So...I Installed Linux.

Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope. All I have to say so far is IT'S WONDERFUL. I can edit every aspect of the appearance, and can download and run anything anywhere with the command line. I haven't crashed a single time, a problem I used to blame on my computer, not my old operating system, VISTA. Yes sirree. Perfect OS. 10/10. Excet for it's one FATAL FLAW. It can't run Maplestory . does anyone know how to get MS to run on an Ubuntu Linux Computer?

Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope. All I have to say so far is IT'S WONDERFUL. I can edit every aspect of the appearance, and can download and run anything anywhere with the command line. I haven't crashed a single time, a problem I used to blame on my computer, not my old operating system, VISTA. Yes sirree. Perfect OS. 10/10. Excet for it's one FATAL FLAW. It can't run Maplestory . does anyone know how to get MS to run on an Ubuntu Linux Computer?

JEASUS MAN WHY!?!?!?

You can only run maple on windows unless you have a mac with boot camp...

Linux is awesome. It's a bit of a headache to install things sometimes, though.

I mostly only use UNIX for work and Windows or SSH on my personal computer, so I dunno about playing MS on a Linux machine, but try Googling Wine.

Would've been easier to Google since barely anyone that plays Maple uses Linux...

This seems to provide the best tutorial from what Google gave me on the first page. It seems like a hell of a lot of work and you're better off just going back to Windows if you really want to play MS. Note that the link does take you to a hacking website, but out of all of the google results I looked through, this is by far the most detailed and straightforward. It does link to gamecheetah though, so if you're too paranoid to click it, here's you go:

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That is correct, I'm positive that I am one out of maybe ten at most that have ever accomplished this. I will give the bare boned information on how to play Maplestory using Linux. P.S. WINE DOES NOT WORK.



A little information that is useful before continuing (mainly for those of you who have no idea why this post is here):
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- Linux is an operating system. Sort of like Windows and Macintosh are operating
systems.
- A virtual machine is something that allows you to run one operating system
inside of another.
- Do not spam/flame this thread or me for that matter.
- Keygens are illegal i am simply posting one and how to use it for educational
purposes only, Mods/Admins can delete it if they wish. A keygen is something
that, instead of the product program being limited to a 30-day trial, allows
the program to be ran forever.

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING I SUGGEST YOU READ AND REMEMBER A FEW TIPS:
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- If your mouse disappears once you click inside of your virtual machine you can
simply click "Ctrl + Alt" for it to reappear.
- "Ctrl + Alt + Enter" will make your Virtual Machine Full Screen and will also
remove it from Full Screen.
- PM me if you need anything.

ALL DOWNLOADS LOCATED AT BOTTOM OF THREAD
I suggest using Transmission or any other Linux torrent program to download all of the following:

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- VMware Workstation (make sure its for linux XD)
- Windows XP disc (MUST BE .ISO FORMAT)
- VMware Workstation crack (optional, use at your own risk)

Once that is done you simply install VMware Workstation and setup a new workstation. I'll go ahead and list the steps for those of you who have no idea how to use it.

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- Open VMware Workstation.

- Click "Create new virtual machine"

- Click next with the "typical" setup.

- IMPORTANT Click "Installer disc image file (ISO):"

- Browse to where your torrent saved your Windows XP .iso

- Choose your Windows XP .iso

- Click "Next"

- Insert a genuine Windows XP product key (PM me for a free one)

- Insert your name (password is optional)

- Click "Next"

- Changing the name of your virtual machine is optional.

- Click "Next"

- Choose how much of your hard drive you wish to separate for Windows XP (I
suggest using around 14GB although personally i used 20GB)

- Choose if you want your Virtual Disk as one whole file or separate (One
whole file will make the operating system run faster and separated files will
make it easier to put on a different computer)

- Click "Next"

- Click "Customize Hardware..."

- IMPORTANT You are going to want to separate part of your total RAM for
Windows XP. I personally separated half of my RAM for Windows XP but then
again i have 4GB of RAM. If you are not sure of how much RAM you have simply
click on your Linux operating system "System > Administration > System Monitor"
then click on the "System" tab. (You can also use sysinfo which is
"Applications > System Tools > Sysinfo")

- Now that you have found out how much RAM you have you are probably going
to want to separate half of it for Windows XP. So use your Scroll bar on the
VMware Workstation screen and move it over until your RAM is around half.
DO NOT GO PAST THE BLUE ARROW. You may experience some major lag with both
operating systems if you do.

- Now that you are done editing how much RAM your VMware Workstation will
use click "Save"

- Now all you have to do is click "Finish"

- After clicking finish it will take a minute or two for Windows to start, be
patient because i promise you it WILL start. Once it does you will go through
the entire process of installing a normal Windows XP operating system.

- After installing the Windows XP operating system you should restart VMware
Workstation and Start your Virtual Machine. Once again, it ALWAYS takes a
minute or two for Windows XP to show up and start booting. Log in with the
before chosen Username and Password and congratulations, you are now using
Windows XP on your Linux operating system!

- From here you simply go to Internet Explorer and travel to
Http://maplestory.nexon.net and download maplestory. Then of course, you
install maplestory.

One last thing (IMPORTANT):
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- You do this on Linux AFTER Windows XP has been installed.
- Open up VMware and go to "Edit > Preferences"
- Once the Preferences window opens click on the "Input" tab.
- Under Input you have to UNCHECK all of the boxes under "Cursor"
- After unchecking click close.

How to run the keygen:
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- After downloading the file (included in the VMware Workstation torrent)
browse to where the file "keygen" is saved.
- To make it easier drag and drop the file "keygen" to your desktop.
- Next open up Terminal by "Applications > Accessories > Terminal"
- Type in without quotation marks "cd Desktop" and click enter.(Desktop
must be capitalized)
- Next type inn without quotation marks "sudo sh keygen" and click enter.
- The keygen should begin running.

Troubleshooting:

Problem- "I have installed my Virtual Machine and Maplestory but I can not move once in game!"
Solution-
Open up terminal ("Applications > Accessories > Terminal")
Type in without quotes "cd /etc/vmware/"
Type in without quotes "sudo su"
Type in your Linux password.
Type in without quotes "gedit config"
This should open a screen with a lot of random stuff on it.
At the very bottom of this page add this:

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xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R

xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide

xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter

xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up

xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down

xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left

xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right

xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R

xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert

xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete

xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home

xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End

xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior

xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next

xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock

xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause

xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L

xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R

xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

All credit goes to me. If you see this on other threads I also go by the username Cybergasm, so do not accuse me of stealing this thread.

Links to necessary downloads:

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I suggest manually choosing which of the files you wish the torrent program to
download because this torrent contains both the x64 and x32 bit forms of VMware
Workstation. If you are not sure whether your version of Linux is x32 or x64
just simply download the x32 and try it out, chances are it will work.

So you can't use Wine...hm that sucks.

does anyone know how to get MS to run on an Ubuntu Linux Computer?

It's actually quite easy... just debug the windows win32 loader and figure out the whole PE format, then program your own distro of unix containing the loader and modify about 99% of the core functions on the way because they work in a completely different way. Piece of cake.

It's actually quite easy... just debug the windows win32 loader and figure out the whole PE format, then program your own distro of unix containing the loader and modify about 99% of the core functions on the way because they work in a completely different way. Piece of cake.

That sounds very difficult to a non-programmer's point of view..

That sounds very difficult to a non-programmer's point of view..

That's because it is

/sarcasm

Technically you could dual boot, if you don't mind rebooting all the time and only having half your hard drive at once.

only thing about Ubuntu that I liked was the jello effects <_<

Ubuntu is friendly for the first-time Linux users, but if you're considering going for the long-term, learn your shell commands and move to something more efficient. Ubuntu's core, Debian, is one of the best out there. You could also consider looking at Arch Linux eventually.

Greg's post above is your best option. Hopefully your PC has the hardware to run Maple in VMware with decent performance.

only thing about Ubuntu that I liked was the jello effects <_<

You can get Compiz in basically any Linux distribution. Also, there are a lot of plug-ins that add more effects. It isn't just jello

That sounds very difficult to a non-programmer's point of view..

That would be hard from anyone's point of view...(points to ReactOS)

You can only run maple on windows unless you have a mac with boot camp...

Boot camp isn't emulation or even reimplementation of Windows, it sets up dual boot with Windows and your current Mac OS on your Apple computer (which are essentially "high-end" PCs now that they've given up PowerPC).

You're only solution to run MS inside of Linux would be a virtual machine, I tried it with Wine and it is impossible (for me) to get it to run. I believe it is the draconian security measures being unsupported. I recommend dual booting. If I know I'm only going to be using the computer for the intrawebz/programming I boot into Ubuntu, if I feel like gaming I boot into Windows. It has worked fine for me.

Ubuntu is friendly for the first-time Linux users, but if you're considering going for the long-term, learn your shell commands and move to something more efficient. Ubuntu's core, Debian, is one of the best out there. You could also consider looking at Arch Linux eventually.

Ubuntu works fine as an efficient OS if you dont install ubuntu desktop. I have ubuntu installed on my dev servers with desktop disabled. I only loads it whenever I am in need of a solution and too lazy lynxing google.

I gave up on getting Maple to run on Linux. The only legitimate way of doing it (i.e., you don't have to hack around HackShield or modify the programs) is to use a virtual machine. This worked fine (using VMWare) with GameGuard; I had to use crappy graphics settings but I was able to play, even go to Zakum, as well as I could on my old XP box which the VM was supposed to replace. However, when they moved to HackShield it became very unstable; HS watches the system clock very closely and when it changes in an unexpected way you will get booted for "speed hacking." I found no way around this and hauled the XP box back out of the closet.

BTW I do have to say, Ubuntu is nice for a starter distribution and it's usually a smooth installation with little trouble. I have moved on to Gentoo, but that's just because of several problems that would have caused me to have to rebuild half of my stuff, so I figured why not just go back to a compile-it-yourself distro? Welcome to the wonderful and wacky world of Linux, and I hope you enjoy your stay!

As stated above, there's not really any way AS OF RIGHT NOW, which makes you able to play stabile maple legitimate on linux.

But there's no problems with dual-booting, right?

Orrrr..... Force MS to make a linux-version for us?

Linux Unified Kernel anyone? Lulz.

I've come to dislike Ubuntu because it's bloated. I much prefer Arch Linux.

Linux Unified Kernel anyone? Lulz.

I've come to dislike Ubuntu because it's bloated. I much prefer Arch Linux.

Arch Linux all the way, for sure. Dual-booting, nLite + Arch is perfect as far as covering all your bases without all the extra junk. Ubuntu comes stock with a lot of stuff nowadays and is probably closer to Windows than any other Linux distro.

Arch is amazing. Who doesn't love arches and cute little rats?

I use a Macbook Pro, so to play MS I use VM Ware Fusion (Virtual Machine). I think that's specifically for mac, but I'm sure VM Ware has other programs for other OS's. It's pretty handy but I think it does take a bit out of my laptop.

http://vmware.com/