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They released a new Kickstarter-Update [External Link], and as they didn't mention Linux in it at all, people were asking about the status of the Linux port.

Looks like the Linux port of Everspace is being held back by a nasty issue [External Link] with OpenGL 4.
They reached out to Epic to get some help. Hope they get the last issues resolved.

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Some of my friends are starting to use Discord, and I wanted to download the app, but can't find it.
Is there only the web app left? Has the Linux client been canceled?

Even though Discord isn't open source, you could still provide a ppa, like webupd8 does this for Sublime Text (https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/sublime-text-3 [External Link])

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Elite: Dangerous.
That would really blow my mind. And I think I would never boot into Windows again.

Okay, I would also be interested in Titanfall/Titanfall 2 and any newer Call of Duty. CoD4:Modern Warfare runs well in wine. But Elite would be my absolute favorite.

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Too bad, so sad. I was really looking forward having Darksiders on Linux. I played it through on Windows, and it's a really great game. The gameplay is neat, with nice graphics and some cool puzzles to solve. But as with some other titles, when you don't hear anything about the port for a long long time, it'll probably never come. (*cough* giana sisters *cough*)
If only Leszek Godlewski would have finished the port before leaving. But as he said, he is done with porting. Probably he wasn't pleased about all the questions about when the port is finally finished. Iirc he even removed all tweets about it, so nobody asks him anymore. Maybe that's even our fault.

I read the "Maybe Warmastered Edition will get a Linux port one day." as the same. More unlikely than likely. The Warmastered Edition probably won't have less issues than the original version. Of course I hope we'll get a port, but I don't count on it.

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Quoting: CreakEvolve?

The development of Evolve is "finished". Turtle Rock Studios is no longer updating it.
So I guess this means it will never come to Linux :-( Though they have a filled Linux depot regarding to steamdb.

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Will the new rules be updated sooner or later distro-wise? Or will all Linux users have to do these changes manually?

Edit: ah, Eike's post already answers this ;)

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When I remember correctly the space quest adventures and night mission where the first games I ever played on PC. These were the times where DOS was the operating system ;)

Later I also enjoyed some pinball simulators, but haven't played any for a long time. I guess the time has come again.

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It's difficult. There are a lot of ups and downs regarding playing games on Linux. There are times, where I cheer about every game coming to Linux, but then I see how many people are still playing on Windows and there is no way for them to change their operating system.
But then there are coming big titles to Linux, thanks to all the hard work of all the porters and porting companies, so I cheer again. Just to realize, how much you have to fiddle around with those games, to make them work. There is always something you have to fiddle around on Linux, and it feels like it's a lot more than on Windows. Of course Windows also has its problems, but in general, it have to admit to get the impression, it's more stable in general. Even though it's running on even more different hardware setups.

So I'm torn about what to think. Atm I'm happy about what I can play on Linux without having to boot Windows. I've been to a LAN party again last weekend, and played a lot of games this time and never had to boot into Windows. Ok, I was playing some of the games with wine, but I'm fine with that. The performance was great and I could attend a lot of tournaments.
Also what flibitijibo has reported about Steam Dev Days, e.g. that all demos have been running on Linux machines, including VR!

On the other hand I'm afraid that this might change again. This article here, the article about Everspace... that's all not sounding pretty well. In the end, the money will decide. If not enough people are buying Linux games or Linux machines the support will be dropped.

I would really like to hear more details from Valve, what plans they have, how far their progress is, etc. But in fact we don't hear anything and just can hope it will all turn out good for us.

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That is sounding way worse than in their last Kickstarter Update:

Linux State of Mind

We know the promised Linux support is dragging along but we're making progress. We fixed the graphic glitches using OpenGL 4.0 and we see some good performance, too. We also got the mouse controls working in windowed mode but in full screen we still got quite a few issues. It turned out to be a lot harder to port the game to Linux than we originally thought, but rest assured that we are still working on it and hope to get the remaining issues solved, soon.

What's disturbing me is, that they worked on a XBox One version before the Linux version, even though the Linux stretch goal was reached, but the console stretch goal wasn't. So it looks like the work on the Linux version was indeed started way too late, and now we might never get it :-(
Who knows what deal they had to sign, to get in on XBox One, maybe now we have to pay the price. Just guessing :->

If this really fails, it was the last Kickstarter game I pledged, that promised Linux support. Because here I pledged a lot of money. All Kickstarter games promising Linux support (also those with Linux only as a stretch goal), should present a working demo, like System Shock or Greedy Guns did. Here we can be quite sure to get a Linux version.

Meh, it would be too bad if Everspace won't come to Linux.

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