I kept a W7 partition around because of The Witcher 3. Only reason.

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Quoting: ImantsNo this is the only way to go and SteamOS only improve that. Developers do not need to waist there time and money to test other distributions. No normal company will ever install all Linux distributions to test all bugs. They will install and test only one ore two. Even if bug is common to all Linux distributions developer do not need to waist it's time to check it out. That's why when you buy the game it is specified which platforms it is supporting and developers need to focus only on those platforms.

I did not say that developers have to bug test every distro.

What I was saying is that the bugs I've come across I have tested on multiple distributions on my PC, Ubuntu, Mint, Funtoo, Debian, Arch, Opensuse, etc, and discovered that most of these bugs are not related to non Ubuntu, non Debian distributions.

I delivered a bug report with no demands. I only asked if they look into it if they had the chance, on the distros they support, but they didn't seem like they intended to do that.

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Quoting: AryvandaarThe fact that they aren't calling it Steam Linux is a testament to them not caring one bit for Linux as a whole.

So the fact that the Ubuntu and Debian home pages don't say one word about Linux means that they don't care about Linux as a whole?

That is not the same. Debian and Ubuntu has no problems associating with Linux as a brand or what you call it. Valve obviously has it seems now, and if they really wanted to improve gaming for Linux they wouldn't go down this path.

Valve keeps building on the FUD that Linux is just for nerds, which is bullshit.

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That Linux "is just for nerds" is FUD. There are plenty of Linux distributions that are very easy to use. What pisses me off is that people didn't learn Windows right of the bat either, and it does have a learning curve. It's also incredibly unfair to judge Linux that it's Windows. People don't do that with Mac OS X.

Please stop furthering this line of thought that is based on misinformation and fear. If you don, you only end up hurting Linux.

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If you have a functional Linux OS Steam games should work on all. Most of the bugs I've come across have not been specific to non Ubuntu, non Debian and non SteamOS distributions, and when I have informed some developers of this with a detailed report of testing various distributions with the same parameters and re-creating the bug they say "we only support Ubuntu, Debian and SteamOS".

That ignorance has to stop, and I think Valve is making matters worse, they are enforcing this attitude.

The fact that they aren't calling it Steam Linux is a testament to them not caring one bit for Linux as a whole.

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I don't buy pre-built machines, I build my own machines. That's why I will not buy a steam machine, and will only buy the additional streaming device.

Even if I could order a steam machine in a build set I still wouldn't buy it, because I'm not a console gamer. I don't want to sit in front of a TV an play games.

And I already have a great gaming PC. No need wasting money on another when I don't need it.

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No Linux version that was promised, no money for Larian.

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I will definitely buy this when it comes for Linux. :D

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I love you too comrade!

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I don't think we Linux gamers should so easily settle for ports. A native game will always run better than a port. However, that doesn't mean I'm against ports, but I just wish that there would be more native games for Linux.

It baffles me why dev companies pick some engines that makes it very hard to make a truly multi platform game. If they had picked an engine with full multi platform support then they wouldn't had many issues making it available.

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I'm not a huge fan of FPS or tactical shooters, but the more high profile games that comes to Linux the better it gets for all Linux gamers!

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