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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Installing SteamOS will be useless. You already have Linux installed, so the SteamOS VM will be nothing but a VM of Linux on top of Linux. All the same limitations as your base OS, but virtualized in a Type 2 hypervisor, which will make the performance suck. It solves nothing (as your goal was to have Windows) but will take the already poor situation of trying to game on Linux and then adding in, for no reason, the complication and overhead of a VM.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller

        Well that is inconvenient.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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          @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

          @scottalanmiller

          Well that is inconvenient.

          LOL.. solving the wrong problem.

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

            @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

            @scottalanmiller

            Well that is inconvenient.

            LOL.. solving the wrong problem.

            Which is why this is not a fail, but a learning what doesn't work.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Your issue is that AoE2 only runs on Windows. So a second copy of Linux doesn't fix it. Running Windows in a VM "might" fix it, if the VM is fast enough.

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                Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller

                System Requirements

                Minimum:
                    OS:Windows Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
                    Processor:1.2GHZ CPU
                    Memory:1 GB RAM
                    Graphics:Direct X 9.0c Capable GPU
                    DirectX®:9.0c
                    Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
                
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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  So the question is will it run in WINE.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                    So the question is will it run in WINE.

                    POssible, but don't know anyone that has tried that.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                      @Dashrender said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                      So the question is will it run in WINE.

                      POssible, but don't know anyone that has tried that.

                      https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27985

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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse
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                        I'm not saying I gave up,... I would like to give it another go. Sadly work doesn't really allow for that, so I am - for the time being - back to Windows 10.

                        Unrelated to STEAM - but I'm again reminded that just about every time I do try to make the move to Linux there is some application that just doesn't run on it.

                        But that is a limitation to all three platforms; MAC, Linux, Windows, and one you have to adjust to if you wish to work within that system. IT is what IT is,.. which is part of what makes IT so much fun but also IT can be quite frustrating.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                          @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                          I'm not saying I gave up,... I would like to give it another go. Sadly work doesn't really allow for that, so I am - for the time being - back to Windows 10.

                          Unrelated to STEAM - but I'm again reminded that just about every time I do try to make the move to Linux there is some application that just doesn't run on it.

                          But that is a limitation to all three platforms; MAC, Linux, Windows, and one you have to adjust to if you wish to work within that system. IT is what IT is,.. which is part of what makes IT so much fun but also IT can be quite frustrating.

                          Outside of gaming, it is rarely that an application doesn't run, it is that you are trying to keep Windows tools outside of the Windows world.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            What tool are you lacking on Linux that you feel you need except for AOE2? Steam runs fine under Linux, it's only specific games that are issues.

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                              dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                              What tool are you lacking on Linux that you feel you need except for AOE2? Steam runs fine under Linux, it's only specific games that are issues.

                              ... Like many games written for Windows, lol.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                What tool are you lacking on Linux that you feel you need except for AOE2? Steam runs fine under Linux, it's only specific games that are issues.

                                Let's assume that Gene is managing mostly windows systems - I assume the answer for - how do I get the Windows RSAT to work on Linux - is - move to Powershell?

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse @dafyre
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                                  @dafyre said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                  What tool are you lacking on Linux that you feel you need except for AOE2? Steam runs fine under Linux, it's only specific games that are issues.

                                  ... Like many games written for Windows, lol.

                                  LOL - no,.. I don't play that many games. I am only playing AoE2 because I have great co-workers who are also playing it.

                                  @scottalanmiller it's difficult to say directly. There are known programs in common use today that don't like:

                                  • iTunes
                                  • MS Outlook
                                  • Something else I can't think of right now,.. but know it's there.

                                  There are OF COURSE equivalents to most of this, LibreOffice installs natively with Linux Mint 18.1 and others. OWA can replace Outlook on all platforms.

                                  But there are some that just are not written for the Linux Kernel and likely won't be. They are non-IT related, some Amateur Radio software for example is not written for the Linux kernel. There are a few that are - and can exchange data between the two.. sometimes.

                                  @Dashrender Ugh Powershell - Don't even. If I can avoid using it I do..

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @gjacobse
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                                    @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                    OWA can replace Outlook on all platforms.

                                    Depending on plug-ins, not really.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @gjacobse
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                                      @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                      @Dashrender Ugh Powershell - Don't even. If I can avoid using it I do..

                                      The reality is that us Windows Admins need to stop avoiding it. 😞

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                        @gjacobse said in Running Steam on Linux via Virtualbox:

                                        @Dashrender Ugh Powershell - Don't even. If I can avoid using it I do..

                                        The reality is that us Windows Admins need to stop avoiding it. 😞

                                        sigh agreed... but I protest...

                                        Hey, getting me to use the Linux CLI is a step forward,.. I know (a few of) the commands now,.. while I just may no recall the context. I was able to find the mount that was at 100% usage yesterday using df -h... so that is a move forward..

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