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December 25th, 2013, 07:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
datahogg Knoxville Tennessee USA World'sWorstTrader Experience: Intermediate Platform: TOS Trading: ES, NQ, CL, /6E futures options. Posts: 346 since Oct 2012 Thanks Given: 135 Thanks Received: 154	Does anyone use Ubuntu Linux operating system with the Think Or Swim (TOS) trading platform?? Thanks in advance. HH.

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December 25th, 2013, 08:23 PM

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tlopez51

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datahogg

Does anyone use Ubuntu Linux operating system with the Think Or Swim (TOS) trading platform??

Thanks in advance. HH.

I use Linux Mint which is an Ubuntu-based distribution with TOS quite frequently.

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December 26th, 2013, 06:44 AM

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datahogg

Knoxville Tennessee USA

World'sWorstTrader

Experience: Intermediate

Platform: TOS

Trading: ES, NQ, CL, /6E futures options.

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tlopez51

I use Linux Mint which is an Ubuntu-based distribution with TOS quite frequently.

Does the Linux Mint work well with the TOS? Are the graphics and speed better? How about reliability?

I did a TOS download for the trading platform, but the .exe file would not execute using Ubuntu. And I used Ubuntu for the download.

The Tdameritrade/Think or Swim site lists Ubuntu as compatible with the TOS platform.

Thanks HH.

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December 26th, 2013, 08:15 AM

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tlopez51

Clifton, NJ/USA

TonyL

Experience: Advanced

Platform: TradeStation, NinjaTrader

Broker: TradeStation, NinjaTraderBrokerage, CQG, IQ-DTN

Trading: ES, NQ, YM, TF, CL, GC, ZB, IWM, FXE, SPY, UVXY, USO, TLT, TBT, QQQ, GLD, JNK

Posts: 57 since Aug 2013

Thanks Given: 3

Thanks Received: 47

datahogg

Does the Linux Mint work well with the TOS? Are the graphics and speed better? How about reliability?

I did a TOS download for the trading platform, but the .exe file would not execute using Ubuntu. And I used Ubuntu for the download.

The Tdameritrade/Think or Swim site lists Ubuntu as compatible with the TOS platform.

Thanks HH.

There's a separate installer (thinkorswim_installer.sh) for the Linux OS.

https://mediaserver.thinkorswim.com/installer/install.html

It's the better way to install TOS on linux. If you want to install using the windows .exe version then you need to do it in Wine or other compatible layer for running windows apps on Linux.

IMO Linux Mint is more responsive and runs much faster and smoother than Ubuntu. You can use many of the same tips for installing stuff on Mint for Ubuntu.

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