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I have not tried LAC on Linux Zorin. However, the AppImage of Linux Air Combat is known to work on all of these distros: PcLinuxOs, Ubuntu, Debian, Manjaro, MX Linux, Arch, Arch on Steam Deck, Fedora, PopOs, Linux Mint, Open SUSE, EndeavorOS, Garuda. CRJ_simpilot's comments about LINUXes hosting flight simulators like LAC are spot-on. The odds are good that LAC will run on Zorin OS (based only on the widespread success with other versions of desktop LINUX) but you won't know for sure until you try. As for my preferred version of desktop LINUX for use with Linux Air Combat, most people are using Ubuntu, but my favorite at the moment is Manjaro. From time to time PcLinuxOs surpasses Manjaro as my favorite, but it isn't as nice as Manjaro right now IMHO. As for running LAC on a Netbook, you'll probably be fine. I run it on a netbook (X86 LeNovo "EduSeries" with Intel integrated graphics and 10" display) at 1280x720 resolution with medium detail and I still get smooth, 60FPS graphics about 95% of the time. You might need to diminish the "VIEW" distance setting. On my big desktop machine I usually run this at 180 or higher, but on my NetBook or on a Raspberry Pi I diminish it down to 110 in order to maintain 59 or 60 FPS. The current version of LAC is 8.95 as of Jan2023. I hope this helps!

Linux Air Combat ("LAC") has recently been improved. In addition to the traditional installation options or compiling from the source code, it is now available as an "AppImage", which makes it a lot easier to obtain and test LINUX applications without compiling them. Our new AppImage is a precompiled, executable binary program that launches Linux Air Combat Version 8.51 from a self-contained, self-extracting, multi-file archive containing all prerequisites. It is configured according to the well-known "AppImage" conventions for (almost) universal compatibility among many popular LINUX distros using industry-standard "x86" architecture. Accordingly, if you just want to run LAC without compiling it, this is probably your best, simplest option. Just download it, mark it as "executable" according to well-known LINUX norms, and then execute it. If your hardware is based on x86 architecture and if your LINUX distro is "mainstream" and has been updated since about December of 2020, it will start right up! This makes the LINUX flight sim experience a lot like the flight sim experience long enjoyed by Windows users, regardless of the desktop Linux distribution in use. Download the LAC AppImage here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Precompiled%20binaries%20%28no%20source%20code%29/

Yes, that's my web site about my flight sim named "Linux Air Combat". I was hoping this forum would have a specific area for LINUX-based flight sims. Is there enough interest to justify that?

I'm brand new here. Is there a preferred forum where I can describe a new, free, open-source combat flight simulator that I have written for LINUX? Thanks!