Windows is not the industry standard. Especially when it comes to server workloads (mostly Linux with a decent amount of Windows) and design work (Mac).

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But... does it work with the Note 7 and does it explode?

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: cxphergmailcomActually, every Linux user I know and all of you here are obviously gamers. It think it's a gross assumption that many aren't.

Biggest thread on most game discussions on Steam are Linux port requests.

You mean, people on GamingForLinux and Steam are gamers? Really? Wow.

My wife and my mother-in-law are using Linux but are not gamers.

Yes. You read me right. If you're here and you're not a gamer, then you're at the wrong site.

Go to www.omgubuntu.co.uk.

Same goes for Steam.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: MaCroX95Developers don't give a shit about us, all they care about is money...

Developers are humans, too.
(I remember a company that hung up a poster with the best Linux user thank quotes - don't remember which one it was.)

@Eike I agree, some developers are really great and like openness and challenges as well as care for their consumers, but I wish that more developers were like that and knew that some people just hate having Windows install installed on their PC because of many reasons, but would still love to pay to play their games... However it really hurts my eyes when I see how many games already support DX12 and on how many games support is coming soon, however they seem to be adopting Vulkan only for android devices eventhough there are a lot of engines that already support Vulkan... the direction that Vulkan adoption is going with developers doesn't look really promising at this point...

Quoting: cxphergmailcomActually, it's more than doubled. We're sitting at 2.21% atm for Linux usage. I follow the stats on other sites. Steam stats are not accurate.

@cxphergmailcom Yeah, Linux marketshare as a whole has grown much in the last year, but not many of Linux users are actually gamers... and for the gamer part it's somewhere from 1-2% IMHO on steam...

Actually, every Linux user I know and all of you here are obviously gamers. It think it's a gross assumption that many aren't.

Biggest thread on most game discussions on Steam are Linux port requests.

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Quoting: truebluewooI'm quite disappointed, I'm guessing aspyr was hoping steamos would be in a better state than it is right now, with a bigger market share.

There are other difficulties as well, the Linux opengl stack is actively being developed and has moved on to supporting Vulkan. Apple have intentionally stopped supporting openGL and gone to their own proprietary metal api.

Aspyr's loyalty has always been Mac and mac has around 5% market share, if SteamOS had taken off, then they would be porting regardless of how many difficulties they would have to overcome, or fireaxis would have ported directly. Right now to fully support Linux they would need to utilise the latest openGL specs, which they cant do as apple doesn't support it.

We are tiny, with just 1% market share and unfortunately some of us have become a bit self-entitled. We were hungry for every game port and thankful for any decent port, now there are talks of boycotts for any company that doesn't meet our expectations.

I wish people would just chill out, being kind and nice to every developer or porter is better than turning nasty if we dont get our own way. I think the saying goes you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar ( http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/You+can+catch+more+flies+with+honey+than+with+vinegar) [External Link]

Ultimately when we are a nice polite community, developers will be more open with us, if we treat them with respect they will treat us with respect. Stop demanding, stop rioting, chill out, be polite approach the developers with a polite and respectful attitude. I am forever grateful for Aspyr porting civ 5, its the game I've played the most on steam since it came to Linux, Both Aspyr and Feral try hard and there really isn't much reward for them porting, having to deal with a spoilt angry community will drive them away.

Our market share isn't making them super rich, but they still port games. I hope some day SteamOs does take off and I hope Linux can break free from the shackles imposed by companies like Apple and Microsoft and be able to stand on its own two feet with its own respectable market share, but for now I am always grateful to any games company or studio taking the time out to try and do a respectable port.

Ultimately though I am pissed with Valve, they just Half-Ass everything, seriously no new games in years, their steamos support has been shite, steamos boxes are far too overpriced, they jump onto vr don't even provide steamos support and vr on pc is just too expensive and by all accounts its flopped.

They are all over the shop and they are the only ones that can actually make a dent / make a difference. If they announced left for dead 3 tomorrow, using vulkan, with stellar performance on SteamOS, with a 3 month timed exclusivity for SteamOS, it would dramatically impact linux gaming, but they wont do it, they dont even need to have timed exclusivity they just need to bring out new AAA games with SteamOS as a 1st party citizen with stellar performance, something to really show off what SteamOS and by extension Linux is capable of.

Look at it this way, can you blame Aspyr or any games company for having waning Linux aspirations, when the company that initially headed up this charge, has been half-assing support as much as valve has recently for steamos ? What new feature in SteamOS have you seen that has made you think, yeah Valve are definitely still trying ?

Actually, it's more than doubled. We're sitting at 2.21% atm for Linux usage. I follow the stats on other sites. Steam stats are not accurate.

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Quoting: emphy

you’re not entitled to anything.

Sorry, but this is extremely offensive. Blocking off people from cultural activities because of their financial situation or location is simply wrong.

That said, I rather think there's sufficiently convenient alternatives to shady store fronts to make this point moot.

GOG is cool and all. DRM free and all that jazz. But no Galaxy client for Linux. I'd rather have an interface to interact with. So Steam's got my vote atm.

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I buy all games via Steam for Linux. Purely. I don't even use my Android phone to do it. Just to be sure.

Recently, I got Rocket League and all it's DLC, Aragami collection and SOMA on sale.

I'm looking to pick up Mad Max, Deus Ex : Mankind Divided and XCOM II. I actually practically kicked smoking to support the Linux games initiative. At least it's going towards growing the platform for gaming here.

Hopefully soon, I can get my hands on Battlechasers : Nightwar and Shadow Warrior 2. Big fan of those franchises.

And ASPYR, YOU GET CIV 6 TO LINUX and I'd gladly burn 100 Euros on it even. I've got my eyes on you =D

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That's why I'm gonna wait for Feral.

If he's down on cash, he can get it after Feral releases it on a sale. It's not like Mad Max is never ever gonna go on sale.

I agree with what Samsai said. Never feed the single platform train.

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Quoting: MicromegasReally disappointing news. Guess, I will buy and try out Stellaris then.

Stellaris is awesome but it's a different kind of 4X.

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Quoting: tuubiCongrats for producing fertile progeny, good man! Didn't know you were an astronaut though, congrats for that as well.

lol thanks I'm so excited. :D

Make sure you get the kid on the Ubuntu train ASAP.

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