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[jcrites]

Not sure where to post this ...

How can I get DF working on Linux?  I see references to it when I search on the topic, but I can't find anything on the DF home page, and haven't found a recent version.

Is it supported on Linux?  I ask because my Linux server is much more powerful than my Windows machine, and the latter is having trouble running with a decent FPS once I get 80-100 dwarves.

[Oglokoog]

The current release doesn't have a Linux native version yet. It can, however, be run without problems in wine. Well, without problems... I use the latest Wine version, the latest DF release, I have a fairly slow laptop with OpenSUSE and I haven't seen as much as a graphic glitch or and artifact yet, much less a crash (it only refuses to exit (the process keeps running at minimum cpu usage and I have to kill it manually when I exit it via the menu)). Some people, however, have reported crashes, glitches and other such issues with DF in wine. Just try it, that can't hurt.

[Scarpa]

Just to get you excited, the post merge version will include a TEXT mode that can be run over an ssh session.

Should drop in a few days according to the latest dev log entry.

Details on the features added by the merge are here.

[Oglokoog]

Just to get you excited, the post merge version will include a TEXT mode that can be run over an ssh session.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but does that mean I'll be able to play DF from any internet-capable machine with my home computer doing the calculations and the remote machine acting only as a display for the output?

[Nonsapient]

Just to get you excited, the post merge version will include a TEXT mode that can be run over an ssh session.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but does that mean I'll be able to play DF from any internet-capable machine with my home computer doing the calculations and the remote machine acting only as a display for the output?

Yes.

On topic:  I use WINE,  and even Embark Anywhere works using WINE.  occassionally it crashes,  but that's pretty rare.

[bongotastic]

Not only wine works great, but Dwarf Therapist 0.5.1 works as well on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (didn't on an up-to-date Karmic version). Now I don't have any reasons to reboot into Windows anymore!

[Fourdots]

Not only wine works great, but Dwarf Therapist 0.5.1 works as well on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (didn't on an up-to-date Karmic version). Now I don't have any reasons to reboot into Windows anymore!

Huh, so it does. Didn't even think to try that before. Thank you, sir!

(running on Arch Linux, so I can confirm that it works there as well).

[Corona688]

Should drop in a few days according to the latest dev log entry.

Granted, a few days was the estimate a few weeks ago too...