Linux operating system
Hi all,
Although our church uses Proclaim on Windoze I would like to be able to use it on my Linux computer at home.
Support say that there are no plans to create a linux version (just Windows & Mac).
Has anybody found a way around this?
I have considered running Windows in VirtualBox on Linux but I'm afraid everything just runs too slow to be workable. ... and I had no success using Wine.
I would appreciate any thoughts.
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I don't know of a workaround - someone else in the forums may chime in though.
One thing to note is that Proclaim benefits greatly from dedicated video memory and hardware acceleration. Many emulators (and other applications that allow you to remote into another machine) do not enable hardware acceleration - which may be why you are seeing some of the performance issues.
We'd like to be able to develop a Linux version of Proclaim but supporting multiple platforms can get expensive and we would like to focus on the platforms we already support for now.
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The technology behind virtual machines is such that you will not notice a difference in speed. I used to use Logos on a virtual machine on linux with no noticeable difference in performance.
Jim
Running on ASUS Windows 10 I7 24 gig of ram, 1 Terabyte drive.
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
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Jim, while you are correct that there should not be a noticeable difference in processing speed, VM's do not support DirectX. Any applications with a higher graphical load (like Proclaim) will typically exhibit choppy or sluggish behavior as a result. Proclaim has been tested firsthand on a number of VM's and even on a newer Macbook Pro there is considerable graphical lag.
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Thanks for your replies.
I was using Oracle's Virtual Box in Linux which was totally unworkable. So I changed to VMWare Player which seems to work much better on my system BUT I'm afraid I still can't use Proclaim...it is so slow and occasionally just seems to 'hang'.
Oh well ..... back to my Windoze..
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I also have issues with VMWare and choppiness. In my experience, however, it's not limited to Proclaim.
As Nick mentioned, if you do find a reliable workaround we'd love to hear about it and work towards supporting it.
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This thread is old, but just wondering if any progress has been made on porting Proclaim to Linux. With new ftatpack technology, only one download woukd be necessary to create the multiple versions that once was the linuxverse.
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I'm not aware of anyone working on porting Proclaim at this time. We have a team that is diligently working to successfully port Logos over.
Logos 10 - OpenSuse Tumbleweed, Windows 11, Android 15 & Android 14
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Hi - as you can see I originally asked the question in 2016 - my current workaround:-
1. Get a really fast/powerful computer !!
2. Use QEMU /VM manager to run a virtual box and run Windows 10 - and hence Proclaim.
By this method I have found Proclaim more reliable/faster than on my Windoze computer - I presume that's because Proclaim is the one and only program I have on that virtual machine - Iuse it for nothing else.
Not a perfect solution, but it works.
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I often use Chrome Remote desktop to access my faster computer (at home) to do tasks I can't do at speed on my office computer.
Running proclaim on a remote windows computer from any OS (windows, Linux, Android, ChromeOS, or IOS) should be perfectly fine.
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