Bill Wood Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Does anyone know of a model flight simulator that will work on a linux based laptop and ubuntu or with google chrome? I got fed up with windows and ditched it last year. My old version of Real Flight only worked with windows and probably the same goes for newer versions of Real Flight. Has anyone used a model flight sim on a linux platform or with google chrome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I can't help with Linux, but I use PicaSim and I believe that also runs on Android. Any use? http://www.rowlhouse.co.uk/PicaSim/download.html Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Just google it it has been done but thought you might like to read this. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/would-asobo-considers-getting-msfs-2020-compatible-with-linux/425370/21 Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_K Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 13 hours ago, Bill Wood said: Does anyone know of a model flight simulator that will work on a linux based laptop and ubuntu ......... I am a long term user of Linux based operating systems. Last time I looked at this was a couple of years ago. At that time the answer to an RC sim native on Linux effectively was no. The road I went down was to run MS Windows (10 in my case) in a virtual machine, i.e. a simulated PC. This means Linux is the operating system, no dual boot, with Windows 10 as the 'guest' OS. I implemented the virtual machine with KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine), virt-manager under Debian (from which Ubuntu is derived). Like Dick, I am running PicaSim. Looking back, I can't remember the details of setting it up but there was a problem. My radio is FrSky. I found the FrSky wireless dongle does not work under Linux. I got no help with this from the dealer who supplied it or from FrSky via a forum so have to use PicaSim via a USB cable from PC to radio. Not what I wanted ideally. Before starting PicaSim, virt-manager has a facility to re-direct a USB port to the virtual machine. Another brand wireless dongle may behave better. In short, I am running an RC sim under Linux, but not in a straight forward way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Wood Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 Thanks Dick, Stephen and Martin for your info. So far I have only managed to download PicaSim to my android smartphone. It's not ideal but I will see where I can go from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 If you have Google Chrome Bill Try to run a Free Trial of Clearview RC flight Sim. If you like it, then it is a low priced one off lifetime payment It runs as is normal with your day to day Transmitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Wood Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Thanks Denis but Clearview RC appears to only work with windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Gilbert 1 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Picasim works well under wine on linux, i've used it for years now since I gave up on Windows outside of work. I believe I installed the latest version of Picasim under the current rev of wine. This was one of the first things I did when I was setting up my "new" laptop. On my old laptop I had to go back a few versions of picasim to find a version that worked with wine. It's been at least two years since I upgraded so the details are all a bit hazy, other than Picasim works perfectly on Linux Mint 20. The information you need is on the picasim help pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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