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Eador. Masters of the Broken World Strategy Game Releases Long Awaited Linux Version + DLC
10 Jun 2014 at 7:55 am UTC

Quoting: ImantsjdubHow did you get past this?

http://imgur.com/W9DMh20 [External Link]

http://imgur.com/S6FCKaGDo [External Link] you have gforce ore radeon. I had same problem with my radeon video card but with gforce it plays fine.
I have a GTX 650 ti Boost with 331.79 drivers

Blockstorm FPS Game Released On Steam For Linux
7 Jun 2014 at 8:24 pm UTC

There are people playing now, 2 populated servers actually

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Confirmed For Linux & SteamOS
7 Jun 2014 at 2:59 pm UTC Likes: 5

Don't give a shit if they wrap it with the comic section of the sunday paper as long as it runs well

Looks Like LIMBO Is Now Being Ported Natively To Linux Thanks To Icculus
6 Jun 2014 at 9:44 am UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: .AFAIK he has never been involved in anything good. Always shipping unfinished crap that never gets fixed. He starts to work on a million projects at the same time and ends up with a million broken ports.
Relax, it's time to stop trying to play Dungeon Defenders.
DD works fine for me

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month
1 Jun 2014 at 7:05 pm UTC

Quoting: ImantsMy biggest problem are shortcuts :). The most easiest way I find is using terminal :( on my Ubuntu 14.10. Other than that for home use I do not regret ditching windows.
For shortcuts I use menulibre, it's much better than alacarte in my experience

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month
1 Jun 2014 at 7:03 pm UTC

And for reference I was talking about the Ubuntu software center, not the Mint one.

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month
1 Jun 2014 at 6:59 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdaweIf someone has complaints about Linux it doesn't mean they are a Windows fanboy.

I obviously use and love Linux, but it also pisses me off to no end at the same time. I completely agree on graphics drivers installation from repositories in Ubuntu/Mint being a pain. For me luckily though Cinnamon saved the day as it makes everything bar graphics drivers install a lot easier.

Simple thing like being able to do an uninstall command from right clicking an app in the "start menu", it's little things like that.
Yea, Windows fanboy I am not, I use Linux as my main OS...I don't let ignorant name-calling get to me. People can be really sensitive about their OS and that's ok. There is a lot of room for improvement and mint sure has gone the extra mile on that one

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month
1 Jun 2014 at 1:04 pm UTC

Quoting: wolfyrionJudging from my experience as an everyday IT , Is very hard for a Windows,Mac User to migrate to any Linux OS.

And next month I believe the Linux statistics will be less on Steam...

For Gamers
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Watch Dogs, Stomping Land and The Forest - three of the most anticipated games released for Windows.
So any new user on Linux or dual boot or whatever they would just say fuck it.
I am switching to windows just to be able to play these games.

For Casual Mac/Windows Business/Users
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There are some applications that are especially deigned for Mac and you cannot find them in a windows version or Linux and some people cant live without these applications.So a switch for them is impossible. Same goes with Windows especially for the Business.
Some people are stuck with Office/outlook and business applications like Caseware etc any alternative is out of question.

Before I switch my personal desktop to Only Linux OS I had to try out a lot of Distros and struggle a lot to learn Linux.
Imagine I am a computer geek, I know how things are working etc. But how about the casual dumb user? Is impossible for them to try new things.
I have one folder with over 100 modifications/optimizations for Manjaro just to be able to use it as I want. After a year now using Linux , I cant go back to windows even for a Game....
Then they will have to learn fun stuff like no updated flash in FF, having to use PPA's and type in terminal commands to install anything not included with the distro, the fact that there is no one-click way to add shortcuts to the menu's, figuring out how to install drivers (why this is made to be so obtuse to the end use is beyond me...they should be installed from the get-go like manjaro does), finding out they're complex office documents won't display correctly, how much software center sucks, chrome has no plugins, wine is a PITA, Linux software is often left out in the cold and outdated from third parties (skype, anyone?), dropping ia32-libs for no apparent reason....shall I go on?

Anyway, if someone goes into linux with a mindset they are leaving the world of windows behind and wants to learn a new way of computing...then ok...me for instance, I had to reinstall a crapload if times because I kept tinkering around and messing up my install, and that's fine because I like doing that...I wouldn't expect everyone to...not to say linux is not usable out of the box, but I also wouldn't call it a complete user friendly experience. My mom uses Ubuntu that I installed for her just fine because all she does is online banking and shopping, but I would imagine the average professional or business user would get fed up pretty quickly with all the hoops one must jump through to get things working the way you want...good luck if you need photoshop or proprietary business software.

Disclaimer: Not bashing linux...just telling my perspective as a fairly new recruit. BTW, the forest will most likely be on Linux, but not until after release. Just going on what the forums say.