I am using Wine to run IMVU on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I'm quite new to it all since Windows 7 was destroyed by the virus in one of IMVU, Inc's recent updates. It will cost about $20.00+/- USD to replace Win7.

Seen several Ubuntu 14.04 LTS tutorials that say "do this for best performance and/or speed". As I try each thing I keep running into problems.

I have seen very little about IMVU on Ubuntu.

My imvu client freezes and/or crashes more and more as time goes by.

The more I read here...the more aware I become of other problems my client may encounter.

Any help and/or guidance is very much appreciated.

Thank you

Did you try this script which installs it for you? Here: viewtopic.php?f=88&t=7812&hilit=wine+linux

The last time I ever tried to run IMVU via WINE, IMVU barely functioned. From what I recall, the chat bar didn't even appear. Granted this was a few years ago so I can't speak for how it is now. But from what you've said, it doesn't sound like it's gotten any better.

But this virus you got, are you talking about conduit? If so, it's technically not a virus and it is removable without paying someone to do it it for you. If you do come back to Windows, I would try using IMVULite, I just updated it yesterday and it has conduit already removed for you. viewtopic.php?f=140&t=8013

Hi,

I've been using Linux as my main OS for nearly a year now. IMVU has "just worked" for me in wine 1.5+. Recently I switched to Arch Linux and everything has been great! I have Wine version 1.7.22 at this time of this post, but whatever happens to be the latest in the Arch Official Repos. I also use the latest non-beta version of the IMVU client. To make things run a bit smoother I had to add to my user's ~/.drirc config with a Intel HD Graphics card, maybe different for others but it worked for me. This is all on a Acer C710 Chromebook which I preformed the bios mod which allows me to install and load a full OS over the watered down Chrome OS. I have had success in the past running IMVU on a different laptop as well.

IMVU preforms pretty well but you must make sure you have OpenGL set or it may crash. IMVU only freezes a split second when someone joins or leaves or changes outfits, the pause is so brief I don't even mind. Also it seems if you preform the "special" right click menu any options found inside that menu will insta-crash IMVU so avoid that. The "avatar menu" you get when you click a avatar does work as well as all other features. Just that one I mentioned is all I found so far that will crash IMVU assuming you've set OpenGL.

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Thanks for that information. I wonder if using a dedicated GPU would solve those performances issues you mentioned and allow the use of the direct x mode as well.

Actually for me I can use DirectX but that is if I let IMVU load in DirectX. If I try to switch to DirectX while IMVU is already running it's hit or miss, sometimes I can, other times no and it will crash. I notice no speed differences between the two modes. Also "Standard graphics" mode is the slowest mode I can pick for whatever weird reason. When I used Windows "Standard graphics" would usually speed up IMVU, go figure. One thing I forgot to mention, the more avatars in a room will slow down IMVU in WINE. IMVU runs smooth like butter when there is 3 or fewer avatars in a room, no freezing or lag.

Hmm, sounds like it's gotten a lot better since I last tried it. It might be viable for our linux users though it sounds like its still got a ways to go.