Jetjim

Just a quick rundown on my experience getting KSP to run on Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" (via Steam). Fresh install of Mint. I use an Nvidia GTS 250 graphics card, and initially KSP is HORRIBLY slow. Really unplayable. So I determine that it might have something to do with the Nvidia 310 driver I am using (Mint's "reccomended" driver). I update the driver to the 319.23. This is the bleeding edge Nvidia driver which is supposedly optimized for Steam, and the update takes several hours due to installation issues. At first, it breaks my X server, so I get a command line. After some hunting around I purge nvidia and reinstall the driver using the PPD for it and restart the system. This fixes the problem- incompatibilities between the driver components and the kernal module, the latter of which are for earlier version. OK, so now Nvidia 319.23 is humming away, and I fire up KSP and it Just Works. Also, I am using the 64-bit version (KSP_x64) which works without any problems so far. Seems to be fairly fast too, and my system is several years old.

What, no KSP-logo patch? How will I properly accessorize my flight suit?!?

LOL...Lander? We don't need no stinking lander! Thats what RCS packs are for! (Yes, I did indeed de-orbit a Kerbal without benefit of capsule...or anything else).

Managed to "land" on the Mun today. Destroyed my engine, and thereby stranding Jebediah Kerman on the Mun. On the plus side, I was able to successfully EVA from the command module to the lander (*almost* lost Jeb in space doing that). I guess I have to send someone back to the Mun to get Jeb and bring him home now...

Sir, your steadfastness is an inspiration to Kerbals everywhere

Hi from the New Mexico desert, not far from "Spaceport America", which of course, is a pallid immitation of the great Kerbal launch complex. I've managed to get into orbit, strand numerous Kerbals in the vastness of space, and blown up a goodly percentage of the Kerbal GDP. Now, if I just had more time.... Jim