That's a nice milestone to reach. 58% of my library is now Linux compatible, and those are (Steam as well) way more stable than 3 years ago. Let's make this more like 100 % This year ;)
Also, did you see the new steam link video presentation [External Link]?

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About surround : honestly, I have a nice (but aging, and looking to replace it) 5.1 Medusa headset. I used to configure the surround feature in windows, but it didn't work with every game. Then, I completely switched to Linux, configured my headset with ALSA, and everything was working fine with the very few titles that supported surround. Then I heard about HRTF, and after configuring the required bits in openAL, I found it so much better than the real 5.1 that I completely disabled it, reverting to a 2-channel audio configuration.

Granted, HRTF only works with headsets, but 5.1 setups don't work that well when there are some people around either. The best solution would be to use a headphone plug in the controller itself. Maybe with something like a palm reader on the controller to identify players, and switching to their HRTF profile. (I don't mean to use the palm reader to log them in, but to identify which available profile uses which controller, a bit like they did on the 360. A central fingerprint reader or whatever might also do the trick).

Nowadays, I use Pulseaudio, and my headset is so full of bad contacts anyway that turning my head right or left changes the balance between channels :/

Now, about L4D2 : I hope they added a splitscreen mode. Last time I checked, there was one, but you had to use the console to access it, and it was a suboptimal experience. I hope that they will add this to all their games. And that everyone else will follow.

EDIT : On the buttons topic, I think it really depends on the game. For example, Halo (the first one) on PC uses two different keys for action and reload, even though pressing action when there is nothing to do reloads your weapon.
On Xbox, the game tells you to keep pressing the button on your controller to perform an action, and to quickly press it to reload. I guess the fact that the first Xbox had pression-sensitive buttons might have helped at the time. Moreover, console games tend to be slower-paced than PC games. Thus, pressing a button a bit longer is not crucial.
One could argue that if you have to press a button to open a door, the game is not fast paced anyway. But in my opinion, the game should offer both control schemes (and valve games always let you edit the key bindings by hand, if necessary).

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Quoting: KamLooks like fez, doesn't it?

Sure, but it looks also unplayable without some kind of 3D glasses :)
Just kidding... But the video wasn't very clear on this point, and I've had a hard time discriminating layers.

Are they using SDL2? or some other graphics toolkit?

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This game looks great :)

It reminds me a bit of darwinia, which was also a great game.

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I totally see this kind of games taking a new turn with SteamVR, and the HTC Vive, with the steam dual controllers. Even support for the Steam controller built-in accelerometer would be cool :)

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Quoting: dimkoI wonder, how much money Mac gamers spend and how much Linux user spend. While sheer number is high, it means not translation into money.

My guess would be that someone who is capable of paying $2000 for a laptop could also spend quite a few bucks into games.

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Quoting: KeizgonThis is guy is more worthy of an article (unlike reviewers, he actually uses the damn thing):

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His tweet afterwards:

"If there was somehow to get Emulators running on the Alienware Steam Machine, this thing would be GOD Tier." [External Link]

Just shows Valve needs to invest into their Desktop Mode just as much as their BPM.

I am quite surprised that no one answered him. I might, but I'll let other people a day or two to do so, before I clean the dust off of my old twitter account :)

Maybe Lutris [External Link] could do the trick for him, I don't know its state as of now.

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This one looks really good, but a bit overpriced for me. Half the price would have been okay, I guess.

I'm looking forward for Tux City or whatever, once this game is out :)

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Quoting: KeizgonJust looked at the Windows patch notes [External Link].

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

People are whining about this, but to be frank, this is why Windows 10 is trash for gamers. Well it's trash to begin with, but those complaining about this I doubt understand Rocksteady isn't at fault. Their launch was definitely their fault, but the RAM requirements is all on Microsoft's unnecessary background spyware noise. If they really don't care about their OS spying on them, Windows 10 users have no one else to blame but themselves in this situation.

Mmm... I wouldn't say such things in that situation. I don't know if it comes from the game or from Windows which is too eager to page, but let's not jump to such conclusions without some evidence. Unless you have some, of course ;)
The RAM requirements on Linux might even be (I highly doubt it, but it depends on how the game will manage it) higher.

About the other titles... I doubt they will come over to Linux, since this title is UE4-Based, thus the porting process should have been easier (minus the experience porters gained from the plethora of UE3 games ported). Speaking of UE games, I hope the UNREAL series will come one day :)

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Quoting: intialonsoThis little guy is ready for halloween!
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Are you planning to create a new distro ?

Does it has to be Alien (like in the franchise) related? Well, I guess so. Mine will come when finished :)
Edit : can we do multiple submissions ?

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