Main > Linux
More info on Mame options for Linux. GroovyArcade the norm now?
nitrogen_widget:
Source code and compiling isn't so bad.
It can be a pain tracking down dependencies but you do learn a few things.
Especially if it doesn't go right at first.
But I believe attract mode is also on the latest groovy arcade disc.
And retrofe has a 64 bit binary for Linux.
jukingeo:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on February 27, 2015, 06:17:25 am ---Source code and compiling isn't so bad.
It can be a pain tracking down dependencies but you do learn a few things.
Especially if it doesn't go right at first.
--- End quote ---
Not so good with doing it that way. Hit and miss sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I usually pefer .deb files as they unpack and install automatically.
--- Quote ---But I believe attract mode is also on the latest groovy arcade disc.
--- End quote ---
Really? I just downloaded and burned a Groovy Arcade disc about a week ago. It isn't on there. AdvMenu is on it as well as WahCade for front end work.
--- Quote ---And retrofe has a 64 bit binary for Linux.
--- End quote ---
Oh, so that wouldn't work then? I have a regular Intel i5 machine.
nitrogen_widget:
I could of sworn I saw someone thanking calamity for putting attractmode on the latest groovy.
did you get it from the official site or here?
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NB2HYUHHktUFZXTWJfbHpzUlE&usp=sharing
most CPU's from pentium D and newer support 64 bit.
You just need to run a 64bit OS on them.
lacanian:
The install is smooth. I recently wrote a how to which I'll put on the wiki soon for the install. GroovyArcade is built on Arch Linux and is very light weight. It can boot of a USB drive or CD so you can test it for yourself without installing it.
I'm hearing more and more about attract mode. Hopefully it can do more than hyper spin and its cross platform.
Would people like attract mode included in groovyarcade?
jukingeo:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on February 28, 2015, 09:26:09 pm ---I could of sworn I saw someone thanking calamity for putting attractmode on the latest groovy.
did you get it from the official site or here?
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NB2HYUHHktUFZXTWJfbHpzUlE&usp=sharing
most CPU's from pentium D and newer support 64 bit.
You just need to run a 64bit OS on them.
--- End quote ---
No I didn't get it from that site. At any rate, so far I have not tried out Groovy because my main computer has it's monitor on the secondary video port. The VGA output is the 2nd port and the DVI output is the primary port. So I have to try it on another machine when I get the chance.
Oh, wait. Are you saying that I need a 64 bit machine / OS to run Groovy?
--- Quote from: lacanian on March 01, 2015, 07:37:50 am ---The install is smooth. I recently wrote a how to which I'll put on the wiki soon for the install. GroovyArcade is built on Arch Linux and is very light weight. It can boot of a USB drive or CD so you can test it for yourself without installing it.
I'm hearing more and more about attract mode. Hopefully it can do more than hyper spin and its cross platform.
Would people like attract mode included in groovyarcade?
--- End quote ---
As I mentioned to Nitrogen-Widget, Groovy doesn't like my main computer setup because my main monitor is on the secondary port and it is asking for the primary port of which I have nothing connected to. So I get a display error message. I have to try it on another machine where the VGA port is the primary port. I DO like the idea of it booting from a USB drive as I can set that to read only once it is set up and thus have a complete solid state system.
Well, I will say that I DO like Hyperspin in terms of look and functionality, but what I don't like is that you need a modern machine to run it. As it is, I generally use my 'retired' computers for Mame. So far I been happy with Mala, BUT it is for Windows. As it stand I am trying to get away from using Windows. If there is a nice arcade looking FE for Linux then I would jump on using a Linux based OS in a heartbeat.
As it is I like to use older systems because I have two older rom sets. I have .58 and .84. I have a partial on .100. But I stopped there as Mame is getting bigger and bigger to support the newer games. I have no interest in those. I am fine with the games from the 80's.
Thank You,
Geo