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The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
4 Jul 2017 at 11:30 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: omer666There are a lot of good points made in this thread. My own position about this is that there were several justifications for such strong reactions. We must analyse what's gone wrong in context. <SNIP>
Justification for threats of violence? Death threats? Yeah, real classy. I didn't even read past that opening sentence.

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
4 Jul 2017 at 9:27 am UTC Likes: 10

Quite a lot of folk don't seem to understand that this is Jaycee's opinion, not an official CDPR press release.

Also, hate is never justified. But criticism can be justified easily, even if it's not always welcome.

Finally, I wish people would stop pointing at Torvlads, or Stallman as justification for abuse. You might as well throw Jobs in there too. These people are/were revered for their vision despite their often abhorrent people skills. Again, there's no justification for hate.

The share of Linux users on Steam is still holding steady
3 Jul 2017 at 7:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: PompesdeskyAs to the DRM thing, I had DRMs in Steam when I used it within Windows, I don't see why I would complain now that I switched to Linux. Going for an open source OS doesn't mean everything has to become open source,
Some people ditch Windows because they are fed up with DRM. Same people usually don't use Steam ;) You can see a lot of such folks among GOG users.
If GoG released their Galaxy client for Linux, I'd likely buy there first, every time. Until then though, I can't be bothered with a) their inconsistent release policy, b) constantly having to patch my own games, c) the lack of a "steam cloud" (although not all games support steam's version, sadly), and d) the lack of any kind of friends browser for finding a multi-player game that isn't full of holes. As in "ass".

Once GoG sort that out, they'll have a pretty devoted customer here. Until then, I'd rather find my DRM on Humble.

Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
29 Jun 2017 at 5:18 pm UTC

Quoting: Quenestil
Quoting: Mountain ManWhy don't they just give us a simple Ubuntu repository? That would make things so much easier for everybody.
2 reasons: it's in Alpha; they would rather have a launcher.
If they don't provide a deb/ppa, they've basically got one less tester over here. I suspect that I'm the tip of a fairly big Ubuntu-shaped iceberg.

Sure, if I'm incredibly bored, I might give it a go, but honestly, the last time I had time on my hands, I briefly looked at this, then ended up downloading the awesome OpenMW instead.

Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
28 Jun 2017 at 5:47 pm UTC

Quoting: Guestshowing it running on a gtx 1080 and a core i7-7700k
There's really no fluidity to this at all. What framerate is this? It seems like really horrible performance given the hardware.

Leaving Lyndow removes Linux support from Steam due to masses of bug reports
26 Jun 2017 at 9:13 pm UTC

Quoting: Whitewolfe80wait its unity and he does not know how to fix it holy crap.
Yeah, surely you just hit the "Export" button and choose "Linux", right? /s :huh:

Leaving Lyndow removes Linux support from Steam due to masses of bug reports
26 Jun 2017 at 7:00 pm UTC Likes: 3

I'm pretty gutted about this. I wasn't really aware of this game until this issue and I'd probably have bought it if I known - I love the walking-sim genre.

I just wish the Dev wasn't so focused on helping everyone. The support goal should be steamos and ubuntu, to hell with the rest. It's nice to be nice, but when you're running a business, you have to be realistic.

So yeah, hugely disappointed with this. I'd be buying it otherwise.

On a more positive note - I'm really enjoying Quern at the moment. It's a walking-sim-with-puzzles, in the style of The Room (a little - mostly I mean in the way you interact with objects). Lots of fun, if a bit frustrating at times.

Cryptark, the 2D sci-fi roguelike shooter is now officially out with a sale
21 Jun 2017 at 4:07 pm UTC

After months of Flamebreak, I'm hoping that this is the 'one'.

Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Odyssey apparently will come to Linux
19 Jun 2017 at 10:57 am UTC

Hmmmm. Nope.

And goddamit, I'm such a huge fan of NdGT... gutted that the messages coming from this project are so weak and confused.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap looks like it's coming to Linux, porting work by Ethan Lee
15 Jun 2017 at 11:54 am UTC

Now I have Tenacious D [External Link]playing in my head.

Think I'll pick this one - looks like a lot of fun, although I never played any of the series before.