#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?

[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!

[pulipuli]

看看網頁版全文 ⇨ 雜談：總算把架設了Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge / TALK: Finally Set Up Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge https://blog.pulipuli.info/2025/01/talkfinally-set-up-stable-diffusion-webui-forge.html 由於之前硬碟毀損，導致我用來做AI繪圖的Stable Diffusion環境全部消失。 這次乾脆全部重來，用Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge重建整個繪圖環境吧。 ---- # Stable Diffusion環境與Docker / Stable Diffusion Environment and Docker。 大家會把Stable Diffusion的環境架設在哪裡呢？。 網路上大部分的教學都是基於Windows的環境。 一方面是因為使用者眾多、為Windows環境開發的懶人工具也很多；二來是Windows環境也相對單純，WSL2穩定的表現讓人印象深刻。 不過這些都跟我這個Linux使用者沒有關係。 Linux使用者常常會受到發佈版和套件相依之苦，安裝系統和轉換的時候往往會遭遇很多困難。 現在有許多方案都在嘗試解決跨平臺(Linux自己的平臺)的各種問題，有針對套件管理的AppImage、snap、Flatpak、有針對運作環境的distrobox、也有強調Windows相容的PlayOnLinux、Bottles。 不過在伺服器的情境下，Docker應該還是目前最多人選擇的虛擬化方案。 在使用Linux電腦的這三年之間，我認知到這電腦就是註定常常損壞的設備。 因此我所建立的系統環境首要目的就是容易管理、容易遷移，而這也是我選擇Docker的原因。 https://github.com/AbdBarho/stable-diffusion-webui-docker/blob/master/README.md。 因此，一開始我的Stable Diffusion環境是基於AdbBarho所建立的stable-diffusion-webui-docker來架設。 當時AdbBarho很用心地將Stable Diffusion主流的創作環境AUTOMATIC1111、ComfyUI、Sygil-webui、InvokeAI都整合了進來。 我們在啟動Docker的時候可以自由切換需要的環境。 而各個環境背後使用的模型，則在Docker巧妙的設定中能夠共享。 ---- 繼續閱讀 ⇨ 雜談：總算把架設了Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge / TALK: Finally Set Up Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge https://blog.pulipuli.info/2025/01/talkfinally-set-up-stable-diffusion-webui-forge.html

[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]

[chillgamesh-the-swing]

Linux is pretty good for video games actually! anything you have thru steam comes with Proton for compatibility if it's not already built for it, and PlayOnLinux is a tool to configure Wine compatibility for non steam games.

highly recommend libreoffice whether you make the shift or not, but here's some options for making word behave in the meantime.

My PC was in storage for five months. When I turned it back on, Microsoft Word didn't work. Why? Because my PC isn't connected to the Internet.

What the actual fuck. I paid for this?

[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

[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