diff --git a/mk/linux/editor b/mk/linux/editor
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..588f15363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/linux/editor
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Library directory
+LIBDIR="lib"
+
+# If we are launching from a symlink, such as /usr/local/bin/runglest.sh, we need to get where
+# the symlink points to
+pth="`readlink $0`"
+
+# $pth will be empty if our start path wasnt a symlink
+if [ $pth ]; then
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $pth`"
+else
+	GAMEDIR="`dirname $0`"
+fi
+
+# Change to the game dir, and go!
+cd $GAMEDIR
+# export game library directory
+test -n "${LIBDIR}" && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GAMEDIR}/${LIBDIR}"
+
+# now deal with the openal library [libopenal.so.0]
+hasopenal=`ldconfig -p | grep -m 1 "libopenal.so.0" | cut "-d>" -f2 | cut "-d " -f2`
+#echo "openal search = [$hasopenal]"
+if [ -n "$hasopenal" ]; then
+  echo "default openal library was found in [$hasopenal]"
+else
+  echo "default openal library is missing, attempting to find and link to a newer version if available..."
+
+  hasopenal=`ldconfig -p | grep -m 1 "libopenal.so.1" | cut "-d>" -f2 | cut "-d " -f2`
+  if [ -n "$hasopenal" ]; then
+    ln -f -s $hasopenal lib/libopenal.so.0
+  fi
+fi
+
+./bin/glest_editor
+
+
diff --git a/mk/linux/start_editor b/mk/linux/g3dviewer
similarity index 87%
rename from mk/linux/start_editor
rename to mk/linux/g3dviewer
index 012922630..6ef370cb2 100755
--- a/mk/linux/start_editor
+++ b/mk/linux/g3dviewer
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ cd $GAMEDIR
 # export game library directory
 test -n "${LIBDIR}" && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GAMEDIR}/${LIBDIR}"
 
-./glest_editor
-# ./glest > /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
+./bin/glest_g3dviewer
 
diff --git a/mk/linux/glest b/mk/linux/glest
index f364f6413..5ac029800 100755
--- a/mk/linux/glest
+++ b/mk/linux/glest
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
-./glest.bin > glest.log 2>&1
-# ./glest > /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
+./bin/glest.bin 2>&1 | tee -a glest.log
+# ./bin/glest.bin 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
 
diff --git a/mk/linux/start_configuration b/mk/linux/start_configurator
similarity index 86%
rename from mk/linux/start_configuration
rename to mk/linux/start_configurator
index 36faa9514..b11f2d596 100755
--- a/mk/linux/start_configuration
+++ b/mk/linux/start_configurator
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ cd $GAMEDIR
 # export game library directory
 test -n "${LIBDIR}" && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GAMEDIR}/${LIBDIR}"
 
-./glest_configurator
-# ./glest > /tmp/`date +"%F_%k-%M-%S"`.glest.log 2>&1
+./bin/glest_configurator