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Latest Comments by Mohandevir
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided looks like it may be getting a Linux & SteamOS release
23 Aug 2016 at 5:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

Just found this that might confirm the whole story:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feral-Interactive-Tells-Linux-Users-to-Request-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Port-478422.shtml [External Link]

So it might just be logical to get a Linux port from Feral. That would be awesome!!!

Depth Charge?

Mighty No. 9 has its SteamOS icon back, not yet playable
22 Aug 2016 at 11:55 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: TealI hope that by "hold off" you mean mostly "pass".

It has ~50% on Steam reviews, and that's both the all time and recent ones.

We as a community don't have to automatically jump at every muddy turd just because some big names did show kindness to us, come on. It's sadly not a good game and not supporting a failed game developer should come before supporting a Linux friendly one.

If you consider yourself a fan of the (original) series, get yourself an emulator and one of the original games.
Will you be able to sleep if I tell you that I want to make my own opinion of the game?

Reading the reviews I have the feeling that many seem way too unfair. It feels like free bashing, this is why I want to see for myself.

How to fix bodies not showing in Shadow of Mordor with Nvidia drivers temp fix
9 Aug 2016 at 6:13 pm UTC

I have a GTX960 and, for my part, with driver 361.45.19 (I hope I got it right), there is no problem. The performances are on par with driver 367.xx.

Unless you have a GTX10x0 you might not need to use the latest driver.

Linux desktop marketshare has grown for three consecutive months
3 Aug 2016 at 9:20 pm UTC Likes: 2

For my part, something is happening. There was never that much curiosity and willingness to try Linux.

Just at work I converted a friend to Linux Mint and he converted three other co-workers to Linux.

Microsoft's repeated intrusions and forced upgrades are responsible for this, from what I hear. People are fed up by MS's "Whe know what is good for you and you'll like it". MS went too far, this time.

Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
20 Jul 2016 at 1:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

Please! Lego games! I want them all!!! :)

The curious tale of vanishing Linux & SteamOS ports, a status on a few of them
18 Jul 2016 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: HalifaxValve giving up on SteamVR for SteamOS and pretty much giving up on SteamOS, at least for now, sure does seem like they decided to not power through and fix/try again after a poorly received Steam Machine release.
Just trying to put things together and this is just speculation, but looking at AMD's recent rate of development on Linux with their AMDGPU-Pro (and/or) Opensource driver and considering the fact that their new apu's are reported to have performances int the range of R9-285, R9-290 gpus (can't find the source where I read this)... I'm beginning to think that it might be the missing piece of the puzzle for another Steam Machine offensive.

What I mean is that you can't have a viable price bracket with Intel CPU + Nvidia GPU or sufficient performances with Intel integrated graphics. I'm talking about low end Steam Machines, obviously, but if you can get an APU for 200$ that does both...

But that is just speculation and AMD has still to deliver what is advertised.

Edit: Can't find the article where the comparison was mentionned, but still, here are examples:

http://wccftech.com/amd-x86-zen-based-highperformance-apu-detailed-rumored-feature-16-cores-16-gb-hbm-memory-greenland-igpu-ddr4-memory-support/ [External Link]

http://wccftech.com/xbox-one-may-be-getting-a-new-apu-based-on-amds-polaris-architecture/ [External Link]

or

http://www.kitguru.net/components/apu-components/matthew-wilson/amds-zen-apu-rumoured-to-launch-in-2017-with-polaris-gpu/ [External Link]

Dear Valve and Steam Machines OEMs, you have it all wrong
12 Jul 2016 at 4:32 pm UTC

Quoting: PeciskI will say this - there are many assumptions without vetting opposite scenarios in both post and comments. For example old 'slower performance' argument really doesn't matter that much for Steam Machine. It is all about package, performance is one angle, it sure helps, but is not necessarily make or break point.

Also being released after Windows can be turned around - majority of casual games really don't care when games are released. They care when they can play lot of games they want on their system. If they can, they don't really care that much of release dates. At this point it doesn't matter that much imnho. In future it will.

Overall I think we in circles with this. There are rehashed arguments without strong basis or data to chew on. Lot of speculation and assumptions.
We might get some answers during Steam Dev Days:

http://steamcommunity.com/devdays [External Link]

Then we might have a clearer portrait about Valves's level of dedication into Linux.

Double Fine is doubling the good news, as there is a discounted bundle of their games on Steam
12 Jul 2016 at 1:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

For my part, I already got Costume Quest 1 & 2 that my kids really enjoy.

I also got The Cave. Imo, this game is a jewel in itself... "Yes, yes! A talking cave. Don't laugh because it makes dating hell."

The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
2 Jul 2016 at 4:54 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: MohandevirJust a guess... Is it possible that the forced Win10 upgrade is triggering a lot more survey request to Win10 users because of the configuration change?

It would reflect in a Linux percentage drop, giving a wrong image of the real Linux marketshare.

Things might come back to normal after July 29th...
Wow, i didn't even think of that, but it is highly possible actually as it is likely that will cause the survey to appear.
This is why I'd prefer Valve to proceed like the survey here, when it comes to OS. Something like "current OS" in our user profile, that you supply on a voluntary basis, and stop triggering the survey because of an OS change. Even if some may cheat, it would give a much more accurate portrait whithout some external influence meddling with it...

Still I don't think it's Valve's goal with this HARDWARE survey and they are probably quite aware of the problem.

The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
2 Jul 2016 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 4

Just a guess... Is it possible that the forced Win10 upgrade is triggering a lot more survey request to Win10 users because of the configuration change?

It would reflect in a Linux percentage drop, giving a wrong image of the real Linux marketshare.

Things might come back to normal after July 29th...