New Humble Weekly Bundle (5 Linux Games Out Of 7)

I also strongly agree with Kristian.

This is disappointing. Some days ago, I was looking for a DRM Free version of world of goo that I could put on a USB stick to play it on the go... And even this HB doesn't provide a DRM free version. I already own this game multiple times on steam, as steam keys, even on the google play store; yet I don't fully own it -_-"

The distinction between Indie bundles and other bundles as regards DRM-free and cross platform policies is an artificial distinction invented after the fact as a rationalization.

Yep, agreed. But they do still do decent work for charity. They're just not relevant any more as a Linux advocate.

Nonsense.

Both the Humble Indie Bundle and the Humble Bundles With Android both drive ports to Linux. The Swapper, Antichamber and Guacamelee were ported as a result of the last bundle. Giana Sisters was supposed to be ported too, but well that didn't happen...

The previous bundle saw the first ports of Papa & Yo, Reus and Joe Danger 2. Dust: An Elysian Tail was likely ported for inclusion in the 11th Bundle (it was ported a month or two before).

No way in hell they are irrelevant.

This latest release is nice for being semi-cross platform, but I'd like to see more effort from them before I fall back into throwing my money at them.

I spend most of my gaming money on kickstarters now -- it used to be that buying Humble Bundles was the best way to help ensure Indie games got ported to Linux, but now there are lots of Indie teams inspired to support Linux because of solid support from Linux users who back them

It's just too bad HB stopped porting, I guess the ball has passed to Feral now.. unless there's another company out there doing a full court press on Linux porting I am not aware of

Aspyr has branched out and now port to Linux as well as to Mac.

No way in hell they are irrelevant.

They are not irrelevant, but at the same time they are in a far less strong position when it comes to advocating for Linux releases. I mean, would you go to the trouble as a developer to port your game to be included in a Humble Indie Bundle when it could just as easily be placed into a bundle with a lower barrier to entry just a week or so later?

This also devalues the work put in by the developers that do take on the trouble of supporting us, as the advantages they gain compared to everyone else are slim in the context of the promotions themselves, especially since Linux users for some reason still seem willing to support many of these non cross platform bundles.

Which is also ignoring for the moment the DRM free component that they also used to heavily promote, something which has also been weakened and devalued due to their more recent actions.