how tf does pgarage works?

[Matei]

I have a 64-bit CPU (Atom N455) and operating system and

Pretty Garage 1.1:

./pgarage: /lib64/libncursesw.so.6: no version information available (required by ./pgarage)
./pgarage: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by ./pgarage)
./pgarage: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by ./pgarage)

Pretty Garage 1.2:

./pgarage: /lib64/libtinfo.so.6: no version information available (required by ./pgarage)
./pgarage: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by ./pgarage)

[stanceboyCZ]

i do have Atom too, but D525

[Matei]

Then your CPU is 64-bit. If you have 2 GB of RAM, you can install a 64-bit system. I recommend Fedora 34, which is not outdated. The problem with Fedora 35 is:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SDL12onSDL2

Targeted release:  Fedora Linux 35
[...]
let's replace SDL 1.2 with sdl12-compat, which uses SDL 2.0.

SDL 1.2 (used by DosBOX) is faster than sdl12-compat. You can still install SDL 1.2, but if the distribution has the other version included, this can be confusing. Also, if your computer is fairly old, the hardware (especially video) support gets worse in the newer versions.

https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/34/Spins/x86_64/iso/

[stanceboyCZ]

i dunno, my pc is 32bit

[Matei]

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/atom-d525.c1399

Features
[...]
Intel 64

The only problem is that you have a 32-bit outdated program, improperly sold as operating system. The CPU is 64-bit, it's faster than my Atom CPU and has 2 cores. It's a very good CPU.

https://www.howtogeek.com/693588/how-to-install-linux/

https://rufus.ie/en/

All you need is a 4 GB flash drive and you can use GNU/Linux and access the internet with it even before you install it. I can help.

[dreadnaut]

@stanceboyCZ The processor might support 64bit instructions, but if you have only 4GB of RAM (or less) there is no advantage in installing a 64bit operating system, except running 64bit builds like the version of Pretty Garage that you downloaded.

The reason 64bit OSs exist is to access more than 4GB of memory. Installing a 64bit system with less than 4GB of RAM will make things worse: all software suddenly needs more memory.

It's easier to ask @Cas to supply a 32bit build of Pretty Garage.

[Matei]

https://www.baeldung.com/cs/64-bit-vs-32-applications-performance

Therefore, 64-bit systems are more suitable for complex and demanding modern software, like video processing,...

With a 64-bit operating system my Atom CPU runs well videos at 1280x720 from you**be (downloaded, of course), but I also have a computer with a 32-bit Pentium 4 CPU running at the same clock speed, 1.6 GHz, and I can't watch any of those videos with it. A laptop with a Pentium M CPU at 1.7 GHz is also useless for the videos encoded with VP9, although the games run much faster on it than on the Atom, so it depends.

https://matei.one/#performance

[Erik Barros]

@stanceboyCZ I compiled pgarage with freebasic 32bits, if you can test it I appreciate it.

[stanceboyCZ]

it works pretty well

[stanceboyCZ]

And speaking of Bliss, the DOS version works pretty well, however the Windows version is 64bit, and my PC is 32bit.

[stanceboyCZ]

By the way, is there an option to switch garages?

I managed it like this.

[Matei]

Do you have an old 15'' monitor? At a resolution of 1024x768 the window of Bliss doesn't entirely fit on the screen. However, the best way to take advantage of Bliss is to take the tracks made by others. That's what I do.

[stanceboyCZ]

Well, i do have Samsung SyncMaster 720N, and if i'm not mistaken there many models that are the same or similar

[Matei]

I also use a 17'' LCD monitor but I always keep it at 1280x1024. If you keep the resolution at 1024x768 the aspect ratio is wrong (1280/1024 = 5/4, 1024/768 = 4/3), besides the image not being clear and the videos I mentioned above not displaying properly.

[stanceboyCZ]

@stanceboyCZ I compiled pgarage with freebasic 32bits, if you can test it I appreciate it.

bro, my pc said it was malicious, like it has some virus or trojan