Kaotic, Kreation, Design

After a bit of looking around, I found a very good walk through on setting up World of Warcraft on a Linux system. WoW was the only reason I dual booted to Windows so I decided to see if I could get it functioning on Linux.

It turned out to be extremely easy. I just downloaded and installed WINE, copied the WoW installer CD’s to my hard disk and ran the installer, a few modifications to the Config.wtf file in the WTF directory to make the game run in OpenGL mode and I was ready to go.

I launched the game, downloaded the update, and let the patch run. I was in the game in no time.

The game runs great, but I still need to get myself a new video card because the computer I just purchased only has on board video. (Yea I know. Ewww.) But once I get that installed, I don’t expect any further problems. Visit the following link for the walk through I followed to get this running.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

The game runs surprisingly well. I honestly can’t tell a difference once the game is running. The framerate is pretty low, but it is with windows too. This is due to not having a video card and being stuck trying to run this with on board video. I’ll be getting myself a new video card once I get some new ball joints installed on my truck.

written by Brandon Leon \\ tags: Computer, games, Linux, World of Warcraft

I’ve been usin Linux at home now for a little over a week and love it. I installed Ubuntu on a second hard disk and set up a dual boot so I can still get into Windows should I need to. But really, the only thing I have the Windows partition for is World of Warcraft. Thats about it. I can do everything I can in Windows under Ubuntu Linux. And the best part? All the free software. I’ve been playing around with Gimp, which is very similar to Adobe Photoshop. The hardest part about learning Gimp is locating the tools. Of course this has already been solved. Introducing GIMPShop, This is a version of Gimp that has been edited to be more user-friendly for Photoshop users. I think this is a wonderful idea. Many of the people I’ve talked to about Gimp decided not to use it due to the steep learning curve. They are used to the Photoshop interface. Give GIMPShop a shot. You’ll be glad you did.

written by Brandon Leon \\ tags: Computer, Linux