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Posted February 20, 2015
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ssokolow: PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac are actually two sides of the same program. I was mainly just saying that, while I do have Evil Genius and PlayOnLinux does have a setup script for it, I can't verify that it's free of Mac-specific bugs.

As for Linux, it definitely has flaws (that scary list is maintained by a Linux fan to goad developers into fixing things) but I get the impression you're thinking of the Linux of several years ago.

These days, the main reason you'll use the terminal in a mainstream distro like Ubuntu is because it's easier for online instructions to say "copy and paste this into the terminal" than to talk someone through the equivalent GUI.

Plus, there are a lot of outdated instructions still floating around which give a skewed impression of things since Google can point you at them, unlike with books like the copy of PC Magazine's DOS Power Tools, Second Edition (Revised for DOS 5.0!) that I bought used to refresh my memory before putting together a nostalgia PC. (My memory gets hazy back before DOS 6.22)
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cecil: Thanks for the info. You're right I haven't looked into Linux recently. Can you "Dual boot" Linux and Mac?
Yes. It''s always possible to dual-boot because of the way PC hardware is designed.

Read Ubuntu Community Help Wiki - DualBoot/MacOSX for a list of pros and cons to dual-booting compared to alternatives like running Linux inside a virtual machine (VirtualBox is free, for example, and has a nice wizard-driven GUI).

Since most Linux install discs are LiveCDs or LiveDVDs (you can boot off them and get a usable desktop for "try before you install" or emergency recovery purposes), I'd suggest experimenting with the various Ubuntu flavours before installing to get a preliminary feel for which desktop you want to start out with. (You can always mix-and-match later, but it's always easiest to start as close to your goal as possible. Here are the sites for , [url=http://www.kubuntu.org/]Kubuntu, , and [url=http://lubuntu.net/]Lubuntu.)

For Ubuntu, there's even a JavaScript-based interactive online tour which replicates the desktop in your browser.

The "if you still want to dual-boot" instructions it links to are at Ubuntu Community Help Wiki - MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation but the page is rather verbose so you may also want this visual summary of the OSX+Ubuntu section: OMG! Ubuntu! - [How to] Dual Boot Mac OS X and Ubuntu

(Speaking of which, OMG! Ubuntu! is a nice blog to check out in general if you're running Ubuntu or one of its derivatives.)

Feel free to PM me if you get stuck anywhere.
Post edited February 20, 2015 by ssokolow
Posted February 20, 2015
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DyNaer: from my understanding; after having hammered multiple times the support about glitches , bugs , missing features gog is preparing an overhaul about the users avcount, so it's quite possible those mlssing flags will be back ;) (well i hope).
That overhaul will probably break a multitude of functionality, so I'm not waiting with bated breath for those update flags. Web design is not exactly a GOG forte. =/
Posted February 20, 2015
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ssokolow: These days, the main reason you'll use the terminal in a mainstream distro like Ubuntu is because it's easier for online instructions to say "copy and paste this into the terminal" than to talk someone through the equivalent GUI.
And not for the versatility of piping?? Awww :(

And to think, i've been doing recompression of png files in bulk using piping...

[code]find -name "*.png" | sed "s/\.\/\(.*\)/advdef -4 -z \"\1\"/" | bash[/code]
Posted February 20, 2015
Big thanks to everyone that contributes to this thread for all your hard work on this super useful thread. I'm finding it's a good way to find out what ninja'd itself to Mac like Apothen recently did.
Posted February 20, 2015
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ssokolow: These days, the main reason you'll use the terminal in a mainstream distro like Ubuntu is because it's easier for online instructions to say "copy and paste this into the terminal" than to talk someone through the equivalent GUI.
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rtcvb32: And not for the versatility of piping?? Awww :(

And to think, i've been doing recompression of png files in bulk using piping...

[code]find -name "*.png" | sed "s/\.\/\(.*\)/advdef -4 -z \"\1\"/" | bash[/code]
That's neither robust in the face of weird filenames nor efficient nor will it match things like *.Png or *.PNG.

This is what you want:

find . -iname "*.png" -exec advpng -z4 {} +

1. Explicitly specify the path to search (the dot after find) for maximum compatibility
2. Use -iname to match the extension case-insensitively
3. Use "-exec COMMAND {} +" to run a command which takes a list of files as efficiently as possible.
4. As someone who does this sort of thing, let me point out that there's an explicit "advpng" command.
5. With most commands (advpng included), you can lump all your single-letter option flags into one clump ("-z4" rather than "-4 -z")

(The find command will handle quoting for you and, while "-exec COMMAND {} \;" would run the command once per match, "-exec COMMAND {} +" will run it as few times as possible while still staying within the OS's limit for maximum command-line length. That also has the added benefit of ensuring that advpng's "total space savings across all files" output line is actually useful.)

However, if you really want to crunch down PNG files, here's what I put in my .bashrc.

Also, check out gifsicle -O3 for optimizing Animated GIFs, for losslessly optimizing JPEG files, and [url=https://github.com/svg/svgo]svgo for optimizing SVG files.
Post edited February 20, 2015 by ssokolow
Posted February 20, 2015
Tower of Guns Linux version has been added (no official link yet).
Posted February 20, 2015
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Grargar: Tower of Guns Linux version has been added (no official link yet).
There, now yours is the official one :P
Posted February 20, 2015
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Grargar: Tower of Guns Linux version has been added (no official link yet).
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JudasIscariot: There, now yours is the official one :P
By official, I meant in the subforum.
Posted February 20, 2015
From MaGog's logs for 20 February:

NOTE! CHANGED Ys I & II Chronicles+, bonuses: 12 wallpapers ***TO*** 12 wallpapers, 17 avatars





NOTE! CHANGED FILE 1849, downloadables, Windows installer, English (setup_1849_2.2.0.7.exe ***TO*** setup_1849_2.3.0.10.exe; Wed, 21 May 2014 11:48:17 GMT ***TO*** Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:59:11 GMT; 55,866,752 ***TO*** 70,597,728)

NOTE! CHANGED FILE 1849, downloadables, Mac OS X installer, English (1849_1.2.0.3.dmg ***TO*** 1849_2.1.0.35.dmg; Wed, 21 May 2014 11:47:14 GMT ***TO*** Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:21:40 GMT; 59,201,053 ***TO*** 76,318,402)
Posted February 20, 2015
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JaqFrost: That overhaul will probably break a multitude of functionality, so I'm not waiting with bated breath for those update flags. Web design is not exactly a GOG forte. =/
Yes, that'sa probabitly , unfortunatly :/
Posted February 20, 2015
http://www.gog.com/forum/tower_of_guns/tower_of_guns_has_been_updated_to_version_127_mac_and_linux
Posted February 20, 2015
http://www.gog.com/forum/sunless_sea/sunless_sea_has_been_updated_to_version_1001979
Posted February 20, 2015
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ssokolow: That's neither robust in the face of weird filenames nor efficient nor will it match things like *.Png or *.PNG.

This is what you want:

find . -iname "*.png" -exec advpng -z4 {} +

1. Explicitly specify the path to search (the dot after find) for maximum compatibility
2. Use -iname to match the extension case-insensitively
3. Use "-exec COMMAND {} +" to run a command which takes a list of files as efficiently as possible.
4. As someone who does this sort of thing, let me point out that there's an explicit "advpng" command.
5. With most commands (advpng included), you can lump all your single-letter option flags into one clump ("-z4" rather than "-4 -z")
Interesting interesting.... I end up usually using MingW so i actually have to explicitly use /bin/find as it's full name, otherwise it defaults to windows version of find which... doesn't do what i want :P

2) Hmmm i believe i last re-read this tool in a power tools compilation which didn't comment on this, course it also has like 300 other utilities it talks about.

3) Also interesting... I'm sure it mentioned it, but not wanting to experiment when i just want to get something done and walk away... Guess i should experiment :P

4) No no no...I've used AdvanceComp's advpng, and it usually does a really bad job... advdef usually does better, and i can lump .gz files in with it too if i have to. Had something to do with it's more optimized if you wanted to save screenshots or other things for AdvanceMame i think...

5) perhaps, like #3, need to experiment :P

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ssokolow: (The find command will handle quoting for you and, while "-exec COMMAND {} \;" would run the command once per match, "-exec COMMAND {} +" will run it as few times as possible while still staying within the OS's limit for maximum command-line length. That also has the added benefit of ensuring that advpng's "total space savings across all files" output line is actually useful.)
Hmmm so the + would deal with the odd 'bad file number' error when you try to send it a few hundred images? Interesting... I know i made a script i still use that separates out zips or png's to run 4 at a time (to match my cores) which gives me better performance overall, and they all finish about the same time... Had to re-write it form bash to awk to make it fast though...


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ssokolow: However, if you really want to crunch down PNG files, here's what I put in my .bashrc.

Also, check out gifsicle -O3 for optimizing Animated GIFs, for losslessly optimizing JPEG files, and [url=https://github.com/svg/svgo]svgo for optimizing SVG files.
Definitely interested, although i tried to find utilities like these before but had trouble, too much crap clogging google's search engine to help me find them...
Posted February 20, 2015
From MaGog's logs for 20 February:

NOTE! CHANGED Book of Unwritten Tales 2, The, os: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) and Mac OS X (10.7.0 or newer) ***TO*** Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) and Mac OS X (10.7.0 or newer) and Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17)
[Same for Almanac edition]

NOTE! CHANGED Book of Unwritten Tales 2, The, sys_req_linux: Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17, Processor: 2.0 GHz CPU, Memory: 2 GB RAM, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series or higher/ATI X1600 or higher (Pixel Shader 3.0), Hard Drive: 13 GB available space ***TO*** Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17, Processor: 2.0 GHz CPU, Memory: 2 GB RAM, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series or higher/ATI X1600 or higher (Pixel Shader 3.0), Hard Drive: 13 GB available space, Notice: this game comes with a 64-bit binary only
[Same for Almanac edition]





NOTE! CHANGED Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Almanac Edition, The [Premium], bonuses: manual (extended, German, English), soundtrack (MP3), 17 behind the scenes, 16 concept arts, poster, photos ***TO*** manual (extended, German, English), soundtrack (MP3), 17 behind the scenes, 16 concept arts, poster, artbook, photos





NOTE! CHANGED Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest, compatibility: ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY ***TO*** ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY Multiplayer notice: The games multiplayer servers are no longer supported by the publisher and the only option available is LAN (no CD-key required).





NOTE! CHANGED Tower of Guns, os: Windows (Vista, 7, 8) and Mac OS X (10.7.0 or newer) ***TO*** Windows (Vista, 7, 8) and Mac OS X (10.7.0 or newer) and Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17)

NOTE! CHANGED Tower of Guns, file_size: 597 MB ***TO*** 549 MB

NOTE! CHANGED Tower of Guns, sys_req_linux: ***TO*** Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17, Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core), Memory: 3 GB RAM, Graphics: NVidia Geforce 275 GTX +512mb memory, Hard Drive: 2 GB available space, Additional Notes: OpenGL 2.1 Compliant GPU Require, Requires the following packages to be installed: libc6:i386, libasound2:i386, libasound2-data:i386, libasound2-plugins:i386 and dependencies, Notice: this game comes with a 32-bit binary only
Posted February 22, 2015
From MaGog's logs for 21 February:

NOTE! ADDED FILE To The Moon, downloadables, Holiday Special Minisode 2 (setup_to_the_moon_holiday_minisode2_2.0.0.1.exe; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:52 GMT; 40,409,584)

NOTE! REMOVED FILE To The Moon, downloadables, product_bonus_40883 (setup_to_the_moon_holiday_minisode2_2.0.0.1.exe; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:52 GMT; 40,409,584)





NOTE! CHANGED FILE Tower of Guns, downloadables, Windows installer, English (setup_tower_of_guns_2.1.0.9.exe ***TO*** setup_tower_of_guns_2.2.0.12.exe; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:45:07 GMT ***TO*** Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:47:45 GMT; 626,081,480 ***TO*** 576,562,424)

NOTE! ADDED FILE Tower of Guns, downloadables, Linux installer, English (gog_tower_of_guns_1.0.0.2.deb; Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:26:14 GMT; 399,756,998)

NOTE! ADDED FILE Tower of Guns, downloadables, Tarball archive (gog_tower_of_guns_1.0.0.2.tar.gz; Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:26:33 GMT; 592,262,196)
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