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Any regrets going with Linux?

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General_Faliure:

--- Quote from: cigardude on November 26, 2012, 04:22:20 pm ---I am planning a vertical cab soon and want to do the linux thing. What has been your experience with a rotated monitor?

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It should be possible, but i never tried it.

krisbee:
No regrets, have had my cab for 3-4 years now - and things just WORK, plus I can bend the system to do exactly what I want, usually with just a one line script.  Having said that, I am using VERY old equipment, a 2006 Distro, and older emus as well.  However, with what I do with it, which is PLAY, it works great (even the laserdisc games).

digitalhobbit:
I ended up going with Lubuntu 12.10, and it's been working out great. My system boots up in just a few seconds (from SSD), straight into Wahcade (or rather the latest devel version, aka Mahcade). My MiniPac and my two U360s are working great, although I haven't attempted to configure the system to load any custom joystick maps yet (instead, I'm keeping it in analog mode and letting Mame handle the mapping). I still need to tie up the last few lose ends (create a custom Wahcade layout for my 1920x1200 LCD display, set up console emulators, etc.), but so far I'm very happy with this setup.

The only thing I've struggled with is finding a good USB wifi adapter. The two I've tried (with different chipsets, one of which was supposed to have good Linux support) both turned out to be pretty flakey, frequently dropping the connection. I ended up going with a cheap TP-Link wifi / ethernet bridge from Fry's instead, and connecting this via an ethernet cable, and my wifi connection has been working flawlessly since then.

And I love the fact that I can ssh in (or use NX / NoMachine when I need a GUI) to remotely administer my machine.

galaxian77:
Linux is a great base for emulation. I've successfully been using "Groovy Arcade" (which is based on "Arch Linux") for many years now on several cabinets, and it's excellent, stable, and more importantly, very accurate in emulating MAME. If someone was setting up a cabinet for the first time, I would recommend Groovy Arcade (Live distribution) over any other setup, due to it's ease of installation. Another (VERY) important feature of Groovy Arcade, is that it nativity supports most arcade monitors "out of the box". It really is easy to setup - even if you aren't a Linux head!

NightSprinter:
I know I'm bringing an old thread up, but for emulation and overall classic gaming, it's been great to be honest.  The only minor issues are that some retro style games (Rocky Memphis and the Temple of Ophuxoff) won't run at all in Wine, and for some reason I get errors when trying to rotate vertical games in MAME.  Other than that, sourceports of a lot of my favorite DOS games (Doom, Tyrian, etc) just look gorgeous in 15KHz.

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