How to get Tux (Step by Step guide)

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Depending on your system you might be able to play TF2 on Linux. My system launches the game then immediately quits, but I checked tf2items.com and lo and behold I have tux.

What you will need:


Step 1) Download all files
Step 2) Install and Run Virtual Box
Step 3) Double click the Virtual Box Extension Pack. It should prompt you to install the extensions
Step 4) Use 7 zip to unzip the Ubuntu file
Step 5) Double click ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.vbox. It would load into VirtualBox
Step 6) Try to start the system. It will complain that VboxGuestAdditions.iso could not be found.
Step 7) Move VBoxGuestAdditions.iso to that location.
Step 8) Start the system again
Step 9) Login with password `reverse' (Whenever prompted for the admin password during installations of Steam / TF2, use this password)
Step 10) Download Steam (https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/steam/)
Step 11) Login and download TF2
Step 12) Launch TF2

I might try Screen Sharing with someone later and letting them use my setup too. I'll get back to you if this works without redownloading everything.
 
Excellent guide! For the non-technical this is great, i deal with VMs (virtual machines) and linux usually on a daily basis so its a walk in the park for me

Feel free to reach out on Steam if anyone needs help!
 
Strangely, I get a kernel error message when I try to get Ubuntu running in VirtualBox...how weird.
 
Thanks vudu I vritual boxed linux forever ago but I was to lazy to look up how to do it again
 
Thank you oh so much vudu! I took one look at Virtualbox and was like nope too hard.
 
Me Being Stupid:

1) Do you perform these steps on a Windows machine or with Ubuntu currently installed?
2) How do you use the .deb file on Windows?
3) Why, when I attempt to install anything on Ubuntu, I get either "i386 wrong architecture" or "Packages could not be authenticated"?
4) Why can't you just install Ubuntu, install Steam, install TF2, and play?
5) Who the hell thought this was a good idea?

Sorry to be a skeptic to the legendary status of Mr. Vudu, everyone.
 
Revoke said:
Me Being Stupid:

1) Do you perform these steps on a Windows machine or with Ubuntu currently installed?
2) How do you use the .deb file on Windows?
3) Why, when I attempt to install anything on Ubuntu, I get either "i386 wrong architecture" or "Packages could not be authenticated"?
4) Why can't you just install Ubuntu, install Steam, install TF2, and play?
5) Who the hell thought this was a good idea?

Sorry to be a skeptic to the legendary status of Mr. Vudu, everyone.
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I totally agree with 4. Emulating is actually a lot harder than just making a temp partition and then reverting (or keeping) the install.
 
Zeu5 said:
I totally agree with 4. Emulating is actually a lot harder than just making a temp partition and then reverting (or keeping) the install.
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wait...you're telling me I could have made another partition on my hard drive and put it there?

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Fullmetal said:
wait...you're telling me I could have made another partition on my hard drive and put it there?

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That's what every Linux user who has to use Windows does..
 
I actually dual boot... Guess I can setup steam and symlink my folders..
 
iSimon said:
I actually dual boot... Guess I can setup steam and symlink my folders..
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That's what I do! Bscly
Code: 
ln -s /home/user/.steam [Your Windows Steam folder]

I can't type environment variables in vBulletin, apparently, but in BASH you can usually use "$ H O M E" without the spaces to refer to your home directory instead of typing in /home/yourusernamehere
 
See, this is my problem. I tried to simply install Ubuntu, then install Steam. Dual-Booting. But I got so many errors. I tried to "symlink", but no one could tell me what in the world that might be, so it didn't work anyway.

I'm sorry Linux users, but your OS is essentially the most useless piece of software I've ever attempted to try.
 
Revoke said:
See, this is my problem. I tried to simply install Ubuntu, then install Steam. Dual-Booting. But I got so many errors. I tried to "symlink", but no one could tell me what in the world that might be, so it didn't work anyway.

I'm sorry Linux users, but your OS is essentially the most useless piece of software I've ever attempted to try.
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I can see your frustration. It isn't for the faint of heart most of the time. GNU/Linux's various distributions are great for some people, not so good for others. up to you of course.
 
Zeu5 said:
I totally agree with 4. Emulating is actually a lot harder than just making a temp partition and then reverting (or keeping) the install.
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Oh yeah, never thought of that.


Anyways, the reason I put virtualbox is because if you mess up, then you can just delete/uninstall. No risk of mis-partitioning your hard drive and losing all your data.
 
vudu said:
Oh yeah, never thought of that.


Anyways, the reason I put virtualbox is because if you mess up, then you can just delete/uninstall. No risk of mis-partitioning your hard drive and losing all your data.
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This is true. For those who don't know a ton about partitioning it can be extremely easy and fast to lose everything. So vudu's way is easy and safe. Perhaps not the fastest, but will save a lot of headaches.
 
Revoke said:
See, this is my problem. I tried to simply install Ubuntu, then install Steam. Dual-Booting. But I got so many errors. I tried to "symlink", but no one could tell me what in the world that might be, so it didn't work anyway.

I'm sorry Linux users, but your OS is essentially the most useless piece of software I've ever attempted to try.
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Linux has a precipitous learning curve, though my friends swear by it. You did create a new partition and all of that yes? It really might be easier to go with the VM, since as Vudu says, the damage can be contained. Alternatively, break into your local university computer science department, and I guarantee there will be computers running linux :D
 
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