(August 2020)
NOTE: THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. THE LIST OF KNOWN LIMITATIONS IS BELOW. SEVERAL
MAJOR THINGS DO NOT WORK WELL ENOUGH TO BE USEFUL TO MANY PEOPLE. TOTEM WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS HOWTO AND HAS NO OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT ANY LINUX/WINE INSTALLATIONS (but some of us think it would be nice if they would develop an official native Linux version
😉).
If you find solutions to any of these issues, please contribute your knowledge here. If you choose to try
this and discover something not working that isn’t listed, please do provide that feedback. It will be
helpful for the community to know about those issues and we may be able to help each other resolve
them.
What doesn’t work properly:
• Desktop stripping. It actually works better than I expected, but it’s still far too glitchy to be
acceptable.
• Music. In fact, even the presence of an mp3 file in the “Musics” folder will cause a crash on
launch. Attempting to import a music file through the iStripper GUI causes an immediate crash.
• The user interface is glitchy, sometimes with much of a window missing. I can usually make the
rest of the window appear by clicking on a visible part and ***** the mouse over the invisible
part.
• Some Linux Updates. Any changes to Wine or associated libraries tend to result in a crash and a
need to re-install; even requiring the complete removal and re-installation of Wine.
• iStripper versions newer than 1.2.242. I also tested on 1.2.266. That version does function, but
an apparent change to the QTWebEngine within the application causes pages that have live Web
content, such as the Featured and Forum tabs, to cause an error and fail to connect. The Girls
Store still works, though, and I could still sync my collection with the servers and download my
cards. I don’t know if Preview Push still works as I turn that off. (UPDATE: this issue apparently has appeared on the Mac client, as well:
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/45373/1?post=674022
Full screen mode works very well; in fact, the picture is sharper than on Windows 10 on both the PCs
that I have tried it on. So, if all you really want is to be able to run the Full Screen option, or if you’re
willing to accept that limitation because you are switching to Linux no matter what and this is the only
way to avoid saying goodbye to iStripper altogether, this may be worth trying. Also check the Forum for
many user-created scenes to add and open up a world of Full Screen possibilities.
Full step-by-step procedure here:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Xyn1CShQU_ki8XNJi91OShJFWqtcwc0f
SUMMARY:
Description of testing environment
Install PlayOnLinux
Configure Wine
Install iStripper
Set uninstaller
Workarounds for initial launch GUI problems
(Optional) Add support for older cards
Tip for mounting or auto-mounting another drive or partition for storage