Quoting: n30p1r4t3And you guys have to know: I grew up with the XBOX (Halo, etc.). So that's the type of video games that I enjoy (AAA).

Alright, that is fair enough. But I grew up playing games like Doom, which means I enjoy games that do not require an internet activation, are cross-platform, and are modder and gamer friendly. That is what shareware games offered then and Indie games offer today, something which is lacking from most modern AAA offerings.

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Quoting: s_dNonetheless, you someday may find yourself getting those games to work properly in Linux as well ... When you do, you may be in a position to contribute the Wine settings and tweaks you used to get those old games in top-shape on your main machine.

Umm, I have ran most of the games I have been playing on the laptop on my main machine running Linux. The only game I played which does not work with WINE to some degree is Dark Forces II. I have contributed AppDB entries for the games which did work in WINE, namely Blood II and AoE II. So I do not quite get the point of this little lecture here.

Quoting: s_dI feel that is Wine's best place in the world;  to be DOSBox for the next generation of fun old games

Yes, I agree. And that is what I use WINE for, while supporting modern DRM free Linux games with my time and wallet.

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I like the assumption that some people have here that if Deep Silver does eventually port to their titles to Linux it absolves Humble Bundle from turning their backs on their principles and promoting platform-locked and DRMed content, even though it severely damages the whole case that the bundles were trying to make in the first place. I know a large group of people here only got upset about the bundle because it did not support Linux, but I will not contribute to a bundle unless it is fully cross-platform (including supporting Mac and Windows) and offers DRM free versions (vital to me since I refuse to play DRMed content). It is quite disheartening to see people turning their backs on people and things they previously fought for just because it is not longer directly beneficial to them. Solidarity is not just a slogan, you know.

As for the other argument raging here, I do use Linux almost exclusively. Before I graduated I did my schoolwork from Linux, even though I had to use the FirstClass groupware client they used through WINE (it does have a native version, but it was nigh on unusable as it was never properly maintained). To WINEs credit, it managed to run it all basically perfectly. I play my games on Linux, I only buy DRM free Linux titles, and do everything else from checking my email to running my HTPC television on Linux. The only exception is for the past two months or so I have been playing some of my old games on Windows XP as the old laptop I am stuck on until my RMAd drive finally shows up has on an old XP partition on it. That being said, if it did not have the XP install I never would have touched Windows outside of my Diploma exams. So no, not everyone dual boots, and WIndows is far from necessary for everyone. That is not a condemnation of those that do, but just a statement of fact.

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I am still hoping for someone to make a classic late '90s single player like shooter on Unity. Someday maybe.

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May I ask who made it an Editors Pick? No, I was not arrogant enough to make it one myself. ;)

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My brother plays with this on Windows, so it would be good to get him playing it on Linux. :)

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Quoting: berarmaThe different perspective might be that I don't buy on a non-existent promise.

We do not speak of non-existent promises here Berarma. Desura makes direct appeals to certain groups based on certain ideals, and loosing those is what we were concerned about. But as I said, I do not think this is worth arguing about considering there does not seem to be a problem in the first place.

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Trust me Berarma, there are plenty of reasons to get nervous when one company buys out another. I do not think being a little worried was unjustified. And we obviously have different perspectives on how we use our money.

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Quoting: s_dI don't think I'll be participating in any sort of Desura boycott.

I do not think anyone brought up the idea of boycotting Desura, but rather that they wanted a bit more information to be released before investing in it again. In my mind that information has now become available, so I am quite happy with how things stand at present. :)

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I have now updated the article yet again as Desura themselves have now put out a statement, which gives us a shout-out by the way. ^_^

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