I ran LiveCD with Ubuntu 7.10 and I have a Linux build of Blender on my USB drive (from ZanQdo). I see executable file, double click on it and nothing happens 
How do I run pre-compiled builds of Blender under Ubuntu ? Thank you.
run a terminal and type:
cd /media/name_of_usb_drive
then move to whatever folder has the blender executable in it, ex.:
cd blender_binary_dir/
then type:
./blender
then look at the output
If your computer has an nVidia video card, the proprietary drivers that give you OpenGL which is necessary for Blender are probably not loaded. You would have to install the special nVidia drivers, but I donāt think you can do that from a live CD boot. Try running it from a command line, and if you see something like āglx not foundā then thatās whatās going on.
I know lots of people use Blender + Ubuntu though, so donāt give up.
Yeah, what he ^ said.
I too use Ubuntu 7.10 (64 bit version in my case) but both Linux distro are a breeze to use! If you have an Nvidia card and install 7.10 onto your harddisk - installing the Nvidia drivers is as easy as clicking two buttons. Just click - System / Administration / Proprietary Drivers manager
And Tick the hardware you have (eg. Nvidia)ā¦after youāve done - you can activate fancy OpenGL Menues like Compiz and your linux will kind of resemble Windows Aero 
and of courseā¦you should be able to run Blender straight offā¦
Iāve been running dapper (6.10) 64bit and have the 7.10 disc sitting on my lap. How do you like the 7.10 64bit? Iāve also got the 32 bit version of 7.10 and was wondering if I should go that route. I had to install a bunch of 32 bit libs to use some of my third party apps. Is that the case with the new 64 bit release?
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I love it! Gives me support for the chunky 8 GB ram I have in my Quad-Core Cpu box.
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Ah, that COULD be a problem, but only if you make it a problem
Everything that worked out of the box in the 32 bit 7.10 worked out of the box in the
64 bit 7.10. nowā¦that saidā¦here is the problems you MAY encounter:
There is no 64 Bit Flash for Linux yetā¦Adobe have however promised to release
one soon, I do believe they will. Until then weāve got to use GNASHā¦which supports
64 bit flash just fineā¦not everythingā¦but it handles YouTube videos etcā¦
If you install software via apt-get & Add software (native with 7.10) then there
is a GAZILLION programs available that will work straight-out-of-the box for
the 64 bit Ubuntu. Seriously! Iāve installed lots of 3D games too (such as the
free version of Quake 3 - Alien Arena etc.) works like charm.
I use a lot of music software tooā¦such ZynaddsubFX Software synthesizer (excellent
stuff)ā¦worked straight out of the boxā¦
So far there havenāt been much software that didnāt work for me under Ubuntu 64 bit,
the only software I can remember that didnt workā¦was 32 bit flash from Adobeā¦
everything else has worked!
Another thing isā¦ I have a habit of compiling whatever I wantā¦(long time Linux user)
so ā¦things that where meant for 32 bitā¦just seem to compile fine here in 64 bit
I really donāt have many issuesā¦maybe they will come? Knock on woodā¦hope not
First: Thanks for the heads up dreblen. He caught my senior moment - Iām using 6.4 64 bit dapper not 6.10. The LTS version has been really awesome in keeping the packages up to date. Iāve done several apt-get update/upgrade sessions with excellent results but I see that some of the latest and greatest are just not available for dapper these days.
JoOngle: Sounds really good. Iāve got a half a terrabyte of storage so I donāt think space is a problem.Iāll shove it onto one of the hard drives and give it a go.
I donāt use flash. I try to keep my use of proprietary stuff at a minimum and I have no problem with it. My html and css stuff doesnāt even use Java.
I use a lot of music software tooā¦such ZynaddsubFX Software synthesizer (excellent stuff)ā¦worked straight out of the boxā¦
Iām presently engaged in a project that uses a lot of sound so thatās good news.
Another thing isā¦ I have a habit of compiling whatever I wantā¦(long time Linux user)
so ā¦things that where meant for 32 bitā¦just seem to compile fine here in 64 bit
I really donāt have many issuesā¦maybe they will come? Knock on woodā¦hope not
Yeh, me too. I started with redhat 5.x around 1998 and havenāt looked back. Iām getting lazy since they are making it soooo easy now :yes: Still, I do image manipulation with ImageMagick cli and love it. The power of linux cli is nothing short of amazing.
Thanks for the comeback
There are software drivers called MESA too, I made a live CD with PC linux, and the MESA driversā¦ it could run blender on any systemā¦
Was not the greatest FPS though
I have ATI Radeon and I bet I donāt have OpenGL drivers when I run LiveCD. Could it be a reason why Blender will not start?
did you run it from a command line? and if so, what did it say?