LAC Sucess Jun2023 on Manjaro

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On 15Jun2023 I downloaded the latest available version of Manjaro desktop LINUX with the XFCE desktop manager. The iso was named "manjaro-xfce-22.1.3-230529-linux61.iso". (From the descriptive name, I deduce that this version was published on 29May2023.) I did not apply any updates or install any additional applications, Accordingly, I had the most generic, minimal, "standard" XFCE Manjaro system that it is possible to download at this time.

I used its default firefox web browser to download the current LAC Appimage. I got version "Lac915-x86_64.AppImage", which was published on 03May2023.

Testing the resulting LAC AppImage was entirely satisfactory. Everything worked exactly as documented and as expected.

I conclude that the latest LAC AppImage is entirely compatible with the latest XFCE version of Manjaro Desktop Linux as of 29May2023.

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From a command line, the well-known "uname -a" command line yields THIS report identifying the details of the LINUX kernel in use at the time of the Manjaro LINUX success with LAC's AppImage as described above:

Linux Lincoln 6.1.30-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed May 24 22:51:44 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Later that same day I updated the Linux kernel. LAC's AppImage continued to work correctly as expected. When I ran the "uname -a" command, the new setup was recorded like THIS:

Linux Lincoln 6.1.31-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jun 4 12:31:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Still using my brand-new, minimal version of desktop Manjaro Linux, I also went to the Arch User Repository ("AUR") and, after successfully searching for "Linux Air Combat", I tried to install LAC version 9.15 from there according to well-established norms. My first attempt failed with an error message indicating that the well-known, industry standard "make" utility was not installed.

Accordingly, I installed "make" from the standard ARCH repository. This forced a 900 Megabyte update on me in order to get "make" working. It brought in a lot of development tools. I think it also automatically updated my LINUX kernel to the latest version. I had to re-boot after that.

Then I went back into the Arch User Repository ("AUR"). This time, after searching for "Linux Air Combat" and clicking through the obvious progress buttons, LAC version 9.15 was successfully built from the Arch User Repository and installed as "lac" at /usr/bin/lac. The LINUX launch menu was also automatically updated with a "games" entry for LAC named "Linux Air Combat", which worked exactly as expected.

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After that, I decided to try compiling LAC from source code on this desktop Manjaro system. I had success without any difficulty, following the same process that is well documented elsewhere. I got the source code from here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Most%20LINUX%20Desktops%20%28in%20the%20global%20usr%20filesystem%20for%20all%20users%29/

I conclude that LINUX Air Combat Version 9.15 is fully compatible with the latest, greatest version of desktop Manjaro LINUX as of this date (15Jun2023), whether compiled from source code, installed from the "Arch User Repository", or downloaded as a precompiled "AppImage".

Incidentally, Manjaro desktop LINUX still yields very high frame rates when running LAC with the lightweight XFCE dekstop manager. I'm convinced that the performance is better than average!