Congratulations on getting nominated! It looks like you're in good company there, and it's great to see SuperTuxKart towards the top of the results so far :)

Here's the blog post talking about the March poll for anybody who wants to read more: http://sourceforge.net/blog/potm-vote-201303/ [External Link]

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I can't help but be disappointed at this one. They're using Unity 4, and their FAQ had already said that they were going to pursue Linux if at all possible. Subsequently announcing Linux  and Mac support as a stretch goal (which is bad enough a practice on its own) has left a pretty sour taste in my mouth.

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For anybody who can't wait, one of the SteamLUG guys put together a howto [External Link] that apparently gets Opposing Force and Blue Shift up and running.

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The relevant info for anybody who's looking for it (sourced from Steam/steam_install_agreement.txt):

B. Limited Redistribution License.  Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a limited, terminable, non-exclusive license to reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of
the Program; provided that the following conditions are met:
        (i) you must distribute the Program in its entirety;

        (ii) you may not modify the Program, except that, in the case of the Linux version of the Program, you may modify scripts and other documentary and graphical files, but not any f
iles containing the term “bootstrap” in the file name, provided that you do not modify any icons, change any copyright or other notices, or alter this or any other license agreement that
 is included with the Program, and provided further that any modifications you make are identified by you as modifications from the original Program provided by Valve;

        (iii) you may repackage the Program and distribute it with another software program, provided that you do not integrate the Program in any way with that other software program, o
r combine the Program with that other software program in a manner that would require you to distribute the Program under any open source or other license terms different from these term
s.

        (iv) you may not charge any separate fee or receive any compensation attributable to the Program;

        (v) you must include this License Agreement provided with the Program and ensure that it will display and be required to be accepted by the end user in the same manner as is requ
ired by the Program in the form received by you; and

        (vi) you must preserve in all copies of the Program all copyright and legal notices that are attached to the copy of the Program received by you.

Kurremkarmerruk: The native client can only download/launch/update native games. The Windows client can only download/launch/update non-native games. You can generally assume that you'll get better performance/stability out of a native title than one run through Wine :)

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Quoting: JoeOf course Apple didn't "invent" the term PC, it would be nonsense to say that and that's not what I meant. I meant that they took that term "PC" and re-purposed it to replace the name "Windows" which people used to use when they were talking about a PC running Windows.

I don't think it was a matter of Apple re-purposing the term's misuse, but instead embracing that other companies were pushing their products as being distinct from Apple's offering. They definitely didn't come up with the notion that an Apple computer is not a "PC".

Quoting: liamdaweYeah it happened for me too, thought it was odd all featured items being cross platform.

It's weird. On first load of the store page, I get mostly windows only titles showing up, but then after a reload, it's back to cross-platform only.

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Unigine isn't specifically geared towards RTS games. The two biggest issues I hear from game developers who are considering its note very widely used compared to CE, UE, etc. (which is to be expected, it's a comparatively young engine), and its toolsets not being as developed (again, something that will grow as more people use it).

I can understand why developers running Kickstarter campaigns would shy away from it - there already so many other uncertainties that exploring a relatively unknown engine becomes difficult to justify.

What Unigine needs is for the in-development cross-platform titles using it to be released. It seems like The Cradle is probably the closest, but it's slipped past it's end of 2012 release date.

Back on topic, it's interesting to note that according to the earlier survey, Star Citizen had more Linux supporters than Mac OS supporters.

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Quoting: JoeThis "PC" labeling of Windows was a genius marketing move by Apple with their "PC vs. Mac" campaign. It basically preemptively kept Linux from the radar of common folk by re-labeling Windows to "PC". Now the Linux community needs to re-train people to understand that a PC doesn't equal Windows. So what we're seeing here on Steam just follows the trail that Apple set.

Actually, it was in place long before that ad campaign (and though Apple definitely embraced the notion of distinction between their platform and other personal computers, I don't believe it originated with them either).

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This is good to see on the front page. It's not as exciting as all of the promoted games (big scrolling banner across the top) being available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. Equal footing ftw :D

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The "increases" represent shift as a percentage of sample size, not as a percentage of the previous month's value (in case anybody's not clear on that).

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Unless it's the result of a bug, Mint (and other distros, presumably) is included in the main stats - it's just not big enough compared to the other OS variations to be shown on its own.

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