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Quoting: TobiSGDWhen you write that combat feels quite a bit like in The Banner Saga, does it have the weird and unrealistic "feature" that totally put me off in The Banner Saga which gives you more attacks for the remaining units if you loose other units in battle?

No it doesn't have that, just the way the battle is presented.

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Quoting: GuestFirst Access = Early Access, I assume.

Bingo, have added that into the article to be clear :)

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Quoting: TakIt's not the pulseaudio thing - it's an opengl crash which existed for literally two weeks. :|
http://steamcommunity.com/app/326840/discussions/0/361798516948715375/#c359547436763937325 [External Link]

Thanks, i really hope they respond. Weird they can't reproduce it their end :/

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Quoting: Avehicle7887Liam may I ask why you went with Ubuntu Mate instead of Mint Mate? I've wanted to try Ubuntu Mate on many occasions but I've always stuck with Mint.

Mint always gives me some kind of weird issues, always something different too. Not only that, but their security policy still annoys me. While they have taken steps to improve it, it's not enough for me to sing their song again.

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Quoting: NelHi Liam

Unity ... instant crash

Do you have pulseaudio installed?

Some games require pulseaudio to properly launch, as Hard West, Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles, Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star... or they instantly crash, and some will launch but without sound, as The Bug Butcher. There are probably many more I don't know about.

Yes, I do of course have that installed. I am an Ubuntu user with all the usual stuff.

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Quoting: pbWith that attitude, I'm surprised some of you guys even put up with Linux. ;-)

Hah good one. I've had my fair share of general Linux issues, but most of them easily solved. SteamOS is a different kind of beast though, as it's not all that well documented, especially when it comes to problems. Where as other distibutions are a very quick google away from fixing usually.

Quoting: nepoThanks for sharing your experience! I've considered to test Steam OS, but I'm very unsure now - are there any benefits over a "normal" Linux install, say Linux Mint for example? What distribution do you prefer for a pure gaming system? What system deliver maximal performance? I'm not a Linux professional (so I fear Arch Linux ;)) - but also I'm not a total beginner (don't want to start a 'distro war' here of course, just hoping for a few tips for the next fresh install).

Personally, I always find Ubuntu to be the one that really does just work 99% of the time, it's the most used and most tested on distribution.

Edit: spelling error

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Their help pages mentioned some recovery option that would reset SteamOS, but that doesn't seem to exist if you do the advanced install method (as I had multiple drives with other things on).

Isn't the advanced install method essentially unsupported?

Installing SteamOS yourself is unsupported completely. It's only supported through the OEMs who build units for it.

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Added an addition to the bottom of the article:

My final take on this whole experience is this: SteamOS is built for the people making systems and selling them, not for us in reality, Valve just provide it for us because they can. Valve only really care about the problems on the systems sold with it. So I would personally just steer clear of SteamOS unless you're buying it on a supported system.

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I can guarantee you it will have cross platform multiplayer :)

Quoting: calexilnow that everyone has moved on and all the major tournaments are done.... good timing

There will obviously be more, lots more considering how popular the game is.

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