https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=3413&p=41565#p41565
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ahjah
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 07:20 PM

Re: Andreas & Thilda
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Hi all :hug2: 
It's been some time since I was around. There are several reasons. First thing was switching to linux last year and not beeing able to get Poser installed.
That caused a loss of interest in 3D world in general. I switched to real photography, bought me a better camera (Canon EOS 450D) to live my creativity. Second thing is, my private life wasn't and isn't going too well, don't ask. 2008 and 2009 been a single crisis up to now.
At least, I found time to explore the wine engine (API interface for running native MS apps on uinx systems) on linux a bit.
Two weeks ago, I managed to get Terragen running. Works really well. So last week I tried installing Poser7. There are some issues with the GUI that can be handeled. But the installer for the SR1 upgrade will not work. I checked some forums of the wine community, and it seems to be a common issue. The only workaround is to copy the upgraded files from a Win installation. Another tricky thing is, Poser and linux are case sensitive, but some MS installers are'nt so I'm getting double directories like "Textures" and "textures". I have to fix this manually so Poser will find the files... Some tools, especially MPE refuse to work still, but I can play with my posettes again, finally....

Well, I hope I can be around more regularly :sorry: 

PS: Thanks for missing me... :redface: