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OP did, problem was the GPU

Ahh, I see what you mean now. That would be pretty neat. Although, I'm running Linux with an i5-7500 and a GTX 1050Ti. 16GB of DDR4. Got three monitors hooked up. Runs KSP beautifully while Firefox is running with a movie playing or Spotify running (Spotify is memory hog. Usually it uses more RAM than KSP.) Last night I even had it going while I had Blender up. I honestly can't say if this is more that I'm running Linux or that this is simply the beefiest computer I've ever had. Probably wouldn't take much to run a barebones Linux box just for KSP. Might not even need the DE for it.

I'm assuming you mean a USB flash drive and not an just an external USB 3.0 Harddrive. Those are still platen drives unless you specifically find an SSD one. Either way, I fail to see how USB 3.0 is going to be faster than a 6Gbps SATA connection. Disregarding that even, a fast drive will simply help you load the game faster. KSP is played almost exclusively from RAM. AFAIK the only drive access is going to be saving/loading games/crafts. I'm not sure what you mean by "separate volumes equal time". It doesn't load both installs when you start the computer. You pick which one you want. It's running better because instead of the computer running Windows, KSP, anti-virus, and who knows how many other processes (Since almost all programs installed in Windows for some reason believe they should run when the computer starts), it's only running Windows and KSP. Of course if you kill as many processes as you can, KSP is going to run better. Embedded? You mean like a virtual machine? That would be worse. That would be the hardware actually running two operating systems at once, and KSP. The way @maceemiller has it set up is probably his best bet without spending money on hardware.

Banned because I can't read your location without sounding like a Tamarian.

This looks amazing. Adding to the list to download when I get home!

Do you have some screenshots with what you've go so far? Hard to help ya out without knowing where you're at beyond "can't get to orbit." Are you doing a gravity turn, or shooting straight up and cranking it 90 degrees?

I tend to build everything from scratch. Building the stuff is half the fun of the game, why would I want to streamline that!? I also tend to launch big, which makes my rockets work a bit differently from most I see on here. I don't have any numbers, because honestly I rarely look at the weight of the payload and I just wing it. Having KER tell me TWR and dV has helped a lot, but even before then I would usually build it big enough just by guessing. Most rockets I see have the lifter on the bottom, payload on top. Standard rocket stuff. I put the payload in the middle, and surround it with nacelles. Probably less effecient aerodynamically, but I think it's more stable, easier to strut, and looks more sciencefictiony. Should be noted I do not play career.

As much as I hate seeing you staying on the dark side, I'm glad you're up and running.

Hahaha noooooo TUBM remembers Tubthumper. (No Googling!)

Nope! Been awhile since I had a @CatastrophicFailure

This might help.

I just happened to have this handy, so ...

Also a good thing to use RCS for landing on low gravity bodies right before touchdown. Tapping H give you much better fine control than tapping shift and hoping you hit X right away instead of Z. Don't hit Z.

And make sure it's on "Surface" and not "Orbit". Mine seems to have decided to stop automatically switching on me. Trying to land on The Mun with Orbit retrograde is... interesting.

My daughter laughs so hard while playing this she literally craps herself silly. I just don't get it.

It's 6°F and my pipes just froze for the second time in 24 hours.

Specifically? Are you looking for wheels, science, drills, etc?

I believe this is because that SAS will not function without a pilot on board early on in the career.

For DE I was referring to Desktop Environment, so Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, etc. Sorry you lost so much time, Linux is certainly not for everyone. Drivers especially can be frustrating.

I don't see how. Space is a little chilly.

I believe Scatterer does this? Haven't seen this one before. I seem to be falling.

I prefer to put an ISRU station in Minmus orbit. But if you're going to put a fuel dump in LKO, two things I would consider: 1. Use the 3m tanks. Stronger connections and a lower part count. 2. Don't space it out like that. Yeah it looks all science-fictiony, but it's also gonna be more wobbly.

I think the issue lies with that particular card and the Linux driver for it. Linux KSP is not the issue. As you said, it messed with your taskbar as well. Mint, right? Which DE are you using?

You're not left handed, are you?