That was a very good read! :)

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Quoting: bubexelThis game will appear on linux. Other thing will be the performance. But it will show on linux.

Just guessing what could be a potential problem for Valve.
It's not just an announcement.
You can pre-order the game and pay real money.
That's why they feel pressured to put some systems requirements.
(Otherwise I'd say just leave it empty for now)

But judging from the specs of the Windows version,
the requirements for Linux will also be quite high.
While (I hate to say it) this won't be much of an issue
for Nvidia GPUs but the state of the current drivers for
the newer AMD Navi cards will have to improve over the next few month.
It might be that Valve didn't want to omit AMD just for a start
(they are stakeholders and contributing to the AMD Mesa driver, right?),
but also couldn't just yet definitely say it will work in March...(?)

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Quoting: Liam DaweUpdate 19:40 UTC: Valve press emailed back, they said "Right now we can only confirm windows for this product".

Ewww, as I said... This sounds worse to me than just a great game not being available as a native build for Linux. :/

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: ToriMichael from Phoronix has anwsered me here [External Link] that he has unofficial info, that it is in fact coming to Linux. Perhaps due to the beta state of VR on Linux, that's how it shows up?

Ah yes, good old unofficial info that you're not confident enough to even mention in the article. I will wait for confirmation.

I think it's very unlikely that it won't come to Linux.
It would seriously hurt their credibility of their whole Linux "strategy", won't it?
How would you convince other devs to bring your AAA flagship to Linux if you don't.

Then again, like Liam often and justified complained about Google's awful introduction of Stadia - why the h*ll would Valve be so amateurish to just forget Linux (and Mac) on the store page, if they were so serious about it? :/

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Oh my gosh, that announcement trailer! 8(_________)

I'm not so much interested in the VR part
(simply because of the costs for the VR kit + capable PC),
but as a die-hard Half Life fan, this looks so fantastic...

I want a HL3 like that.

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What can an ad do more than having lots of people talking about it?

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I somehow get the feeling there are many different stakeholders that just don't want to see this thing to be successful. Be it because some see their well known concept of a local gaming rig in danger or plain and simple competitors.

I'll take the many reports with a big grain of salt.
They are too diverging anyway.
Let's wait and see for yourself.
I'm pretty sure we'll get are totally objective review by you. ;)

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"We realised that if we did a port to Vulkan, which is a renderer that is used on phones and various other stuff, we get Mac support, we get Linux support, we get support for things like Google Stadia and so on ..."

I wish other devs would follow that chain arguments.

Yet, we know. A Vulkan renderer does not automatically mean Linux support. :/

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The big German PC-Gaming magazine Gamestar has tested Stadia,
and they are very positively surprised from the gaming experience.
I thought they could be biased against it, as PC stakeholder so to say - but no.

Now I'm waiting what Liam has to say about it.

Edit:

And heise.de a very reputable source.
They also report a very positive first experience.

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Quoting: ZapporLooks like a lot of Feral ports for now, good for them!

Or just use the new DXVK feature to compile a native build. :whistle:

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