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Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 Apr 2016 at 7:36 pm UTC

Quoting: kellerkindtIts said to be a 10-11gb download. Didn't show the size for me too.

EDIT: Which version do you have? I got it through the "Tomb Raider Collection" in 2013.

AFAIK downloads are compressed. I read something about 20 GB installed somewhere.

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Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 Apr 2016 at 7:30 pm UTC

Steam news of the day seems to be "The Culling on SteamOS". It seems a current early access game is considered bigger news than such a big but some years old title... :-/

Anybody already tried it with Nvidia driver 355(.11)?

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 3:18 pm UTC

Quoting: pete910That's handy, A 1tb evo ssd has turned up today too :D

:D
I bought the 500 GB two weeks ago.

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 1:38 pm UTC

Quoting: GBeeBTW, where is this minimum driver version requirement that everyone is talking about? I can't find it anywhere (game isn't yet on Steam and nothing on the Feral site about linux requirements).

https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/611/ [External Link]

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 1:37 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GBeeAgain, I'm sorry.

No problem, I expressed it unclear myself.

Quoting: GBee
Spoiler, click me
Although my point about Debian packagers being loons still stands, they don't carry the latest version of _anything_. Frankly it's a miracle that the driver they are shipping isn't 5 years old :)

Debian based distros would be my absolute last choice for a gaming or media system, their ethos that old === stable is at complete odds with the fact those systems benefit most from cutting edge developments, whether it's better driver performance or support for the very latest tech. I'm not even happy that their niche is the server, or at least not a server behind a modern site unless you're happy developing applications based on already unsupported versions of frameworks, databases etc

I'm packaging two programs for Debian, so I'm one of these "loons". (I looked it up and I'm still unsure how harsh the expression is... :o) ) Last time I looked, Ubuntu never cared to pull in a new version until I did for Debian, so Debian always had the newest version of my packages. I guess this is not true for some central packages, but I think it still holds for the vast majority of stuff.

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 12:52 pm UTC

Quoting: GBee
Quoting: EikeUps, I forgot that.
I'm not eager on installing a driver not contained in any Debian distribution [External Link]...
Well the Debian packagers are all a bunch of loons ...

Proprietary drivers are not the work of Satan, and if you were really concerned about it you'd not be able to drive a modern car, watch TV or make a phone call because all these devices, even those based on linux, use binary drivers and firmware.

If that fails to change your mind, consider the fact that you're refusing to use a closed source driver to play a closed source game - that doesn't make a jot of sense does it now?

Mind to click the link?

Debian does package the non-free drivers in it's non-free repository, they just didn't yet package the new version.

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 12:46 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: IlyaI somewhat miss the times when it was possible to play all the games on Linux...

I understand that feelings somewhat. :o)
I used to be very hungry for new Linux games,
now I wonder where they will end up in my stack of shame.

... and of course, that's great! :D

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Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 12:44 pm UTC Likes: 1