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One of the developers from Bohemia Interactive who's active in our community is asking to see how much interest there is in the Linux port of Arma 3 [Steam Page]. Currently, the Linux (and Mac) ports of Arma 3 from Virtual Programming are hidden from the Steam store page, because Bohemia Interactive class them as experimental. You can install it from Steam like any other game, it's just not advertised.

The developer, who goes by the nickname Dwarden, has asked me to make it clear that this is not an official poll. They're simple trying to find out just how much community interest there is.

On their Discord, they've pinned a message in the "linux_mac_branch" channel that reads:

How many users @here use Linux / Mac ports or may get interested to use ?
(especially if the delay time of port shortens after the Windows release ? )
{you can use reaction to add to the counter(s)}
{just to be clear this unofficial poll is for insight}

You can join their Discord using this link, to let them know your thoughts and add to the "reaction counter" if it's important to you. Once you're in their discord, if you have trouble finding the message here's a direct link (only works if you've joined).

Naturally, commenting here as well will also help so they can see outside interest and for those of you who don't like Discord you can also make yourselves known.

Personally, I quite enjoyed the last time I jumped in with a bunch of members from the community, it performed reasonably well and we all had a really great time. It's a pretty fascinating game, one I wouldn't experience without a Linux port so I really do hope they keep pushing forwards to eventually have it properly advertised on Steam.

Of course, not having it actually advertised won't really help since people won't know unless they're told about it. There's also nothing else like it on Linux, so I feel it's quite important.

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DerRidda Aug 4, 2018
I'm highly interested in ARMA III for Linux but I will not buy it as long as the developers aren't committed to it.
It needs to be a 100% official fully supported port that is in sync with the Windows version.
peterp771 Aug 4, 2018
If it's officially supported, I'll definitely buy it.
tuubi Aug 4, 2018
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Quoting: tgurrDiscord is a stupid decision for raising awareness of interested Linux users.

Why ? You can use it from any web browser on any platform. You dont even need a client (though there is one)
You've been around long enough to know that Linux users are often very aware of their privacy, and the core business of Discord seems to be data mining the chats and user accounts and peddling this information to various undisclosed parties. Not everybody cares, but it makes some of us very uncomfortable.
AzP Aug 4, 2018
I'm definitely interested. I bought the game a couple of months back, thanks to it having Linux support.
evergreen Aug 4, 2018
I simply love this game, it would be nice to avoid switching hard disk, also because of annoying time change and logitech unifying drop by switching between virOS and ubuntu
gojul Aug 4, 2018
Really interested in this game. The port is awesome.
cdnr1 Aug 4, 2018
great game 1+ for linux
dpanter Aug 4, 2018
Quoting: GuestI hear that...to deal with ARMA atm they expect you to have a steam account, bohemia account, a discord account and a kitchen sink account...so sick of all these sign ups I want to play a F'ing game not be some social media diversity king.
Amen to that. I really have no idea how many hundreds of accounts I have nowadays... it is complete madness.
haiku Aug 4, 2018
Arma is the best 3th person war simulation. I am just a bit bored with the multi-players launcher.
Needless to say i enjoy having a Linux port !
RealmSpyderYT Aug 4, 2018
If you guys made a official Linux port I would
buy Arma 3 without hesitation.
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