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Hi, I am another Linux user drawn in to purchasing the SR22-Entegra by the Linux support indicator on X-Aviation's product information. I immediately recognized my error when the installation only supported Mac/Windows installers. I immediately sent an email to support requesting that there be a refund or credit made to the account. This was December 1st 2021. It is now only a week from Christmas and have received no further information regarding how this is to be resolved. More surprising is the fact X-Aviation still indicates the SR-22 Entegra is supported on Linux. My preferred option would be to have the SR22 functional on my Linux installation of X-Plane. The means to achieving this is to have the gizmo64.plugin linux compatible. It might have been many distributions in the past, but there has been nothing since 2018. For this to occur Ben Russell the Gizmo developer would need to be on board and indications are this is not likely to occur. I hope I have viewed the wrong threads regarding this but the age of this unresolved post seems to indicate otherwise. Shame. There are quite a few products in the market place that use Gizmo. The flight factor A320 comes to mind. In the mean time, what can I expect from X-Aviation with regards to my non-functional purchase? Russell Diehl VATPAC VFR Coordinator

This question pertains to members of a VATSIM group with whom I undertake regular online flying. I am unable to purchase any X-Aviation aircraft myself due to the lack of Linux support. Note, this is inconsistent to the X-plane multi-platform philosophy and is very disappointing. However the issue at hand concerns the means by which products at X-Aviation implements its DRM. Reading some entries in this forum sometime ago suggested security appears to make use of a Machine ID. If this is right, then is it correct to say that those X-Plane users that have their installations on portable SSDs so they can take them away for use on their laptops will fail licensing checks rendering any aircraft purchased here unusable when attempting to load them on a second machine? A number of my friends have expressed an interest in the SR22, DC3 and others. I have advised them to hold off until I clarified the situation in this regard. Any advice would be appreciated. I also apologise if this has been addressed elsewhere in these forums and feel free to redirect me as appropriate. Rusty.