Latest Comments by Maki
SteamOS is still alive with a new Beta, although it's a rather uninteresting one
10 Nov 2017 at 9:07 am UTC
10 Nov 2017 at 9:07 am UTC
To be entirely fair; I see no real use for SteamOS rather than having it on a Raspberry Pi 3 and hooked up to a living room TV. There's hardly a backend to speak of which can be used for all the other things people expect of their OSes. It's first-and-foremost a console OS rather than a desktop OS.
There have been no less than three updates to the Steam Client Beta this week alone, and I feel like Valve is focusing on the proposed new features they want to put in the Steam Client prior to maybe boosting SteamOS again, but again only for console-use.
It's often easier to just dump a random Debian-based distro on a desktop/laptop and then install the Steam Client so people can then also have access to Office suites and the like when they're not gaming. This is just something Valve cannot put all their resources to. There are already vast numbers of people making those particular distros.
It would only cost Valve money with hardly any gain to develop a fully-featured desktop OS versus the slimline console OS which is SteamOS. And that keeps SteamOS in that console-niche where a functioning controller is more important than having frequent (non-security) updates to the backend.
At least, that's how I see it as someone with a Debian-based distro running the Steam Client Beta and only booting up SteamOS once in a blue moon.
There have been no less than three updates to the Steam Client Beta this week alone, and I feel like Valve is focusing on the proposed new features they want to put in the Steam Client prior to maybe boosting SteamOS again, but again only for console-use.
It's often easier to just dump a random Debian-based distro on a desktop/laptop and then install the Steam Client so people can then also have access to Office suites and the like when they're not gaming. This is just something Valve cannot put all their resources to. There are already vast numbers of people making those particular distros.
It would only cost Valve money with hardly any gain to develop a fully-featured desktop OS versus the slimline console OS which is SteamOS. And that keeps SteamOS in that console-niche where a functioning controller is more important than having frequent (non-security) updates to the backend.
At least, that's how I see it as someone with a Debian-based distro running the Steam Client Beta and only booting up SteamOS once in a blue moon.
Setting a primary monitor for launching games in a dual monitor rig
19 Sep 2017 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 2
19 Sep 2017 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 2
This is very informative and should help others who have this dual-monitor issue.
It's a shame it has to be this convoluted, though...
It's a shame it has to be this convoluted, though...
Radline: Quarantine, a co-op sandbox Zombie horde shooter adds Linux support
30 Aug 2017 at 2:19 pm UTC
30 Aug 2017 at 2:19 pm UTC
The lack of Linux System Requirements makes me antsy about it. Is the developer just trying to test internally whether it works and was not actually intending for it to be publicly used as a Linux build yet?
Looks like GOG Galaxy won't come to Linux any time soon, as it's "not a priority"
20 Aug 2017 at 11:36 am UTC Likes: 1
20 Aug 2017 at 11:36 am UTC Likes: 1
Just noting that by stating they were working on it, that it's in progress, that it's coming, they've been lying and deceiving. That's something I can't ever accept from anyone.
Until the GoG Galaxy client comes to Linux, I'm letting GoG sit there without further support from me because of the lies and the lack of Linux versions on games which have Linux binaries available on Steam and other locations.
Speak with your money, because businesses won't listen to your words.
Until the GoG Galaxy client comes to Linux, I'm letting GoG sit there without further support from me because of the lies and the lack of Linux versions on games which have Linux binaries available on Steam and other locations.
Speak with your money, because businesses won't listen to your words.
Paradox are now doing their own game client for downloads, cloud saves, statistics and so on
11 Aug 2017 at 11:11 am UTC
11 Aug 2017 at 11:11 am UTC
The only reason I'd go for it is if it gives DRM-free versions of games I already own, somewhat like what GOG did with GOG Connect [External Link].
The client could provide Paradox with realtime data about their playerbase's computing systems like the Steam Hardware Survey, more specific to their own playerbase rather than the Steam userbase at large.
Beyond that I see no reason for the client.
The client could provide Paradox with realtime data about their playerbase's computing systems like the Steam Hardware Survey, more specific to their own playerbase rather than the Steam userbase at large.
Beyond that I see no reason for the client.
What have you been playing on Linux lately and what do you think?
11 Aug 2017 at 11:06 am UTC
11 Aug 2017 at 11:06 am UTC
Euro Truck Simulator 2 (Steam)
EVE Online (Unofficial Wine launcher)
Windward (Steam)
Used to run Star Trek Online through POL, but that doesn't seem to work anymore.
EVE Online (Unofficial Wine launcher)
Windward (Steam)
Used to run Star Trek Online through POL, but that doesn't seem to work anymore.
Dogma: Eternal Night, an in-development MMORPG already has Linux builds
17 Jul 2017 at 4:27 pm UTC
17 Jul 2017 at 4:27 pm UTC
I've been waiting for a working client. Bought the Viscount pack thanks to this article.
Here's hoping it will bring back the Vampire: Bloodlines feel.
Here's hoping it will bring back the Vampire: Bloodlines feel.
Check out the Valve presentation from Unite Europe, major Steam Client redesign to come
11 Jul 2017 at 11:35 am UTC Likes: 3
11 Jul 2017 at 11:35 am UTC Likes: 3
I personally think Curators are the worst thing Valve could have added. There's no opt-out in seeing them except for blocking the UI-elements showing them.
Stellar Tactics, the space exploration RPG with classless character progression is getting closer to Linux
7 Jul 2017 at 3:15 pm UTC Likes: 2
Are you not seeing the irony here?
7 Jul 2017 at 3:15 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: BeamboomCalling someone egoistic for liking something you don't like...Quoting: ExpalphalogYou gotta be f'ing kidding me, or just insanely egoistic. Pretty much 19 of 20 games in the strategy/rpg genre is turn based. You are FLOODED with your games. The release schedule is stacked with turn based mechanics.Quoting: razing32The trailer says turn based combat at 0:41Thank god. Adding it to the wishlist.
When was the last time we had an action rpg coming our way? Sometime back in 2015?
Diversity is king.
Are you not seeing the irony here?
Steam just keeps growing according to a presentation Valve did recently, UI update is coming
5 Jul 2017 at 2:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
5 Jul 2017 at 2:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: MetallinatusThe fact that Linux can keep itself around the 1% mark all the time despite all the growing going on at Steam shows that the number of people on Linux there is growing more or less in the same pace. Remember when we were ≃1% of 10 million? Well, now we are ≃1% of 14 million! But still "the market is too small", amirite....?Very much this.