I hope the Linux version is on GOG as well, and not just on Steam.

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Quoting: burnallIt seems like that Russian's are more interested into Linux, perhaps due to NSA spying issues with Windows in last years? As for the game, It's kind of a COD in Russian way to me.

I could be wrong, but I think it's because consoles are much less popular than gaming computers in Russia (at least judging from the existence of the Russia-specific modern Halo computer game), and Steam Machines are console & gaming computer hybrids (which I think is especially appealing to Russians).

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About the open source driver users, while it is the case that the core OpenGL profile version support is increasing, from what I read, the Mesa developers do not intend to increase the compatibility profile from OpenGL 3.0, and Natural Selection 2 needs OpenGL 3.1 compatibility profile support (and not just core context).

I remember reading a while back that one of the Natural Selection 2 developers intended to make it so that the code is using the OpenGL 3.1 core profile instead, but I guess something must have happened that prevented that from being done.

I'm using Debian jessie/stable (amd64), and whenever I want to play Natural Selection 2, I install the proprietary AMD driver from the jessie/stable repositories, and the game works well for me. In fact, I played it yesterday, and it played fine. (I usually use the open source radeon driver.)

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I'm using an AMD HD 6970.

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For what it's worth, if I remember correctly, in addition to having the game crash at the loading screen, using the open source radeon driver makes the game's menu look less detailed and more white.

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Couldn't Virtual Programming's eON solve the porting problem for this game? In other words, couldn't they just also wrap the middleware, or is it not that simple?

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From what I read, this game has been screwed up, so I'm sadly not looking forward to it anymore. :(

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