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Latest Comments by Linas
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris looks like it's coming to Linux
7 Jun 2016 at 12:49 pm UTC

This looks like a great local coop game, and I am always in the market for those.

Like getting scared? Some Horror games you have to check out on Linux & SteamOS
6 Jun 2016 at 8:43 pm UTC Likes: 1

So you like to be afraid?
Afraid of being liked.

Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded, a remaster of a 1998 game now available on Linux & SteamOS
6 Jun 2016 at 7:20 pm UTC

Heh... I somehow vaguely remember this one from back in the days. Must have seen it at a friends place.

This is a very Russian game, based on Russian jokes, and aimed at Russian-speaking people. If you are not within the target audience, the game will be at least 43% less funny for you.

Next month marks seven years of me running GamingOnLinux, how should we celebrate?
3 Jun 2016 at 9:10 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: NyamiouHaving a live interview of Gabe Newell.
That would be awesome. Even email version would be great though, which I suspect is more realistic.

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition now officially support Linux & SteamOS
3 Jun 2016 at 3:43 pm UTC

Confusing, because Deep Silver told me directly this wasn't happening.
Well, I am not going to complain about this. ;)

Substance Painter 2, a feature-filled 3D texture painting app comes to Linux
3 Jun 2016 at 3:30 pm UTC

This is great news. Linux on the desktop will not make a breakthrough in the office, it will do it as a multimedia platform.

Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite
2 Jun 2016 at 7:15 pm UTC Likes: 6

I have never sold half a million of anything. If I did, I would consider that a success. ;)

Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold
2 Jun 2016 at 7:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CreakI have one, but most of my games don't work with it (or work poorly).
For instance, Broforce just doesn't work (but Xbox360 pad does work).

Also, TF2 still displays the keyboard shortcuts although I have the SteamController plugged in. It isn't really easy to learn games this way.

Do you have the same problems?
I don't have Broforce, but I have not seen a game that would not work with Steam Controller yet. There are basically 3 modes of operation:

1. Gamepad -- works like an Xbox 360 controller.
2. Keyboard and mouse -- that's probably why you are seeing keyboard prompts.
3. Native -- the game knows it is a Stream Controller. Magicka 2 is one such game.

I would guess that you are having trouble because your udev rules are wrong. Try looking here (might be a bit out of date):
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/steam-controller-on-ubuntu-a-tweak-you-need-to-do.6081

Quoting: PUNIt's a nice controller but I'll wait for a the next version of it. It seems still under development ATM.
The software is improving yes, but the controller itself is quite solid. I don't think they will be releasing another controller for quite a while.

Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold
2 Jun 2016 at 6:04 pm UTC Likes: 1

I wonder how many of those are Linux users?