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GameMaker Studio 2 Linux Configuration

ByNikles July 16, 2017May 6, 2018

This article will guide you through the setup of a Xubuntu 16.04 LTS Virtual Machine to test, compile and run your GameMaker Studio 2 projects on Linux. I’m choosing Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu simply because Xubuntu is less resource hungry (and my notebook is 5 years old I got a new notebook btw). The resulting…

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Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus out now. RAM usage Minimal vs Desktop

ByNikles April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

Before downloading the Desktop image of Xubuntu 16.04 take a look at these pictures. Notice the RAM usage. Full Xubuntu Desktop is 270 MB while the Minimal Xubuntu setup is 192 MB. I’m not a math genius, but I can see what’s going on here… This is the mini.iso with Xubuntu Minimal installed. My choice I…