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Title: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: pbj on December 02, 2014, 02:30:30 pm

What do?

Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: Louis Tully on December 02, 2014, 05:27:04 pm

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Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: pbj on December 02, 2014, 11:08:00 pm

Oh lawd...

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Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: Louis Tully on December 03, 2014, 02:44:23 am

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Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: HaRuMaN on December 03, 2014, 09:16:47 am

Ahh linux & SUDO....

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png)

Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: General_Faliure on December 06, 2014, 07:17:58 am

I tried crunchbang a while ago, but the current version is a bit old.
It would be a great back-end for an arcade cab, but are the emulators a bit up to date?
I am currently using Lubuntu, which works well for me.

Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: nitrogen_widget on December 07, 2014, 12:39:44 am

I have pclinuxos lxde.
One 32 bit with compiled advance Mame .106 and booting up to icewm using about 80 mb of ram and another with 64 bit patched Mame .149 .
The 32 bit version will run on a p3 1 GHz with 256 mb of ram.
A little slow to get going and booted up but afterwords all is good.

The 64 bit version  I'm not too concerned with memory usage but its still under 150mb.
Took a lot of installs and failed attempts at compiling to get it right.
But I think it was worth it.

Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: General_Faliure on December 07, 2014, 06:29:20 am

Why compile?
Isn't Mame in the repositories?
That's why i use Lubuntu, you can find almost everything in the repositories, or add extra PPA's, or install stuff from .DEB files.

Title: Re: So an idiot downloads Crunchbang and wants to play MAME on it
Post by: nitrogen_widget on December 07, 2014, 07:44:24 am

Quote from: General_Faliure on December 07, 2014, 06:29:20 am

Why compile?
Isn't Mame in the repositories?
That's why i use Lubuntu, you can find almost everything in the repositories, or add extra PPA's, or install stuff from .DEB files.

I compile because I like having some control over which version of Mame I use and I like not having the nag screen.