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With Steam start by downloading the game. Then go to the game folder: Windows Steam - /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gamename/drive_c/Steam/steamapps/common/game Linux Steam - /home/username/.local/Steam/steamapps/common/game Normally there is some kind of .vdf file with a script that...

Great post and tutorial Daniel! I never thought about posting some of the typical day-to-day issues with Linux. Mint has come to be my favorite distro and Cinnamon my favorite environment. I know where everything is and how to tweak or administrate what I need done. Since Mint 16 they have...

Sorry, Riders of Icarus is one of those games that will not run because of anti-cheat software. Wine isn't compatible with the anti-cheat software, so the game will never launch. I tested Riders of Icarus and never got past the launcher/updater client. So I had to play it in Windows. Its been...

I don't really know... I mostly use the Win10 theme at this point and do not notice any huge difference with native games. The difference is so small that I don't notice any extra CPU usage on any of my PCs. They range from: Core2Duo -> AMD Phandom 3-core GeForce 550Ti -> GTX 1060 4 GB DDR3 ->...

Firestarter is a wave based First Person Shooter where you clear areas to move forward. Every time you move to a new arena a new weapon is available and a new enemy appears. Utilize the typical FPS arsenal: SMG's, Heavy machine guns, shotguns, rocket launchers and more. Follow my...

Hmm, I didn't even notice. Its mostly decoration, so I'm not sure how that would use up additional CPU over any other theme? I have noticed in general, that Cinnamon has some extra over-head. Not enough to kill things, but I have tested games in OpenBox here-and-there and gained a few frames...

I totally forgot about that. You can choose your workspaces to show screens or names. So if you name them: 1 2 3 4 Then all you will see is numbers. Also play around with Ctrl+Alt+ArrowKeys There are some pretty need settings and ways to move your windows around to different workspaces

Ah, thats why. You have dual monitors so its showing both. You can check workspace settings...

Nope, its probably because the size of your resolution. What size screens do you have? What is the screen resolution?

Its the low resolution on the laptop. If you have dual monitors the workspaces are extra wide. You don't even really need the buttons, you can switch them with: Ctrl+Alt+Left & Right Arrow Keys

My Mint 18.3 setup is pretty basic. Windows 10 theme, remove the word "Menu" one Panel with desktop switcher on the right and some simple controls like battery and date. This is my work laptop, but at home on my Towers its very similar. Wallpaper was found on http://deadendthrills.com/

Did you find it in /home/daniel/themes ?

Awesome! I'm glad because any abandoneware version will be vanilla. GOG has a newer version with a new engine. So it should look and play much better.

That is GREAT news! I'll try installing Gecko as well an see if I can finally login to Battle.net client. I only use what the guide recommends, but was never able to login to battle.net So I have the minimum: corefonts d3dx9 d3dx10 d3dx11 tahoma

Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't fully understand what you were asking. Mobygames shows that it is Windows 95 compatible and Direct X 3 So feel free to go to Wine Configuration and select Windows 95 as the operating system Then install PlayOnLinux Packages: DirectX9 This is strange that GOG put...

Yes, this is true. As you can see, each theme only has limited control to the Graphical User Interface. The themes can only change the appearance and scale of: Menu Panels Window decoration That is about it. So its true Windows-Aero doesn't really simulate the "aero" experience.

Did it work? I can't believe it uses Direct X 3... thats funny

I know that is a REALLY old game, so is there a mouse setting anywhere? There isn't much out there... there should be a config.cfg in the game folder. Look through it with Text Editor and maybe there is a mouse sensitivity setting in there? Apparently this is an OpenGL game, so you can't...

There are a couple of mouse settings that might help. I noticed in most games the mouse is way too sensitive. So normally I lower it almost to the least sensitive in-game. This doesn't always work, but most of the time it does. I also always use the "Automatically capture the mouse in...

I have been using the Windows7-Aero theme for a long time, but its no longer available in Mint 18.3 So I've been using the new Windows 10 theme and its very nice. In fact, you can make a few changes to the theme, like adding your own icon for the Menu or even migrate your old themes to the Mint...