[ Thanks to An
Anonymous Reader for this link. ]
“After installing Ubuntu 10.04, I realized that I was
going to really miss my flying games. In an attempt to passify
myself I downloaded and installed FlightGear, which is entirely
free and I must admit it is pretty incredible. However, FlightGear
for Linux has one huge flaw that bugs me every time I play it. You
can not switch Aircraft or Scenery without restarting the game.
Also, it is not intuative as scenery and plane must be chosen at
the command line. To get around this, I started using FGO! a Python
based FlightGear launcher. Eventually, I decided that I didn’t
really like the scenery in FlightGear, and so in an attempt to get
something closer to Microsoft Flight Sim-X on Linux, I decided to
attempt just that. I first attempted installing FSX and all its
dependencies in Wine, this did not work so well. Then I attempted
to install it in a Windows XP Virtual Box, and I did manage to get
it working. However, the graphics all displayed in about 4 shades
of black and white. Upon trying to adjust the graphic settings, my
Sun Virtual Box would abort and I’d be left frustrated once
again.”