For interested parties, you can see a list of all the games Icculus has ported, or is still currently working on here - https://bugzilla.icculus.org/describecomponents.cgi [External Link].

I'm delighted by this news. I sank 70 hours in Borderlands 2 in late 2012 and early 2013, before ditching my Windows partition. That's about the same amount of time I spent on Skyrim during 2011 onwards - one of my biggest time sinks on Steam, apart from my frankly embarrassing 230 hours on Killing Floor.

There's an absolute heap of high quality DLC I could sink my time into if this makes the jump. Great news!

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I missed out on the whole Myst phenomenon (can you see what I did there?), but was curious enough to visit their Kickstarter and hopefully get on board second time around. Sadly, no Linux support. So this is good news, albeit I've "myst" the boat again (just in case you didn't get it the first time).

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Yep, it has a few bugs, but it's pretty playable as is. It does crash to desktop after the first level, but I've played the next four with an issue.

Well, not "without an issue". Without a crash, yes, but there are issues. Mainly, on the last level, there are tiles with red half-globes on them, but for some reason, the tiles don't actually support your character, so while the Lumes will run over them, you fall to your death.

And yes, the resolution can be changed, but it doesn't remember the change between games. And the MSAA will vanish all the text in the game, which sadly includes the menu text, so it's probably for the best that the graphics don't remember between games, or that would be pretty frustrating.

The core game though - excellent. Really enjoying it. Polish up the bugs and this will be a hit.

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Excited for this one. The hours I sank into Sanctum 1. Can't wait to play this.

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Quoting: maokei

Quoting: BdMdesigN

Quoting: No SecurityValve like's ignoring security feature's on Linux first SElinux now this how soon before Hackers take Aim at SteamOS :whistle: SteamOS may end up being insecure Like Windows....
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/558751364755076566/#c558752449797254245 [External Link]

You are aware that the SteamOS is BETA software and Valve must first advance the Graphical optimization?
You are also aware that the Debian, all technical safety matters brings?
You are also aware, that's not two quietly required SElinux and there is also a substitute for it?

Correct me if Im wrong but the fixed the SELinux problemnot long ago.

Yep - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/portal2/issues/50#issuecomment-36927497 [External Link]. This was closed out about a month ago.

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Quoting: neffo

Quoting: GuestI've been using Steam for Linux since the beginning, and only got the survey on Linux for the first time... While I regularly get it when using Wine to run Steam.

Wine is recorded as Linux (and the Wine version is also recorded). I'd speculate that the reason you see it more is likely due to the fact that people running under Wine decline it more often than those in native Linux.

I'd like to see a citation for that. It's been argued the other way before - I didn't think Valve had published anything to the effect that "wine is recorded as Linux".

Quoting: neffo

Quoting: LordpkappaI never see a single survey in Linux, 2-3 times in Windows.

Same thing here. Linux users have a reason to answer the survey, Windows users don't.

So you think Windows users will actually cancel the survey? That's debatable - I reckon they'd just click "submit" to get rid of the annoying dialog box on their screens. Plus, there's a lot of Windows fan boys there.

I wonder if there's another reason us Linux boys and girls don't seem to get the survey as much. Maybe Valve are happy to milk the 1% mark until the Steam Machines go live, THEN give it an equal footing. That would massively boost the SteamOS/Linux figures, citing the devices as a "success".

As conspiracy theories go, I'm happy with this explanation. No, no, don't go picking holes in it... just accept it. Move along now.

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Good cast, Samsai. Worth a look, I think, but I've still to get into Glare and this looks like bizarre cross between Glare and Limbo. There's a wee hint of the Bastion narrator in there too, I reckon!

I'll get my "unplayed" games list down a bit, then I'll give this a go.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: SXXIn same time inability to use online multiplayer it's kind a sad.

Why do you say so?

Because he's more likely to play online, than on a LAN? Just a guess.

Not a fan of DRM here either, but I've had this argument to death and like you, I don't feel like going through it all again. I'm "fine" with Steam, but tend to buy on Humble and then redeem if possible. Best of both worlds.

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On the one hand, I find myself wanting to correct "PC is Windows" all the time. On the other hand, I have little more than sneering contempt for people who try to make me say GNU/Linux as if the label had any importance outside their little bubble.

I guess it's weird seeing that petty aspect of yourself reflected back.

The only argument for continuing the crusade is awareness. That, and it's seriously tedious to have to ask every Kickstarter dev under the sun what they mean by "PC, Mac". <sigh>

For my part, I'll no longer support a kickstarter that doesn't support Linux on day 1 release. And that's a big change for a guy like myself, hundreds (over a thousand? maybe) of pounds invested in Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and a member of the TFC team. A real shame.

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Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyIf anybody here like me is a fan of Darklands or Baldur's Gates series (plus the upcoming Pillars of Eternity), I definitely think you should check out and support Serpent in the Staglands, which looks pretty interesting so far.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1649838104/serpent-in-the-staglands [External Link]

Looks good! I haven't checked, but hopefully it's on the WIKI already and will be up for contention for the next Funding Crowd article.

Also, I see that while Chaos Reborn isn't utterly cruising, there's been another spate of Lords, Kings, Demigods and one further God. But incredibly, there's also been a pledge at "Supreme Benefactor" level, which is a $5k pledge! Insane! And no... it wasn't me! :)

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