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Post by
Shavan
I apologize if this has been asked before, but the answer I found while searching Wowhead and the net both turned up inconclusive.
I need a working Windoze Curse Client alternative that does not require .net framework.
The reason .net is a no go is because I am running Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 and running WoW in a 64 bit wine prefix. I had issues with the 32 bit version of WoW which I attribute to my video card being garbage, but the 64 bit works so I ran with it. I'm not completely opposed to just manually installing my addons or even writing a script to do it for me via the command line, but something like the Curse client would be easier.
Thanks in advance.
Post by
Pegasus2141
I'm not completely opposed to just manually installing my addons.
This is the best solution !
To do that on Ubuntu :
- Open your home\username directory
- Click on View at the top and select "Show hidden files"
- Open the .wine folder
- Open the drive_c folder
- Open the Program Files folder
- Open the World of Warcraft folder
- Open the Interface folder
- Open the Addons folder
- This is where you will want to copy your addons (unzip)
Good Luck :)
Post by
Shavan
Yeah I know that directory well. If It would be ok with Wowhead staff, once I create my script, I will share it for my fellow Linux users :)
Of course it will be entirely safe and fully automated with no hard links to wine prefixes or users
Post by
Pegasus2141
If It would be ok with Wowhead staff
To obtain permission from Wowhead staff email .
Post by
Squide
I don't know about
WoWMatrix
but i use that instead of Curse.
Post by
Myrroddin
I don't know about
WoWMatrix
but i use that instead of Curse.
Uh, don't.
http://www.curse.com/news/curse/2102-curse-and-wowinterface-working-together-to-help
Using WM is a good way for bad things to happen.
Post by
DaynaLyne
I don't know about
WoWMatrix
but i use that instead of Curse.
Uh, don't.
http://www.curse.com/news/curse/2102-curse-and-wowinterface-working-together-to-help
Using WM is a good way for bad things to happen.
I am just wondering if they have fixed the issues listed in this article. I have used wowmatrix and curse and actually prefer wowmatrix. The link is from 2009, five years later they are still around. There is a donate option and they seem to keep things updated.
Any input would be appreciated. I am sorry to necro an old post but I can't seem to find an alternative to curse either. I have been using the wowmatrix for the last 4 years with no problems, but I just found this post. So I probably have been VERY lucky!
Post by
Myrroddin
The only AddOns hosted or accessible to WowMatrix are open source or public domain, or variants thereof; most of the big popular AddOns that people want are legally not available to WM.
WM does something else sneaky as well: AddOns that were previously public domain or open source but since have been changed (the majority of the community was justifiably angry) have old versions being hosted –– yet are advertised as being current.
One other thing: since WM is supported by pretty much nobody in the community, if you update your AddOns with them, even if said AddOns are legal for them to host,
the WM client modifies
the files, specifically the ToC (but I've seen Lua files). I have even seen them add "bonus" files the author never intended. A few of those
extras have contained viral code
. Once changed,
the AddOn author is under zero onus
to provide support.
If someone ever came up to me and claimed one of my AddOns was broken, and I learned they got it from WM, I'd tell that person they are their own. Not that my AddOns are hosted there anyway, as I have served cease and desist orders.
For authors, there is another factor, which has little bearing on users. Maybe there is a link to a donate button, but if that author has signed up for the
Curse Author Rewards
program, then none of the downloads via the WowMatrix client or site count.
Post by
Myrroddin
Ultimately, I think the only thing changed from the 2009 article is that WowMatrix isn't stealing bandwidth from Curse or WowInterface. Everything else that is bad still applies.
Post by
DaynaLyne
Wow! Thanks for explaining that!
Post by
galaxy119
Back in 2009, 10 and 11 all of the allegations against WowMatrix were 100% true. Every single one. It was a horrible program and was also fairly useless.
Now it is a whole lot better.
It no longer edits TOC or Lua files of addons, I've compared said files across 30+ addons that are avalible though the program aswell as another site (mainly curse) and the md5 and SHA1 checksums of the files are 100% identical, proving they have not been tampered with (Yes, theoretically, you could create 2 files with different contents that have the same md5 or sha1, but not both, the computing power and time required would be enormous)
It also does not scrape any other website for it's addon database, and uses it's own database and bandwidth.
It also does not host any addon without the authors express permission, or without proof that it falls under the open-source usage category.
Also, I've yet to run across an addon that said it was at it's current version in WowMatrix, that wasn't, or had a more advanced version on curse or wowinterface.
Most "common use" addons are included with Wowmatrix, such as Grid, DBM, Recount, Skada, Healbot, Bagnon, gladius, and quite a few more.
I have been using WowMatrix for over a year now, and have yet to run into any problems with it (other than a GTK error if it's placed in the /usr/bin folder on a 'nix machine).
It is alittle wonky to use however, and abit slow (downloading addons is fast, same speed as curse client, if not faster) but the actual installation of the addon takes 10-25sec sometimes.
I don't know the guy who makes WM, nor do I have any stake in the success of WM, other than the fact that it is the ONLY working program to update WoW addons in Linux.
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