides. Ubuntu es creado y mantenido por el gigante Canonical, de Linux Mint se ocupa su comunidad. ¿Qué modelo es más sostenible?, sigue leyendo y lo sabrás. Es importante tener en cuenta que Linux Mint está basado en Ubuntu. Pero este detalle no quiere decir que sean iguales, todo lo contrario. Su aspecto, su compatibilidad y sobre todo la experiencia de usuario no se parecen en nada. Lo ideal es probar los dos y después elegir el que más se adapta a tus necesidades, pero claro, eso no siempre es posible y por ello en este articulo vemos en que se distinguen, seguro que facilitara tu elección.  

Ubuntu vs Linux Mint - Cuál es mejor

Ubuntu vs Linux Mint Entornos de escritorio El escritorio predeterminado de Ubuntu es Gnome 3, e independientemente se distribuyen otras con diferentes entornos de escritorio bajo otra denominación, por ejemplo Xubuntu con XFCE, Kubuntu con KDE, Lubuntu con LXQT o LXDE, y varios más. En definitiva, la versión original de Ubuntu viene con Gnome y es posible que no sea el entorno de escritorio más apropiado para los recién llegados a linux, además de ser un poco pesado. Linux Mint no ofrece más opciones que Ubuntu, pero sin embargo trabajan con otro concepto... el ser lo más ligero y rápido posible sin perder funcionalidades ni herramientas. La versión original de Linux Mint usa el entorno de escritorio Cinnamon, también ofrece versiones en Xfce y MATE, Ubuntu solo está disponible con GNOME. Pero eso no es una declaración para nada. Personalizar linux Ubuntu y Gnome 3 no ofrecen muchas opciones de personalización. Recuerda que hablamos de un entorno de escritorio minimalista y está pensado para ser cómodo. Existen algunas herramientas y utilidades que te permiten hacer algunas modificaciones. Si hablamos de Cinnamon la cosa cambia, basado en el concepto de Gnome 2 es más similar en temas de personalización al robusto XFCE, que ofrece muchas opciones con las cuales puedes dejar un entorno de escritorio prácticamente irreconocible si lo comparas con el original. Algunas opciones son para usuarios un poco más avanzados. Aplicaciones por defecto Tanto Ubuntu como Linux Mint ofrecen unos paquetes de software bastante decentes. Navegadores web, editores de texto, de documentos diversos, clientes de torrent, reproductores de video y audio, además de su propio centro de instalación de software y otras utilidades necesarias. Pueden existir diferencias en algún tipo de aplicación (por desarrollador), pero todas hacen su trabajo perfectamente. Los juegos en Linux cada día toman más importancia, ciertas empresas han dado pasos importantes y apoyan y apuestan por linux. hacia adelante. Aplicaciones como Wine, PlayOnLinux, Steam o Proton, han logrado que cada día tengamos más juegos y de mejor calidad en Ubuntu o Linux Mint. Rendimiento Mientras Ubuntu recomienda 4 Gb de ram, Linux Mint se conforma con 2 Gb. Como ya comentamos anteriormente en Linux Mint se especializan más en velocidad y ligereza, por tanto no necesitarás un hardware moderno como requisito, le pese a quien le pese... con Ubuntu si que lo necesitas. Si tu hardware es normal, ni muy nuevo, ni muy viejo... ambas distribuciones nos darán un rendimiento excelente, en este sentido ninguna te decepcionara. Recuerda que estamos hablado de el Ubuntu original, no de sus derivados oficiales con otros entornos de escritorio. Desarrollo Está claro que Ubuntu es el Linux mejor soportado, normal ya que es propiedad de Canonical. Linux Mint, aunque se basa en Ubuntu se impulsa por su gigantesca comunidad. Aunque parezca extraño, es más fácil que Ubuntu sea descontinuado, a que lo sea Linux Mint. Ubuntu se desarrolla por motivos económicos, Linux Mint no. Por ese motivo (entre otros) Linux Mint también desarrolla Linux Mint Debian (LMDE), que se basa directamente en Debian en vez de Ubuntu. Debian es un proyecto comunitario y una de las distribuciones Linux más veteranas que aún se mantienen en pie. Nota final Los lanzamientos de una y otra varían, debes recordar que Linux Mint solo trabaja con versiones LTS (a largo plazo). De todas formas cuando sale una LTS definitiva de Ubuntu, Linux Mint va detrás. Debemos decir que Ubuntu puede dar problemas de incompatibilidad con algún hardware, algo lógico pues en su instalación predeterminada no se instalan drivers privativos, con Linux Mint si se instalan. No es el primer caso que me encuentro en que resulta imposible instalar Ubuntu, se bloquea a mitad de instalación (incomprensible), sin embargo Linux Mint se instala y funciona sin problemas. Los dos son estables y seguros, pero si me preguntas con cuál me quedaría yo... sin dudarlo y sobre todo para usuarios noveles me quedo con Linux Mint y en especial su versión con el escritorio XFCE. Aun así, lo mejor es que pruebes estas dos fantásticas distribuciones linux y elijas la que más se adapte a tus necesidades y costumbres.   Canales de Telegram: Canal SoloLinux – Canal SoloWordpress Espero que este articulo te sea de utilidad, puedes ayudarnos a mantener el servidor con una donación (paypal), o también colaborar con el simple gesto de compartir nuestros artículos en tu sitio web, blog, foro o redes sociales.   Read the full article