Comments on: X-Plane 9 simulator on Linux

By: avinash

avinash — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:31:37 +0000

I bought mine from the official website and I was lucky as I managed to get free shipping to Mauritius

By: Ridwan

Ridwan — Sat, 15 May 2010 09:53:24 +0000

I mostly plays combat flight sims such as Falcon Allied Force(very realistic and largely improved over its predecessors). For civil I tried FSX and loved it. Do you know where I can obtain a copy of X-plane 9 with complete scenery? Downloading will take too much time and I can’t find it in any gamestores locally.

By: avinash

avinash — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:05:13 +0000

Just follow the official Linux installation guide at http://wiki.x-plane.com/Linux_Installation_Walkthrough and everything should be fine. The X3100 is not very powerful though…

By: RS Chowdhury

RS Chowdhury — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:56:43 +0000

Hi Avinash! I am new in Linux Mint 8. I want to install X Plane 9 in my laptop.I have a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor ( 1.66 Ghz, 667Mhz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache), with inbuilt Mobile Intel Graphic Media Accelerator X3100, and 2GB DDR2 Ram. Kindly guide me step by step. Thanks. RS Chowdhury

By: avinash

avinash — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:45:38 +0000

Technically speaking, running your processor at 85 degrees is not a good idea and this why your laptop is shutting down. Maybe X-Plane is too ambitious for it.

By: eshan

eshan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:47 +0000

not sure if i can post this here but may be u can advise: I use ubuntu on my laptop (intel duo 2 ghz) since jaunty release and everything works fine except for this problem –
when processor is at maximum (ondemand) and some intensive programs are running at 100% for some time , laptop heats up and shuts down automatically when critical temperature 85′C is reached.
i have to use cpu frequency scaling monitor to set both cpus at 1ghz limit to prevent this from happening but at the expense of performance.
is there anyway to prevent the critical temperature while not affecting performance?

By: avinash

avinash — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:20:52 +0000

Try Jacey, ACD, etc. They should have it.

By: Meyvin

Meyvin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:23:02 +0000

Thank you for your reply Avinash

Do you know where can i get an ATI HD 4870 graphics card in mauritius. Either 512mb/1gb version will do just fine for me

By: avinash

avinash — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:09:54 +0000

For exactly the same reason why supermarkets sell at cheaper prices than small Chinese shops from the corner of the street: they make their profits over a large number of customers and can negotiate much lower prices from wholesalers.

Amazon / Newegg sells hundreds (thousands? millions?) times more PCs than any shop in Mauritius and therefore can sell at cheaper prices. Shops here will always be more expensive than in the US.

Incidentally, what I tend to do now before buying something is to look at the Recommended Retail Price on the manufacturer’s website (and not the Amazon price), add 15% for VAT and, say, 15% for shipping and profits. Then I compare with the price in Mauritius. It both are more or less the same, I buy. If not, I try to find a way to buy one from abroad.

[Jacey is fine. I also like buying from BBCWyse in Vacoas.]

By: Meyvin

Meyvin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:47:20 +0000

Hey Avinash

I’ve been searching on the net about new technologies in mauritius and found your website. Well i have a question to ask, and i have been looking for someone like you in mauritius to answer it. Why is it that PC hardwares are so overpriced here in Mauritius? If you take a look at newegg.com/amazon.com, they offer quality products at great prices but here in the shops in Mauritius the same products are sold at twice the price. I’m looking forward to build a new powerful gaming pc, where do you reccomend me to buy the parts from. I’m thinking of Jacey but tell me if you know somewhere cheaper.