Quoting: eldakingHeck, they accuse Linux users of "wanting things for free".

My 2 Linux Gaming rigs each with $950.00 Processors and $600.00 GPUs speak otherwise.

Oh what's that I hear? :O They don't actually gather market research & intel and just parrot narratives and FUD passed down by the dumb IT of the world.

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For me personally, it's not a case of a game needing to be "native", I'm so long past caring about the internals of a game. ~~I want a game that both works and is supported.~~ The latter obviously being extremely important, since ~~if a game update breaks the Linux version then as a paying customer I would expect something to be looked into and fixed up.~~

<3<3<3 AMEN. <3<3<3

As a Linux Gamer with 350+ games I've purchased it's not worth it to me to buy a game with 0 expectation that it will continue to work in the future. To my knowledge I am not able to download "old versions" of the game on Steam if the new versions break the game.

Also, lets be REAL for a moment. SteamPlay is nothing more than a ~~ Plan B ~~ for gamers like me. It eliminates the need for me as a gamer to go through hoops to play a highly anticipated title (rebooting to windows -- assuming I had a windows, which I don't. Running VGA Passthrough, or streaming from a Windows box in my closet, etc...)

I can probably count the number of games I would be willing to go through the effort to play on one or two hands.

Bottom Line -- If a developer doesn't want to go through the effort of providing support to me, I am unwilling to spend money. SteamPlay is a nice backup or Plan B, but native games will get my money 98 times out of 100.

For example. I recently played Marble Skies on Linux, amazing game, I couldn't give a damn even if the Linux versions cost a premium either, I'll still pay it over buying some half baked bug infested product lazily chucked at me with zero support.

~~ SteamPlay was never a silver bullet and it never will be. ~~

At best it may enable playing some specific AAA games like GTAV, Halo MCC and Final Fantasy XV but even then there are thousands of other Linux games I could buy and not have to dick around getting the damn thing to work.

If I wanted to dick around getting things working, I would have settled for pirating roms and Wii games, but because I'm classy I pay for my games so I don't have to fuck around with technical quirks becuase I want to spend time PLAYING MY GAMES, and not spend time FIXING OR ADMINISTERING MY GAMES.

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CPU enthusiasts are calling the Intel's counter-launch Intel EE or Emergency Edition -- where they are simply launching as a response to AMD playing such a strong hand.

Competition is good for us -- the consumer, and after being on a 32 thread CPU for half a year now I can say it does have some amazing perks.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Valve said they're going to be bringing in voice chat later too.

My God, we'll be able to chat on the phone with voice! It's revolutionary!!!!

Considering Steam has given us SOOO MUCH -- a Client, VR, Big Picture, Controller Support, Kernel upgrades, SDL Upgrades, DXVK, Proton, a Official Linux Distro, and so much more...

Meanwhile GOG has given us: A Web App. ZERO LINUX CLIENT
https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/1131235847926362112 [External Link]

I am not sure why any non-novice Linux Gamers would applaud GOG and put Steam down -- and yet I have seen it over the years. Sure DRM-Free is nice, but FOSS/Open-Source/Libre-Source is better if you are trying to go down the road of morality and user power.

I'm super stoked to have another communication tool since Discord AUR basically breaks everytime Discord pushes a update and disables old clients. Meanwhile Google is axing GSuite Google Hangouts, and the fate of Hangouts is uncertain, leaving us with IRC, Matrix, and what XMMP?

We are desperately in need of a 2K20 Libre Chat App.

Quoting: JuliusI just wish they would open their protocols and allow Federation. It is most likely internally using XMPP anyways (like the Epic Fortnite chat and the previous League of Legends one).

Assuming Steam Chat is XMPP, I would officially use my Steam Chat as my primary chat app if they did that. Good idea, someone should inquire.

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It might as well not exist in my world then. Only tux get my bucks.

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If we could standardize WINE BOTTLE instead of "wine prefix" I would be so happy.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and if that's true then a WINE BOTTLE could be summed intuitively as app(s) in a bottle:



Edit: I would also accept Wine Container as a improvement on the iteration convention.

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Great. I will dial up my expectations a little in anticipation.
As a purely Linux Gamer, friendly behavior towards our platform should always be recognized, praised and rewarded.
Bad behavior, insults on the other hand will get my backhand and I'll caution the economic dangers of having a isolated player-base.

Lots of good content, Only Tux Get My Bux and I got money to spend, so keep shoveling Linux content on to my doorstep bby.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Well yes and no legally you dont own any of your games you have on steam you have a licence for that game which remains property of the game developer. EULA are technically not enforceable legally but there is every chance they would get away with it in court

Fuck that. I couldn't give a damn what technical legal bullshittery slingers try to sling at customers. In every industry you exchange money for a good or a service, even a license key is a non-changing string of characters that you literally own.

Over intellectualizing the simple reality of buying goods is bullshit. Sony was sued through the nose when they marketed Playstation as having "Linux OS support" and later pulling the plug on a feature that sold the product.

Lets not be whimps and give off the message -- Look Linux Devs, "We don't mind being cheated and fucked in the ass. We won't stand up for our rights"

We are fucking equals in the industry in all respects and when every other platform fails from disease the Linux sanctuary will still be standing because of the
"nobody owns it" reality.

Quoting: dubigrasuSo these are the problematic third parties after all?
But I thought that things were going good on that front, wasn't Valve in talks with EAC?

If I was RUST as a business venture. I would be alarmed that my software supplier is having technical difficulties and is NOT able to complete the job. If they are having engine vulkan issues NOW, then what BIG problems are on the horizon in the near future.

It sounds like RUST is dependent on a clusterfuck on wheels. They should be VERY concerned at their suppliers unprofessionalism and lack of qualifications as seen in their poor craftsmanship to prevent cheaters and be free of graphical glitches.

Edit: Here we go with the "blame game" and deferring responsibility being being BAD at your job.

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Props Itch.io is the new Humble Bundle in my book

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Quoting: Patola

Quoting: ElectricPrismIMO "Open Source" should be split into two new definitions:

Public Source
Libre Source

It would not be a "split". It would be something else. Open source was never meant to refer to proprietary code whose source you could read. There were already software with "readable" but not modifiable code decades ago, like the PINE email client. The Open Source definition is a very strict one, with 10 points the license must meet to be considered as such.

Now, for Black Mesa... Will it leave Early Access before or after Star Citizen?

I wouldn't be surprised if the term had a loose meaning before the OSI came around and created a official definition for what "Open Source" is.

And if the OSI was there @ the beginning instead of tacking on meaning later, then they sure did a poor job selecting a naming schema that is articulate and accurate.

How much more could you fuck up. You might as well be Verizon + the FCC with the "Freedom Internet Act" which is basically the _ opposite _ of internet freedom for the individual and 100% bullshit.

Seriously I am not in the mood to be fed a line of bullshit about how the term "open source" was created with intentions on a specific meaning which is 100% clearly not in the name and confuses people down to this day in 2019.

Public Source and Libre Source will suffice for naming schemas following syntax that actually fucking makes sense so I am inviting anyone who wants to to use them when describing the nature of the code.

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