After Newell's announcement that Valve will be porting Steam to Ubuntu, I'm pretty sure I'm switching to Linux/Ubuntu.

However, though I realised Halo would work perfectly, I suddenly came to the realisation that Open Sauce is a dll DirectX-based plugin. A plugin that is almost certain to conflict with OS.

So, I would like to ask, does OpenSauce work on Linux, specifically Ubuntu, or are there any workarounds?

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(Edited due to some fool deciding to recommend a Linux distro rather than telling me how to get Halo working on a popular Linux distro)
Edited by Jaz on Jul 28, 2012 at 04:08 PM

Be sure to backup your current configuration before re-installing a new system Jaz.

Getting a new PC so starting from scratch. ;)

Backing up files is always a good idea when switching Operating system on an existing PC though, yes.

I'mma hook up a linuxMint13 machine and try to get this working, then I'll tell you.
But... why not find out, if you want to know? no time to do so?

I haven't got a computer of my own that I'm exactly allowed to test it on. This is my dad's computer. It doesn't have much space on it already, 400GB harddrive space reduced to 80GB for reasons I still can't discover, so I most certainly can't get permission to install a 20GB Linux partition.

I'm buying a new computer though, and will probably get Ubuntu instead of a copy of Windows 7 if enough of my games actually work on Linux.

lol damn, I installed opensauce without the HEK
EDIT> I have absolutely no idea how to use wine :/
Edited by OrangeJuice on Jul 28, 2012 at 05:33 PM

I never heard of Ubuntu being any more incompatible with games than any other distro. Explain please?

Oh right, I was actually wondering if there were any issues with Ubuntu with games compared to other Linux distros. Turns out after research there is, but that'll probably be solved by the time I buy my new PC(September, after the first next-gen console, Wii U, is released), as Canonical is aware of the issue.

Anyway, I was entirely hoping to use Ubuntu primarily without any Windows use. I've got a spare copy of XP to use for gaming if Steam for Linux doesn't work out rather than buying Windows 7, but I really hope a lot of Steam games are ported over to Linux.

But this thread itself was primarily to question whether OpenSauce works on Linux with or without WINE. It's already confirmed that Halo itself works fine with Linux through some WINE tricks, but I was wondering if OpenSauce works alongside it as WINE, like Xfire, shares the same hooking format as OS.

I'm using WINE, and have had no issues to date.
Works fine for me, with OS.

You're better off just dual booting or leaving one PC on windows. I have my desktop running windows, for all my CE stuff. Everything else I do on a Macbook Pro and love being away from windows. If you don't mind tinkering with your PC, stick with a linux distro, but if you find to to hard, the grass is greener over here.

Ftfy.

you can install windows on virtual computer (on virtualbox, for example) and install halo on it.
or you can use wine or dual-boot windows and linux.

Btw do NOT buy computer with nvidia graphics card nvidia doesn't like penguins, more info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVpOyKCNZYw

edit1: also you can install any linux program on any linux distribution, you don't need to have installation package, you can install by compiling from source code (with gnu gcc)


Edited by afD2345 on Aug 10, 2012 at 05:40 AM