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Quoting: CybaCowboyAlthough initially against the change, the wife doesn't mind Ubuntu these days, though misses Windows-based operating systems when it comes to things like updating/upgrading our Sony Xperia smartphones (like most Android manufacturers, Sony only allow updates/upgrades to be applied using a Windows-based computer) and my daighter's LeapPad products...

What kinds of updates? I have a Sony Xperia Z2 but haven't ever had any need for Windows (or a computer at all) to update anything on it.

Handset/system upgrades (e.g. from "Ice Cream Sandwich" to "Lollipop" ), not application or game updates.

Sony only distribute them via a computer, not wirelessly ("over-the-air" )... Well, at least with respect to their "flagship" handsets (currently the "Z" series; formerly the "S", "Xperia Arc" and "X10" series).

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I dual-booted Ubuntu pretty much since the beginning (of Ubuntu) and dabbled with single-boot Linux-based operating systems prior to this, whilst the family used Microsoft Windows-based operating systems exclusively... Mid-last year though, we changed all of our machines to single-boot Ubuntu and have never looked back.

My reasoning?

Linux-based operating systems almost always perform better, they're notoriously more secure and day-to-day maintenance (defragmentation, disk-scanning, updates and upgrades, virus prevention and eradication, etc...) is almost entirely automatic - seeing as I'm the "geek" in the house, that would normally mean that I'd run from computer-to-computer doing everything once a month... With Linux-based operating systems, most of this work is automated and/or simplified.

My son isn't a big fan of it - "all of the good games are on Windows-based operating systems!" - but that's why he has a Sony PlayStation 4 of his very own, alongside a Sony PlayStation Vita... And SteamOS will change everything.

Although initially against the change, the wife doesn't mind Ubuntu these days, though misses Windows-based operating systems when it comes to things like updating/upgrading our Sony Xperia smartphones (like most Android manufacturers, Sony only allow updates/upgrades to be applied using a Windows-based computer) and my daighter's LeapPad products...

But for that, we're going to buy an ultra-cheap laptop running a Windows-based operating system - most likely the Kogan Atlas X1510 - and use it for the few times we simply can't get around not having a Windows-based operating system.

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A new age is upon us, and the penguin will rise...

Quoting: NickNuclearIt is beginning!

Just bought Saints Row IV GOTC for $8.

But... It's not available for Linux-based operating systems yet!

You realize your money doesn't go to the Linux developer/porter if you buy the Microsoft Windows version, right?

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Quoting: SkarjakWhat an odd habit. Especially given that many series will try to shake up the formula as they age, why would you have to buy the originals? It's not like you're missing out on the story...

Usually you are missing out on the story and even if you're not (e.g. with the upcoming "Bioshock: Infinite" release, which is almost completely unrelated to the other "Bioshock" games as I understand it), it's just not "right" to buy the sequels without buying the originals...

Yes it's bizarre - my wife would be the first to agree with you there - but it's just the way I am with games (and films, and books/eBooks, and...), and buying the sequels without buying the originals (even with regards to major titles that will "further the cause" ) drives me batty!

I guess we all have our strange quirks, this is mine.

lol

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Quoting: FutureSutureAlso, how did you manage to miss that the previous games are not on Linux?

Like I said, I've never heard of the series...

Quoting: FutureSutureChances are the previous games will never come to Linux.

Only in exceptional circumstances (e.g. a game from a particularly-big developer or a game that I think would otherwise "further the cause for gaming on systems running Linux-based operating systems" ) do I purchase games without purchasing the originals...

I might make an exception for this game though, it truly is tempting, because I run the "Heroes" series via WINE at the moment and this game looks more polished.

Quoting: TeqYou've got Civ V, even though the previous games aren't available. This isn't any different in my opinion.

I was going to tell you that you were wrong, because I don't recall buying it... But I just checked both my records (I retain digital copies of all my receipts) and my Steam library, sure enough, there it is!

Interestingly, when I go to the Steam store page, it says I own the game, but then has the option to buy the "complete" edition further down... Yet my Steam receipt indicates that I bought the "complete" edition!

My receipt says I got it at a good price though, so I must've picked this up during some sale...

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I've never heard of the series, but I looked it up on Steam and actually went to purchase the original two games... Only to discover that they're not available for Linux-based operating systems!

I don't buy the latter games in a series without buying the originals, so hopefully the other two games get ported to Linux-based operating systems at some point...

It'd be a shame if they don't though, because these games look very similar to the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: liamdawestan, did you send a full bug report to them?

I didn’t, since I’m not using Ubuntu or Mint… Now that I think of it I tried the game quickly on Xubuntu 14.04 to check if there was the same problems and think most of them were present, but honestly I don’t remember. (The half-transparent window thing is probably caused by a combination of the game using an unusual way to open the window and me using Compton.)

How strange - I have a long, long list of DOSBox-based games from GOG.com, and they've all run fine since Day One...

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Taylor Davis ("ViolinTay") did the soundtrack for this one, so for me, it's an instant buy just on that point... I do hear however, that it is a good game.

Added to my Steam "wish" list!

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Quoting: OZSeafordHummm,

Games people would not expect but are universally loved:
Ages of Empire 2

As in the Microsoft game?

Yeah right - we've got about as much chance of Bill Gates announcing that he'll be using Ubuntu going forwards as we do of that happening!

Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong (I love the franchise, but am sick of playing it via PlayOnLinux), but it's never going to happen...

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroJust a theory, but could it be Heroes of Might and Magic III?

Oh I hope so - I all of the "Heroes of Might and Magic" games to date in my GOG.com library (though the first three games are the best), and I'd love to play them natively in Ubuntu... Heck, I'd even pay for them again, if I had to!

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