I really like what you wrote. Many a time I found answers to my problems by just searching the Steam forums, or sometimes using google, and I actually never but once contacted the developer directly about a problem in my port (it was about some achievements not unlocking in Civ5 and it actually turned out that they don't work in the Windows version either...). And I don't have five Linux games but 475 on Steam alone. The magic might be in a few simple things: I'm running debian, which is the closest distro to SteamOS, which is the target platform for many if not most of the devs; I'm running on nvidia, which definitely has far less issues (a friend of mine has an ATI card and he has *loads* of problems with some games); when I encounter a game-stopping bug, I simply write it in the forums (or just add "me too" if it is already written) and patiently wait for the fix, while playing other games in the meanwhile.

I think the biggest problem for companies are customers that are running unsupported distros and/or on unsupported hardware. In theory developers could say "we only support nvidia and ubuntu" but everyone knows that solution only works on paper. I'm running a rather big commercial website and when people make a wire transfer to pay for services, they are told several times, and in bold, to type order number in the title - it's the only way for the payment to be processed automatically. Still, a various percentage of people don't do that. They use different titles or put no title at all. And even if we explicitly say it's conditio sine qua non, in reality it's not like we can go and tell them to sod off. We have to support them all the same and it costs money. So all in all, we have a majority of customers who do as advised and thus don't generate any cost, and a few customers who go against the grain, and they generate 100% of support cost in their category. I could bet it's exactly the same with supporting Linux users...

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Quoting: MohandevirValve is strangely silent lately about the development and futur of SteamOS... Anybody has hints about what's to come?

Valve is sure taking their Time. ;-)

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I got Legend of Grimrock in a Humble Bundle and I really loved it - played it to the end and then some more. Then I also bought two more copies for my relatives. I have *almost* pre-purchased LoG2, but then I noticed there was no Tux icon next to it. I will be really disappointed if there is not Linux version at all. :-(

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Of course he's "back", his "leaving" was only a bluff to see if Valve puts the game back into store.

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Quoting: boomanThis new IndieRoyal bundle has all Desura games which includes 3 Linux games.
Why would they advertise Desura and Linux if the client is no longer downloadable?
http://www.indieroyale.com/?royale=188 [External Link]

You can download the games directly from the website, unpack and play them from disk, no need for the client (but it does make a big difference).

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Quoting: pbI have 233 Linux games on Desura

Ahah, it’s the exact number of Linux games (and demos) I have in Steam ;).

Demos are not counted in "SteamOS+Linux" menu. You can install/uninstall demos and the number will stay the same. F2P games are counted though.

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Also missing are achievements on Linux and Mac versions.

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The cake is a lie.

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Hm, I think something is wrong. Either I'm mistaken or sorting only works for current page of the table. So if a table has 8 pages, I can sort by price only the games that are on the first page, then go to the next page and do the same (after switching page the sort options are reset). It sort of defeats the whole purpose of sorting. It should either be page-agnostic, or better yet, you should just always put all titles on one page. Then javascript-sorting would make sense.

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Quoting: liamdaweWe have been looking to drop that actually, and it's an easy change to make. It was going to have more information like a trailer, but we never found the time/a decent way to add it all in. That will be removed shortly (it annoys me now too).

I would really appreciate it. ;-)

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