LMDE7 work

[Glenn]

I've been playing with the new beta and noticed that some of the games don't work out of the box, I've gone through most of them and have a list of extra base packages to add to the Apply LastOS Base Packages, as debian doesn't include basic things like jpeg, FLAC and sdl2 libraries, so I'll update it to check for those, then so long as you install the base package, most games will work fine, including scummvm, braid and worms etc.

I don't mind LMDE and everything else seems to work fine from LLStore.

 

[Glenn]

Actually I'm going to make a new package called Apply Linux Games Runtimes and move all of them in there, it makes more sense to keep them seperated.

Built and testing now, doing a LastOSLinux LMDE7 Base

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Hmmm I noticed during the build that I have Apply Runtimes already, I might look at combining both of them as these are for apps and tools and the others are for games, but SDL2 is required for both sometimes etc. so makes sense to combine them perhaps.

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Tested, the OS is under a DVD 4.7gb and seems to build and install as intended. I'll do some real world testing and decide whats next.

 

[Glenn]

Uploading a LMDE7 ISO, it is still a Beta, but as the Mint 22.2 was also a beta, I would say it's ready to use, no issues for me.

I did update the LLStore, due to it NOT putting msiexec /quiet /noreboot /i before the Gamers.Runtimes ssApp, this caused it to not be silent in Debian, which is strange as it worked in Mint, but now it works in both. I also cleaned up how it would place the .dll files in the root of C: instead of in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

Remember LMDE7 doesn't have a driver manager built in like Mint 22.2, so if you need Propitiatory NVidia drivers, you'll have to do it from Terminal (maybe the store works, but I just don't know myself as I'll keep using Mint 22.2 over LMDE7). It's just nice to know I can switch to it if Ubuntu died

I've not been able to complete the games I was working on, way too much going on in life, it's not a priority to me to add more games as I wont be installing them to Refurbished PC's, but I will make them available eventually, it takes a while per game as I need to test each works on each distro and has all it's dependencies, Like I said, my LMDE7 has now, but Manjaro still will require you install the Apply Runtimes and Apply Games Runtimes packages for it to offer the same compatibility as the Mint release. - Same for any Distro you manually install LLStore on, I'd also recommend the Base pack and the Recommended Extras, as well as the Fonts.