Linux review

[pioniere]

Hello, tested this in Nobara Linux 44, untarred into a folder. It ran without any problems, and immediately detected my Elite Dangerous installation. Everything looks as it should and performance seems good. So far I have only tested it for Exploration, but the Exploration and Exobiology sections of the application worked perfectly. Will update this as more is tested or if there are troubles.

[uruskan]

Hey, thanks for testing the linux build. I'm glad there are no problems.
I'm not directly familiar with nobara linux is it wayland or x11 or ? Is it possible you add more details like if hud color and dimmer features working or not? You don't have to of course.
Please leave this issue open and add to it as you go. I'll link it from the README as the Linux status so other Linux commanders find it, and update the "not yet tried under Proton" note to say it's been confirmed.

[pioniere]

Hello, haven't tested the HUD stuff yet, but I know that 'Test Voice' doesn't work. Nobara uses Wayland. I will add more as I use it.

[docfallingapart]

So is the install script for Linux not in the download because it's still in early testing?

[uruskan]

@docfallingapart
There isn’t one, and that’s on purpose rather than something left out. The Linux build is a single self-contained binary: unpack the tar.gz anywhere and run ./EliteNexus. It finds the journals in the game’s Proton prefix by itself (Steam native, Flatpak and Snap, plus the usual Lutris/Heroic prefixes).

The program itself does what an install script would usually do. Settings › About › App menu › Add puts Elite Nexus and its icon in your desktop’s app menu (~/.local/share/applications/elite-nexus.desktop plus icons in ~/.local/share/icons, no root needed). Wayland docks then show the icon too. From a terminal it’s ./EliteNexus --install-desktop, and --uninstall-desktop removes it. If you move the folder later, that same row tells you the menu still points at the old copy and offers Point it here.

More in the Linux section of the user guide: https://github.com/uruskan/EliteNexus/blob/main/docs/USER_GUIDE.md#linux

[docfallingapart]

Thanks for the clarification. I have the Linux version up and running. One thing I'm using KDE for my DE, and I had to edit the .desktop path to include quotes as I had installed under a folder called "Mod Tools". I know spaces aren't best practice in Linux but people are going to do it anyway. Other than that it looks good so far.

[uruskan]

@docfallingapart
Thanks, glad it’s running!

About the quotes: the entry Elite Nexus writes (Settings › About › App menu › Add, or ./EliteNexus --install-desktop) should already quote the path, so a folder like “Mod Tools” ought to work. Did you make the .desktop file yourself or with KDE’s menu editor, or did it come from the app? If it came from the app, could you paste the Exec= line from ~/.local/share/applications/elite-nexus.desktop? Then I’ll know whether KDE reads it differently or I’ve missed a case. Spaces in folder names should just work, you’re right about that.

[uruskan]

God I hate debugging linux btw, I have used/gamed on linux for like a good decade but after switching to mac...

[docfallingapart]

I used KDE's menu editor, but I had the Windows version already installed via proton so ended up with multiple entries. It's possible I mess it up in trying to delete the windows version.

[fernandofig]

Adding my 2¢: Running on CachyOS (KDE with Wayland), detected the journals just fine. "Test voice" works too, using espeak-ng. Only thing not working correctly is the overlay, for two reasons, one of them I think is a bug/missing feature in Elite Nexus, the other is probably Wayland shenanigans that's not fixable.

1. I have multiple monitors, and I have ED running on my secondary monitor as opposed to the primary, but apparently Elite Nexus' overlay is shown only on the primary monitor. So I believe it needs a setting to specify or override which display the overlay should appear.
2. Moving ED to the primary monitor, I can't get the overlay to show on top of the game. Running EN with WAYLAND_DISPLAY= ./EliteNexus makes no difference. And yes, I have ED configured to borderless. I don't think this issue is fixable (though I'm still looking for workarounds) because I've been trying several companion apps that provide overlays (e.g. EDDiscovery, EDMC with plugins, etc.) and I can't get any of their overlays to show on top of the game.