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[MRORANGE]

Want that TF2 Tux penguin? then listen up:

Easiest way: Wubi, USB flash drives may not work., Go to step 15 once done - use wubi to uninstall as well.

OR

How to install Ubuntu on your PC to get the Tux:

1. Go to start, type in Computer Management
2. Drop down to Disk Management in that window
3. Select your active drive (one with windows installed), right click and select "Shrink Volume"
4. Shrink the drive to 25GB or 25600mb
5. Go to Ubuntu and download the 32bit version of 12.10
6. You can either burn to CD or make a bootable USB, I went for USB, download Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer
7. Open the app, select your ISO of Ubuntu and the USB drive you want to install too.
8. In the persistent file size option, you can set it to any size (4096mb max) if you want to try out Steam on the USB drive before installing Ubuntu.
9. Once completed restart your computer, remember to set the Bios to boot from USB!
10. If everything has worked you can boot into Ubuntu, depending on your hardware you may have no internet connection from WLAN, I reccomend a LAN cable.
11. Once you are in you have two choices, Install Ubuntu or try it out on your USB drive - click on install
12. Go through the basic setup options, Ubunut is smart enough to detect that 25gb space you made and will install it on that.
13. Once completed restart your pc and remove the USB drive from the computer.
14. Boot into Ubuntu and login, you will realize that you have this purple screen at start-up, we will fix this later.
15. Launch Firefox and go to the steam website and download the client.
16. Open the downloaded file and click install, it might ask you for your password, go ahead.
17. Once the debian package of ubuntu has installed you will have a steam icon on your desktop, click it and let it update.
18. Steam might download some packages that are missing in the terminal window, agree ('y') and type in your password.
19. Login into steam and download TF2!
20. I recommend click on the navigation bar at the top which says steam and search for video drivers while installing TF2. I also recommend doing any software updates that Ubuntu wants to carry out.
21. Once installed, launch TF2 and pray to Gaben you can get past the Valve logo screen.

How to get rid of the Ubuntu bootloader at start-up:

1. Turn on the computer and select Windows.
2. Login and download EasyBCD 2.
3. Launch the program and go to Manage Bootloader, select 'Re-install the Windows Vista/7 Booatloader' and then click on 'Write MBR'
4. Click on Add/Remove Entries and see if Windows and Ubuntu are listed, if Ubuntu is not there add and Entry under Linux
5. For Type select : GRUB 2, Name: what ever you want: 'Ubuntu' and for device: select the Linux partition.
6. Click on the Save button and exit program, restart your PC to see if it has worked.

You have the Tux, how to remove Ubuntu:

1. Go to start, type in Computer Management.
2. Drop down to Disk Management in that window.
3. Delete the 25gb partition that you used for Ubuntu. (including the swap partition!)
4. Select your Windows drive, right click and click 'extend partition'.
5. Select the size you want to reclaim.
6. Launch EasyBCD 2
7. Click on Add/Remove Entries and remove Ubuntu from the list.
8. Save and restart the PC, your computer will directly boot into Windows now and will have no trace of Ubuntu.


your mileage may vary, do it at your own risk.

 

[clip]

Once you get that penguin, the pussy will flow like wine.

 

[dorkimoe]

Once you get that penguin, the pussy will flow like wine.

wow haha

that thing is cool though, but what is it? A grenade? Or uhhh just a backpack item?

 

[Ferrio]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

 

[zephervack]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

Hat economy at work.

 

[MRORANGE]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

Why else would you install Linux?

 

[Ferrio]

Why else would you install Linux?

Year of the linux desktop :| .

 

[Zia]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

I'm on a Mac. I'm so apathetic I'm having someone else set everything up on their computer so I can swing by this weekend, log into Steam and claim my doll clothes.

 

[Grief.exe]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

Its actually a good thing.

Gives people a tangible reason to install the OS. Then maybe they will adopt it as their main OS once its installed.

 

[UnluckyKate]

like mac earbuds, this will get incredible value over time

 

[la_briola]

like mac earbuds, this will get incredible value over time

No. You don't need extra hardware this time.

 

[MRORANGE]

No. You don't need extra hardware this time.

you can run OSX on non-apple hardware.

 

[chiablo]

Its actually a good thing.

Gives people a tangible reason to install the OS. Then maybe they will adopt it as their main OS once its installed.

 

[EagleBurnn]

Until Linux gets the money to pay manufactures to be pre-installed on computers like Windows and OSX, it's not going anywhere notable.

 

[Ferrio]

Its actually a good thing.

Gives people a tangible reason to install the OS. Then maybe they will adopt it as their main OS once its installed.

Except the whole section about deleting it.

 

[Chesskid1]

can you put a time estimate at the end? would be very helpful IMO


oh and thanks! i will be using this guide later.

 

[MRORANGE]

can you put a time estimate at the end? would be very helpful IMO

if you have everything downloaded and ready to go, it will take less than an hour to set up, I honestly can't remember.

The main issue is downloading TF2 all over again, although you might be able to copy the maps /sounds folder from windows to linux, but I cannot vouch for that.

 

[Clever Pun]

I played some TF2 on Linux (already using it for a web dev box) today, but didn't get the item yet. Should it come right away?

 

[M3d10n]

Until Linux gets the money to pay manufactures to be pre-installed on computers like Windows and OSX, it's not going anywhere notable.

And pay clueless users to not ask their friends/relatives to install a pirated copy of Windows on it when they find it too strange or cannot run some random program/game/whatever they found on the internet.

 

[Slamtastic]

Too much work.

I may be willing to buy games I never intend to play to get their promos, but I draw the line here.

 

[la_briola]

you can run OSX on non-apple hardware.

That doesn't work on every hardware configuration, AFAIK. And is this even legal? Oh, and it cost money, Linux is free.

 

[Shambles]

you can run OSX on non-apple hardware.

Only some hardware. And you can't do it for free like you can with linux. This will just be a cheap vanity item and won't ever become nearly as valuable as the buds.

 

[Zia]

I played some TF2 on Linux (already using it for a web dev box) today, but didn't get the item yet. Should it come right away?

They'll release a TF2 update with the item included tonight.

 

[la_briola]

Until Linux gets the money to pay manufactures to be pre-installed on computers like Windows and OSX, it's not going anywhere notable.

Linux is not a company. :lol
Btw: DELL and other vendors are selling Linux based computers.

 

[CountAntonius]

I'm gonna sell this in the shop in two months and upgrade my pc. =)

 

[Clever Pun]

They'll release a TF2 update with the item included tonight.

good to know!

 

[Spruchy]

plz remove the section about removing it so people will give linux a chance

 

[DJ Crimson]

Yea

 

[elektrixx]

I'd rather pay the premium than go through all that.

 

[Vamphuntr]

plz remove the section about removing it so people will give linux a chance

Now now, people want the TF2 item and not some OS where most of their games won't run on it.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

plz remove the section about removing it so people will give linux a chance

What if someone wants to remove it?

 

[Deadstar]

What if I end up liking linux more than windows?

 

[Damian.]

I like the double click .exe method myself.

 

[ant_]

I'm gonna sell this in the shop in two months and upgrade my pc. =)

You and everyone else.

 

[Yeef]

This won't be nearly as valuable as earbuds.

Earbuds were limited to macs; a paid platform.

Earbuds were released before the Mannconomy update that made trading possible.

Earbuds were released before TF2 went free-to-play.

Tons of people have a million and one idler accounts nowadays. They can get a million and two Tuxes with just one install.

 

[Iadien]

I would laugh if valve made the item no trade.

 

[ThaiGrocer]

A small warning. Wubi performance on every computer I've tried (3 so far) has been sluggish. There are long locks ups now and then. So don't judge the OS when using wubi.

 

[DrSlek]

I already have an Ubuntu virtual machine. I wonder if I could just run TF2 from that to get Tux?

 

[Dodecagon]

A small warning. Wubi performance on every computer I've tried (3 so far) has been sluggish. There are long locks ups now and then. So don't judge the OS when using wubi.

Anybody actually willing to give linux a try should try redhat 18.

yum install steam and never look back!

 

[Treechopper]

Linux is like Betty. She gets the cold shoulder from Archie most of the time but when Veronica isn't around he realizes how awesome she is.

I didn't realize how good Linux was until it was the only operating system installed and I had to use it regularly

 

[Dodecagon]

I already have an Ubuntu virtual machine. I wonder if I could just run TF2 from that to get Tux?

Yes!

 

[Persona7]

Linux is not a company. :lol
Btw: DELL and other vendors are selling Linux based computers.

Ubuntu Linux is maintained by Canonical Ltd.

Is Steam still ubuntu only?

 

[la_briola]

Ubuntu Linux is maintained by Canonical Ltd.

Ubuntu ist just one of many distributions.

Is Steam still ubuntu only?

Nope, and it never was.

 

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I would laugh if valve made the item no trade.

i'm half expecting that actually.

 

[FireRises]

This is cool I guess, maybe it'll help drive people to try linux if they never have. I've been playing TF2 on linux for a week or two now, it runs and looks great.

Couldn't you just use VirtualBox or Parallels for this?

Yup

 

[Acidote]

I'll repost from the other thread:

After three evenings trying to make TF2 on Ubuntu with my AMD card, I give up. I'll have a friend get me that penguin. All this was more out of curiosity than anything.

Could not find required OpenGL entry point "glGetError"! Either your video card is unsupported, or your OpenGL driver needs to be updated

In terminal I can read this:

PROBLEM: You appear to have OpenGL 1.4.0, but we need at least 2.0.0!

But AMD reports I have 4.2 so that's not really it. And the driver installation is completely clean.

So I give up and say that, today, a steam linux market is inviable and major deals have to be made with card manufacturers for an easier driver installation. That, or they can wait a few months until AMD is bankrupt.

 

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I'll repost from the other thread:

After three evenings trying to make TF2 on Ubuntu with my AMD card, I give up. I'll have a friend get me that penguin. All this was more out of curiosity than anything.



In terminal I can read this:



But AMD reports I have 4.2 so that's not really it. And the driver installation is completely clean.

So I give up and say that, today, a steam linux market is inviable and major deals have to be made with card manufacturers for an easier driver installation. That, or they can wait a few months until AMD is bankrupt.

Are you using the official driver or the open source driver?

 

[Iadien]

patch is out...

 

[Acidote]

I've tried with both cleaning them properly before every change. Unistalling that, xorg con file, installing lib32 libraries (64 bit ver.) It should be working. It is not.

 

[batteryLeakage]

Actually kinda sad that people would go through all this trouble... but not actually try and use the OS.

Yeah you guys should at least give the OS a shot. You just might like it.