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GamingOnLinux GOTY Section & Nominations Now Open
22 Dec 2014 at 6:24 pm UTC

I submitted both Mark of the Ninja and Bastion, since those are probably the two games I got the most enjoyment out of this year.

SuperTuxKart 0.8.2 Beta Released
19 Dec 2014 at 9:47 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestI know I sound like RMS but it's true.
Well, when you are advocating a position, is it really a problem when you end up sounding like one of its chief advocates?

SuperTuxKart 0.8.2 Beta Released
17 Dec 2014 at 7:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: strel0ckMost Windows and Mac users don't generally have compilers installed on their system
Many Linux distributions also unfortunately do not supply them by default, as is evident by the guide linked to in the article.

Quoting: strel0ckbinaries are easily portable on those systems due to there not being a bunch of distros that put libraries in different places.
Binaries are not that hard to ship and make portable on Linux either. Still, I would agree that for a beta release the effort involved is really not needed.

SuperTuxKart 0.8.2 Beta Released
17 Dec 2014 at 5:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

You'll have to build the game from source because this is a beta release. Alternatively, you can download pre-built binaries for Windows and Mac.
Because Windows and Mac users are too scared to use git...

Anyway, if any Arch users wants to try it out they can simplify it with this:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/supertuxkart-git/ [External Link]

No, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Probably Isn't Coming To Linux
17 Dec 2014 at 5:46 pm UTC

As I said, I do not really know anything about these games, so I probably do not have the right to comment, but as a title I still think appending a number to another number seems quite lazy. I can also say that, to the uninitiated, all this talk about X being better than Y, or Y being the greatest game ever while X was the worst thing to ever come out, all comes across as rather amusing.

If the games really are all different from each other, it does make one wonder why they need to share the same kind of branding at all, other than for reasons of marketing convenience. Not to mention the fact that any game series with the word "Final" in its title that still manages to reach the number thirteen does need to be questioned, even if only just a little...

I know I am probably just shooting my mouth off here, but this really does just seem like another mainstream treadmill to me like Call of Duty.

No, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Probably Isn't Coming To Linux
16 Dec 2014 at 9:55 pm UTC Likes: 3

I know next to nothing about Final Fantasy, but I will just say that appending a 2 in front of a 13 is probably the laziest game title I have ever seen.

Desura's Linux Client Will Finally See An Update Soon
14 Dec 2014 at 7:34 am UTC Likes: 3

Cheers then Mr. Novak for you and your teams hard work and admirably thick skin. :)

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, The Original FPS & RPG Hybrid On Steam For Linux, We Have Keys
13 Dec 2014 at 8:37 pm UTC

Quoting: tuubiAlso, GamingOnLinux has pretty hair and smells kinda nice.
You hear that Liam, we don't smell! :O

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, The Original FPS & RPG Hybrid On Steam For Linux, We Have Keys
13 Dec 2014 at 7:21 pm UTC

Quoting: Avehicle7887(Without disrespect, please count me out for the keys. I'll be getting the GOG version once it's released).
There will be one? If so I guess that answers one of my questions.

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, The Original FPS & RPG Hybrid On Steam For Linux, We Have Keys
13 Dec 2014 at 6:01 pm UTC Likes: 4

Amazing what the community can do when the original developers lost the code.