Quoting: m2mg2

Quoting: liamdawePlease do not bring distro wars here, they are not welcome. All it does it get people riled up.

We should celebrate our diversity. I don't like Ubuntu, but I have no issue with other people liking it. It has brought many users to Linux that may not be here otherwise. I'm not a huge fan of rolling release either as it can interfere with consistency. I'm happy with whatever distro works for the user, which is really what is important. You don't get that with Windows, the user does not matter. That is what Linux and FSF is about, user freedom. Celebrate it!

The fact that users can get current versions of mesa, llvm, radv in ubuntu more easily is great!

There's freedom and then there's people being douches and starting a needless distro war ;)

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Please do not bring distro wars here, they are not welcome. All it does it get people riled up.

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Quoting: aFoxNamedMorris

Quoting: lelouchWho cares!? Ubuntu was sadly once popular, but was never good (like SuSE). Fedora (Red Hat) is from some importance, leading a big part of linux development.

But folks these endless upgrade cyles and delays for new kernels, drivers, software - you want new graphics drivers faster w/o adding 3rd party PPAs, but still stable: Since a few years now there are Linux Distros with rolling releases - perfect for gaming and time saving

Because plenty of people still use Ubuntu and it's derivatives, myself included.

According to GOL users (x)buntu is also the most used https://www.gamingonlinux.com/users/statistics

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Quoting: ShmerlRegarding Steam controller, what happened to this project? https://gitlab.com/dennis-hamester/scd [External Link]
It seems to be stalled.

Well, to be honest https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller [External Link] that does what that wanted to and a whole lot more. So there isn't a need for it.

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Quoting: iskaputt

It has come to my attention recently that some people have been taking a really hard stance against developers who want to gauge interest for a Linux port.

Can you link some examples? I'm not actively reading the Steam forums, so maybe I'm out of the loop?

The discussion in the comments here also seems to go all over the place, touching various issues.

I don't want to start a witch hunt, so no, sorry.

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Quoting: GuestI’d like to be able to disable navbar notifications completely. I prefer the email notifications.

You can for comments, not for personal messages though.

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Quoting: dibzIt's just copyright law, they have to defend it whether it's competing or not unfortunately.

No they do not. They choose to.

Edit: minor spelling

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Mountain ManLinux is a growing market. If a particular developer wants to support Linux, great. If they don't, there are plenty of other games I can spend my money on.

It's as simple as that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then when not leave it as that? There's no need and it's actually quite rude to claim a developer is begging for requests when they just want to gauge interest. After all, what if many aren't interested? It turns into a wasted effort, gets low sales and becomes another "Linux doesn't sell well" attitude from a developer who could end up in future making a massively popular game.

Like I said in a follow-up post, there have been instances where an enthusiastic forum thread did not translate into a significant number of Linux sales which can be an even worse outcome if the developer ends up feeling betrayed by the Linux community (and some have). This leads to a situation where developers may be less willing to support Linux in the future.

There's also the matter that of course there is interest in a Linux version. There has been an active interest in Linux games for about as long as there has been Linux, so it strikes me as a silly question. A developer needs to look at typical Linux sales in the current market and decide if he's able and willing to take the risk.

Perhaps I've become a bit cynical when developers ask about "interest" in a Linux port because it's a pointless query, in my opinion, and that cynicism may have recently gotten the best of me. Thank you for your timely and pointed editorial.

It's not pointless at all.

There's a big difference between 10-12 individual requests (which is often), to tens of pages of people requesting a Linux version.

Part of the problem is people just commenting on every one they find with their support, even if they won't buy it which is where problems are created.

A developer asking if there's interest, is essentially asking "how much interest".

I think you're looking at it the wrong way. Outright saying a developer is begging is just small-minded and reeks of a self-important attitude.

Edit: Spelling.

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Quoting: Mountain ManLinux is a growing market. If a particular developer wants to support Linux, great. If they don't, there are plenty of other games I can spend my money on.

It's as simple as that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then when not leave it as that? There's no need and it's actually quite rude to claim a developer is begging for requests when they just want to gauge interest. After all, what if many aren't interested? It turns into a wasted effort, gets low sales and becomes another "Linux doesn't sell well" attitude from a developer who could end up in future making a massively popular game.

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