Graphical Launcher for Linux
For over 50 years people across the globe have read the tales about Frodo's and Sam's epic journey to Mount Doom, read about epic battles at the Hornburg (Helm's Deep), Pelennor Field's and the Black Gate of Mordor.
Now thanks to Turbine Inc you get the chance to visit Bag End, take a stroll through the Old Forest, have a drink at the Prancing Pony in Bree and gaze upon the beauty of Rivendell.
But if you are one of the many who have chosen Linux to be your operating system of choice you will not be able to run the games launcher using wine. But a solution is at hand, well two solutions really, first there is the excellant command line launcher written by SNy and available on his website.
This site hosts the other available option, a GUI launcher written using Python.
The actual game works very well under wine, with just a few adjustments needed to wine's registry and the games UserPreferences.ini file. Details of these adjustments can be found at the wine AppDB page for the Lord of the Rings Online or the How-To on this site.
