the game works fine!

i tried both the 64 and 32bit versions and finished all the 4 levels with the 64bit one

both mouse and keyboard work, audio too

it looks nice, i like the audio and the atmosphere that creates

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Quoting: Purple PuddingHey, another question.... what to do about the non-linux keys? you suggest to play them on wine?

(I bought the boundle, thanks!)

you can install REUS on Linux too, it's not listed on Steam but it has a Linux/mac version too

viscera should work on wine since it uses dx9 (and support winXP which is a good sign)

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they sell legit keys and IMO are the best bundle-store after humble-bundle
sometimes they have some really good bundles for the price (like this one)

it may happen that some of their games don't show the Linux icon, but they sell steam keys so the multiplatform games are going to work on Linux/Mac too

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Quoting: HohlraumSpeak of the devil:

$308.69 + Free Shipping [External Link]

that's a great deal!

I read the comment and most of them where like "i bought the window$ version", "how can I install window$", etc when talking about OS.
didn't saw the word "Linux" or someone referring to other Linux distros rather than Steam OS

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although I agree that they need to cut a bit more and definitely put 8gb ram minimum, I don't think the situation will dramatically change

The problem here is with Steam OS itself.

People are afraid of Linux! they have no idea of what it is, they don't want to learn new stuff and especially they think by default that Linux sucks (because they hear it, and believe so even if they didn't give Linux a single chance).

And actually Valve created even more unclarity to NON-Linux users with Steam OS. Pretty sure that a lot of people have no idea about Linux's distros let alone knowing that Steam OS is one of them.

In my opinion Alienware, Zotac, Valve & co should invest WAY MORE in promoting Linux/Steam OS and all the facts and good stuff around it.

They can easily sell definitely more machines just by advertising more about the fact that Linux is free, open source (which is a big plus), the extreme customizability, freedom of choice and also promoting some great software like WINE for Window$ compatibility (it's known that some stuff works better with it than with Win10)

Apple became a colossus by selling it's products with a huge promotional campaign, how many people do you guys know that own an Apple laptop or desktop even if they have no idea how a pc works and they buy Apple because it's the trend and use their beloved 2000€ crapple just to browse the web.

Also how many of your friends own a smartphone from a big company (e.g. LG, SAMSUNG, APPLE, etc) instead of owning a chinaphone from a well-renowed chinese brand (XIOMI, MEIZU, ONEPLUS) which basically provides the same specs and building quality for a 1/3 of the price... pretty sure is less than 10%..

By rewatching the Alienware promo video posted 4-5 post before i find incredible that the only lines about Steam OS (and Linux in general) are:

"and then you're right into Steam OS, with access to thousand of titles, over a hundred million users, mods and more"

that's it... and actually you can have the same "1000 titles, 100 million+ users, mods and more" on window$ too
the video doesn't mention about the great things that attract people to dual booting/switching to linux.

imagine if he said something like:

"and then you're right into Steam OS: forget about anti-virus and enjoy the extremely customizability [in the video showing some ultra-sick desktop configuration with conky and other stuff] and reliability of the OS made exclusively by Valve [in the video showing dota 2, hl2, portal cs:go] for GAMERS!!! with access to thousand of titles, enjoy the latest but also the old classics [showing some cult-classics running windowed with again a mega sick conky configuration monitoring all] straight on your couch, with 100 million users, mods and more"

this is just an example, but i really think that, even at the same price, they can improve their sales with better advertising

as for valve, they should really improve their Steam OS promotion, e.g. by putting a very visible icon/banner/something on top of their store, where who click can access to an easy and fast explanation to Linux/Steam OS

ps. all IMO of course

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great news!
i see that the guys at arch are testing the drivers, can't wait to upgrade!

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Quoting: InverseTelecineI really (really!) wish I had the smarts to configure Winetricks etc to get games working reliably with Wine, but I just don't. It's like another language. Not even PlayOnLinux works for me very often. I'm afraid the only way I take advantage of Wine is through official ports. But that's okay as long as Wine ports don't discourage native development! I just have to hope that doesn't happen... everything is so uncertain! Agh!

what games did you try?
a lot of directx9 games run out of the box for me, or runs fine with some easy winetricks
most of the time you can see what's missing/not properly working from the terminal itself (or PlayOnLinux debugger)

sometimes it may be a bit more difficult, if so you should go and check the wine app database or post in the wine forum or forums alike

mind that in almost every occasion wine is going to have the same bugs and problems that a game has on Window$, so it's also worth looking steam game page and try any kind of tricks you find on the net :)

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Quoting: PerkeleenVittupCrossed my mind that a GOL t-shirt / hoodie would be awesome.. I'd buy several just for support.

+1

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I have a 7850 and the performance with a gallium nine patched wine are in most cases it nails every dx9 games that you throw at it!

with some mesa improvements it can definitely be on par with nvidia on Linux for the native games, and i also think that a lot of penguins would likely prefer open than closed source..

I'm also looking for VCE implementation on Linux, nvidia's NVENC is a godsend when recording gameplay

go AMD :whistle:

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i'm waiting steamdb.info to update its sales page
nothing impressive for the moment
hope to find some good deal, some deals can be found at the same % off by indiegala, humblestore, bundlestar, etc..

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