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Where did you download the file ? FlightSim.com ? You can find much better links for mirrors or Torrent files on this page: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/

Hi Dimitri, Here's the support forum for the 777 by Ramzzess & Philipp: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showforum=152 Where did you buy this plane ? Can you see an error inside your Log.txt file ?

What are your regional settings for numbers inside your operating system ? Is your decimal mark a point or a coma ?

Very alarming topic title. I first thought it's about a real world Airbus because in the "Recently discussed forum topics" you don't see the name of the subforum.

(My route and more pictures here.)

It's working great with Oahu: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?245317-Island-of-Oahu Please check your scenery_packs.ini file. Happy flying.

Your efforts are welcome ! I hope you'll not get into trouble. Cameron is really upset about the Linux sales.

This is a very good point Mario. What is Linux ? Of course it's not only Ubuntu. In my 1st answer to this thread about revenues, I was talking about the most popular Linux distro: "Android". For the desktop, Ubuntu and Mint (all from the Debian family) may be popular. But you can find several more very famous distributions, like OpenSuse, Fedora, etc... I started in the 90's with Slackware 2.0. The 32-bit binaries I made for this operating system still work today with the latest Ubuntu. But packages are a point where it has to be improved and this is still not fixed in 2013. Diversity has many advantages, and for the end user it makes not really a difference if software has been installed using a .deb or a .rpm or a .tgz file. But for the developer, it's a time loss and . Do developers need to support every distribution ? NO. If a Linux user wants to use another distribution he just can, thanks to LSB. That makes it possible for a Fedora user to install Steam, although Steam is only supported with Ubuntu for now. If there's a problem he can't contact the support but, there's another option: he can still download the supported distribution for free. Fact is: to enjoy X-Plane, you don't need to give your hard earned money to companies like Microsoft or Apple which are hiding their revenues in tax havens, are making sure small companies have to pay more and more taxes, and are infringing competition rules every day. Stores: Sorry I don't know what's in the Mint store or package manager. All I can say, the library names you need for X-Plane are the same everywhere in the Debian family. Can Mint users buy the same products in their store ? I don't know, but they can install the Ubuntu Software Center on their distribution. Here you can find the top 10 for the paid apps in this store: http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/08/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-for-july/ What did I need to do to install X-Plane ? 1) Install the Nvidia proprietary driver (about 3 clicks and 1 restart) 2) Install ia32-libs and libopenal1 (very easy with Synaptic or the Software Center) 3) Launch the X-Plane installer (french speaking X-Plane users can find help here) When the CRJ-200 was released, I installed a newer driver using the PPA from the Ubuntu-X team. The performance was much better. Today I'm using the 319.32 driver, recommended and installed by the Steam client. I don't know if step 2 is still required today if you only want to use the 64-bit version of X-Plane. According posts I could read in forums, mounting the DVD X-Plane needs to remove the demo mode can be a pain with some distributions. I don't know it this is fixed now. If not, you can find command lines to do it manually. According to posts in forums, Ati OpenGL drivers for Linux are still b######t. In the Ati world and Linux, Only 3D desktop users are happy, not X-Plane users. But I'd be glad to read up to date reports from X-Plane Linux users using ATI/AMD GPUs. Is this true or a myth ?

"Free software" is about freedom, it's not a matter of price: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html This helps for software, this helps developers so they don't need to write every library and programming language from scratch, open licenses are also very useful for data, like data.x-plane.com or OpenStreetMap. As a user, I can only help other users. But I can't modify X-Plane with the installer, nor the X-Plane Wiki, nor the way it's distributed. It's proprietary software. When Laminar Research started to sell the mobile version for iOS and Android, they didn't just tell their user to download a package from x-plane.com. They submitted their work to Apple Store and Google Play, were the users are, and these users didn't need to read complicated pages.

X-Plane could be easy to install, just like on the Play Store or Apple Store for mobile devices. As long as it's on a separate website with very long pages to find and read, it will not become a popular app. Linux advocates will not help here. They'll tell you to install only free software because their goal is freedom for the users, not sales.

Funny thing: all the complains about Linux here are because of the software by Laminar Research, not the OS. Installing software on Linux is very very simple: 1) You go to the Software Center (or package manager) 2) You select the solftware you want to install 3) You click install 4) When there's an update, you get a notification or an automatic update. This is not the case in Windows or Mac OS. These operating systems are almost empty, no programs and tools inside. Some of them don't even have an office suite or a PDF reader. You have to find everything on the net or in shops, and install everything with separate installers and updaters just like in the past century. This is the part where new users (not IT experts), install spyware & malware & bloatware instead of a descent reader. Back to X-Plane: I couldn't find X-Plane in my Software Center (nor X-Aviation add-ons). This is why most Linux users don't even know there's a Linux version for X-Plane. When they know the name "X-Plane", they continue to think it's a small mobile app for Android and iOS. If you go to gaming/simulation in the Software Center, you'll find FlightGear, not X-Plane. You can also find payware apps, the Software Center is not only for Free Open-Source Software. This is also the place where I'm informed when a new Indi Bundle is available, or Steam. Let's Google how to install X-Plane on Linux ("install x-plane linux"). 1st match is this: http://wiki.x-plane.com/Linux_Installation_Walkthrough ??? For someone who is not an IT expert (or a Linux user who is not used to complicated procedures), does this explain something ? I don't know. But I think this page could be improved with useful information: the names of the needed libraries you have to install so a user only has to copy & paste the names in his Software Center or package manager. You also need the proprietary driver for your GPU. I never saw X-Plane 10 running on open-source drivers. It should be written somewhere. There's a link to the X-Plane.org Linux forum, but you may have to read several pinned topics before you find the information you need. Conclusion: if you don't have a distribution where all the needed libraries are already installed, you'll need to find answers and they are not easy to find for someone who is used to install software with a simple click. I only hope Austin Meyer will not think the same way about economics and how returns should be, because then, he would not only drop the Linux version but also the Mac & Windows versions, returns are a lot better on the iOS market (mobile X-Plane, Xavion, etc...).

I paid your price, so you can't blame me and your other Linux customers for your low returns.

Cameron, you're the vendor, we are your customers. You can't just ask your paying Linux customers "to get in a row and back their platform with sales". We already purchased your available products, we already published flight reports and screen shots in several forums. Do you realize that this helped your Mac & Windows sales ? You don't see any communication problem ? Another example: during years, there was a "Linux soon" label for some of your products and it became this (and this is not IXEG): As I said, it's your freedom not to support a platform, but communication is very important for a business. If you think "Linux users all are extremely vocal", maybe it's because they don't get the same support for the same price, and because of your past statements, or false labels, they expected something. So there's nothing strange about the bad sales. X-Plane is a niche market, and Linux users are a minority in this market. I just say, your Linux sales could have been closer to the real Linux "market share" with another kind of communication & support.

Cameron, do you think we are from the X-Aviation marketing department and responsible for the sales on the Linux platform ? Please don't forget this: we are your paying customers. How did you try to convince more customers ? Your developers already made the work and compilation for the missing plug-in, you have the Linux installers, and you don't want to sell more products to your existing Linux customers ? OK it's your freedom, but this also explains your "1%" or the number of customers you can count on "one hand".

Global stats for the X-Aviation installers can't give you a market share, especially if you don't subtract the numbers for 5 of your only Mac & Windows products: Corvalis, Falco, Jetstream, DC-3, and now also the MU-2

For living rooms, they'll need console games. All the games I bought with my Steam account are designed for a keyboard + mouse. Most games I bought are not available on Steam, and their vendors don't even know I'm using them on Linux. When I have the choice between Steam and the original store (like the last game I purchased: Kerbal Space Program), I buy it from the author's store. GNU/Linux users are a minority, but I consider the "1%" as an urban legend especially for the X-Plane market. I hope you'll find help to build a Linux version for Gizmo. As long as there's not this support, aircraft authors using your plug-in will miss some customers.

You're right Mario, when talking about Valve or X-Plane, or "serious" gaming, it's not the same topic as mobile gaming with Android (Linux), iOS (BSD) or other mobile operating systems or even console games. I just wanted to say, when you're looking at the revenues, it has become a very important market, and they're also using a Linux kernel: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-now-makes-more-in-gaming-revenue-than-Nintendo-or-Sony_id46671 Austin (or Ben) where also talking about this in a FSBreak interview, but this was before the case with a patent troll. Will Valve be able to convince Windows gamers to switch to their new hardware running with Linux ? I don't know. Will the Microsoft and PC manufacturers cartel be able to preserve the Windows "market share" ? I don't know. Was Microsoft able to convince Windows users to switch to their new "Windows 8" operating system ? The answer for now is no. To illustrate this, just look at the latest MSFS add-on, the 777 by PMDG, and their minimum system requirements: "OS: Windows 7 64-bit (older OSes such as Windows XP, 32-bit OSes, and Windows 8 may work, but we cannot guarantee compatibility or support)". What's the future for Windows if the newest version has no support from famous add-on authors known for their endorsement to Microsoft ? It looks like Gabe Newell is not the only editor who has a problem with the future of Windows. That's another reason why I think we're lucky that you're in the Laminar Research team. +1. For me and for you, it was not a surprise because we're reading forums. But imagine the customer who bought this add-on, received an e-mail from the store about the new version, installed this new version (the Linux installer worked great and was still there), and who discovered inside X-Plane that's there's no plug-in for him...

Android is based on a Linux kernel. Ask Google if you want to know how many thousands of gaming apps they're selling every day on the Play Store.

(This is the new 1.5 version for the Eclipse 550)

Luxembourg (ELLX) to Keflavik (BIKF) Add-ons: XPFR Luxembourg + SimHeaven.com ground textures + OSM2XP + R&P Boeing 777-200LR + Aerosoft Keflavik