MX Linux and LAC update Mar2024

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Update: on 21Mar2024 I installed the latest xfce version of MX Linux (MX-23.2-x64.iso from Jan2024). I burned the ISO to a bootable DVD, booted it up in "Linux Live" mode without installing to my hard drive, downloaded LAC's current AppImage (Version 9.61) and saw that it would NOT respond to LAC's built-in menus.

I've seen this on a lot of distros lately, so I used the optional "LacMenuLauncher" to avoid use of LAC's built-in menus. Learn more about LacMenuLauncher in our LacMenuLauncher forum.

Using LacMenuLauncher, I confirmed that the LAC AppImage runs nicely in the "LinuxLive" mode of MX Linux with no need to customize, install, or enhance the standard, supported distro. Just download the AppImage, mark it executable, and run it!

Of course, this generic Linux Live approach relies on open-source video drivers,so the frame rate wasn't quite as high as I like on my old nVidia-equipped LeNovo laptop, but it was still perfectly adequate when I diminished video quality down to "2" and set the render distance at "110". These are the same settings I use on my Raspberry Pi 4b, and the resulting performance was similar and entirely adequate for competitive online play.

The wonky trouble I saw with MX Linux handling joysticks two or three years ago was not present this time. It works very well with my Logitech Extreme 3d Pro joysticks. I trust it will work well with any mainstream joystick or console game controller.

Bottom line: I don't need to compile LAC on MX Linux because LAC's AppImage works nicely in combination with our very simple, very compatible LacMenuLauncher.

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I like MX Linux a lot! After the easy, successful experience with LAC's AppImage in their "Linux Live" mode (which does NOT require installation), I pressed the prominent "Install" button and converted one of my laptops to an MX test station for long-term use in my lab. It was easy to install the proprietary nVidia video driver, and LAC's framerates went way up. Now I am enjoying smooth, high-definition flight even in the biggest furballs over the most complex terrain, with render distances pushed out to 170.