Deep SIlver's AAA games could come to linux

Quoting: n30p1r4t3

Quoting: Mike Frett

Quoting: n30p1r4t3

Quoting: Mike FrettWhat in the world...am I the only Linux users in the world that uses Linux as my only OS?. :(

Some people have to use windows for work, word, etc. Also, Linux doesn't support all the games I want to play. So windows is a must.

I used Windows for 15 years. It's understandable for Work, but I don't feel a Game is worth losing my rights and privacy over. Call me crazy, I just don't think I could knowing use an OS with a backdoor built-in for the NSA or see myself giving money to a company who seeks to destroy Linux by funnelling money to people like SCO and forcing OEMs to place features in Hardware like 'Secure Boot' with sole intentions of impeding installations of alternative software.

Some people I know dual boot, yet spend 90% of their time in Windows. I think people like that should probably just use Windows since it's obvious they have no interest in Linux. I wonder what all those people will do when Microsoft goes belly-up and they lose their crutch, no company lasts forever. I have Games I want to play too, but I value the lives of the men and women who died for the rights that would be stripped from me if I used Windows for a Video Game.

It's not really my opinion, but as individuals we all have different views of the facts. Sometimes it leads us down the wrong path and one day we wake up with less freedoms because of our choices. Like I've always said though, I'll never understand people that use Windows. ^_^

Incidentally, we've heard this same rhetoric from THQ and Blizzard also and nothing has come from it. "I'll believe it when I see it" is a phrase that come to mind, otherwise I ignore them and their Games.

Microsoft is one of the biggest contributors to the Linux kernel. The NSA argument is invalid because no matter what you do, you're still at some risk. I love Linux don't get me wrong, but until I can play every PC game I want to on Linux, I will be using windows.

n30p1r4t3: Regarding Microsoft, from an Ars Technica article about their contributions*:

QuoteA new addition to the list of top contributors this year was Microsoft. The Redmond giant was the 17th most prolific corporate contributor to the Linux kernel in 2011. The company first began contributing code to Linux in 2009 when it submitted patches to improve the performance of running virtualized Linux guest instances on Windows servers.

It was a welcome gesture, but Microsoft wasn't a particularly diligent steward of its contributed code at first. The company had some difficulty meeting the expectations of the kernel developers and doing the work to properly integrate and maintain the code it submitted to the kernel. As kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman recently told us in an interview, the issue was eventually remedied.

Their code only enriched their own business ecosystem, and they didn't do a very good job of properly maintaining it, anyway (in a way similar to Google's kernel modifications for Android).  I would not consider this to be a noteworthy effort in improving the experience of Linux users.  Microsoft is no friend to Linux!

I agree to an extent with the NSA argument, but surely you aren't really advocating the stance that no improvement in security is worthwhile unless all risk is eliminated?  That would be absurd.

Lastly, why not enjoy playing some of your games on Linux?  Choosing to avoid it for gaming until every PC game is available seems a terribly harsh condemnation of an OS you care about.  :(

Mike:  I see where you're coming from, but I no more want my choices restricted (i.e., few games on Linux) than I want to limit Windows users from the OS they enjoy.  It probably doesn't help to denigrate them, either.  They certainly make choices we wouldn't, but we might do well to try to be inclusive of them in our community.  We'll draw more flies with honey than vinegar, in my personal opinion ;)

( * Ars Technica )

^ That's exactly what I do. If a game has a Linux version, I game on Linux. I don't see microsoft as an evil company, after all, they didn't axe Skype for Linux. 

Quoting: n30p1r4t3^ That's exactly what I do. If a game has a Linux version, I game on Linux. I don't see microsoft as an evil company, after all, they didn't axe Skype for Linux. 

Ah! I misunderstood "...until I can play every PC game I want to on Linux, I will be using windows." to mean that you'd choose not to play any PC games you enjoy in Linux until they were all native releases.  Glad to hear it, and happy to be wrong, buddy! :D

Quoting: Mike FrettWhat in the world...am I the only Linux users in the world that uses Linux as my only OS?. :(

Definitely not the only one, since there are 2 Linux-only gamers in this house

We even got permission to install Linux on computers at our desk at work, use webmail client for mail there

I only use GNU/Linux for everything (even at work), and it's not because Microsoft is evil but because I don't like paying for shit. So I won't buy those Windows games I can't play. I avoid Wine too because I don't think it's a good solution at all, it isn't user friendly and unsupported.

I also use Linux only :)

For work, hobby and gaming. For some games I still use wine, like Guild Wars 2 and some games from the steam sale (I couldn't resist >.< ).

Quoting: n30p1r4t3...they didn't axe Skype for Linux. 

YET!

A developer that does not support their games running on GNU/Linux (or thinks the online activation improves sales) does not deserve my money.

QuoteMicrosoft is one of the biggest contributors to the Linux kernel

After they were caught violating the GPL they didn't have much of a choice than to open source their Hyper-V drivers. Also I wouldn't consider Microsoft Hyper-V drivers to be a big or essential part of the Linux kernel in any way.

Quoting: berarmaI only use GNU/Linux for everything (even at work), and it's not because Microsoft is evil but because I don't like paying for shit. So I won't buy those Windows games I can't play. I avoid Wine too because I don't think it's a good solution at all, it isn't user friendly and unsupported.

I am a software developer and use Linux exclusively.

At work, we are allowed to choose whatever system we like, as long as we can get our job done. Funny fact is that the ones who choose to go with Windows usually end up having Linux in a virtual machine just for work, because it is just so much more developer-friendly. We also noticed that in some cases compile times can go up from 50% to 500% when on Windows compared to Linux (1 min. on Linux vs. 5 min. on Windows).

Nowadays our projects usually target Linux as primary system, and support OSX and Windows as an add-on. It is because if you target Linux, porting to other systems is quite trivial. Sure, we are not game developers, and most of our stuff is not consumer products. But I just fail to understand why would anyone want to torture themselves by developing on Windows?

Fantastic news. While some games do work through Wine native linux software is so much better.