Quoting: mphuZThis is a full version? Or will there be more levels? :|

This is the full version.

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Seems like every time these guys make an announcement about Linux, they live up to their name.

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Quoting: Mountain ManHere's where I stand on this whole issue:

I'm done with begging for ports. If you release for Linux, then I will consider buying your game. If you don't, then I won't.

It's as simple as that.

I continue to be amazed at how some people think. We are and continue to be a niche platform, sometimes developers need a little push. There's a massive difference between showing support... And begging. Claiming its begging its ridiculous.

They can look at the install base. They can look at general sales statistics. They can look at similar games and see how well they sold on Linux. Asking on a forum is probably the worst way to conduct market research since they'll undoubtedly be flooded with responses from people who have no interest in the game but want to show their support for Linux, or people who are interested in the game simply won't see the post. Either way, the results will be neither accurate nor meaningful. And more often than not, it seems to me that when a developer says they're trying to "gauge interest" in a Linux port, what they're really saying is that they're looking for an excuse not to support Linux.

Sorry if I'm cynical, but if there are developers out there who still haven't figured out that Linux is a viable platform for their product then I'm really not interested in going out of my way to try and convince them.

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Here's where I stand on this whole issue:

I'm done with begging for ports. If you release for Linux, then I will consider buying your game. If you don't, then I won't.

It's as simple as that.

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I think "stupid expensive" is the best description.

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I tried GameMode recently with Batman: Arkham City using Proton, and it runs like a native Linux game. Amazing work.

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Quoting: GuestPortal was based on what a modder did (correct me if i am wrong).

Not quite. It started life as a student project on a custom engine (I forget the original title), and Gabe Newell was so impressed that he hired the team straight out of college to develop Portal.

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Quoting: ison111What a bunch of crap.
Even if it is just the producer doing it was Ion Maiden really even that big of a game?
I just don't understand the logic here, there is no way they were ever going to make that much money off a lawsuit like this right? At least nothing that a big music producer should consider significant.
And they're definitely not picking up any new fans by doing it either. If anything they'd lose some.

It just seems so random. But whatever, I won't pretend I understand all the ridiculous nuances of the business world.

I'm glad to see them just moving past it though.
It's nice when at least one party in a dispute can be civil about things.

Copyrights and IPs must be vigorously protected, or they can be forfeited by default. That's just how the law works.

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Quoting: ShmerlThe first name was better, but whatever.

Of course it was, but they were sued by the managers of the band Iron Maiden because of the similarity (and to be fair, the developers did openly admit at one point that they chose the name as a pun based on the band, so they really didn't have a leg to stand on). I don't know why they didn't go with something like "Metal Maiden" instead.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: GuestBut you know... have you considered debian?

Debian and Manjora are the two I'm leaning towards if I were to change.

If you've narrowed it down to two options, the only thing left to do is try both. if you want proprietary drivers remember to select it in the grub boot menu for manjaro's installation iso/usb/cd. Just so you won't have to install it manually later (although they do make installing it manually quite easy, you have to do it through the manjaro settings mangaer/mhwd rather than just installing the package via the package manager)

Sounds a bit like Kubuntu where you install your graphics card drivers through the system settings panel rather than apt or Muon.

Anyway, the biggest obstacle at this point is simply a lack of time.

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