Quoting: Quote from HamishWhat is wrong with the venerable Tux as a logo then?

And while I do not necessarily have a problem with a limited testing field, I think your 10/1 figure is way too optimistic in Ubuntu's favour. Especially when taking worldwide Linux usage into account.

The while "What version/what one" problem. You need to have a set floor, so say an Ubuntu logo with 12.04 over it would be far more descriptive just as a game requiring Windows Vista would do far better to have the Vista Logo over the generic "PC".

And it won't be too much longer before the AAA games at least start requiring 64-bit OSs as they will finally hit a point where they need more then 4Gb of ram to run properly.

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Quoting: Quote from hahaLike you said Ubuntu is the "single" most popular distro but really Ubuntu is just a little fish in the pound

The point is that if someone is playing games on Linux that the odds are 10/1 that they are using Ubuntu or some direct derivative like Mint or Studio.

Linux being such a small player can't make the demand that all Linux games get tested on Arch, Fedora, Manjaro, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware etc. Doing so just makes Linux gaming a a whole a target that just isn't worth the devs time to test against and as such no game will ever be ported.

By just saying "just support Ubuntu LTS releases, we'll figure out the rest" the devs can have a nice fat target to focus on whatever small fixes are necessary for other distros and releases can be hammered out by the users of other distros and those fixes can then be submitted back to the devs in the hopes they are added in a future update.

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Quoting: Quote from n30p1r4t3One word: Apple.

"Hi I'm a mac," "and I'm a PC."

Nah, that was most defiantly not the start of it. they just went with it because it was already part of the common lexicon and probably to avoid direct backlash from Microsoft from outright saying Windows.

Mac users have much of the same problem with everyone talking about MAC, well every computer has a Media Access Controller. It's not a Linux vs GNU/Linux thing either, thoguh thats an equally stupid argument.

Is it really that hard to just put up the logos of what is officially supported? There are Logos for the various versions of Windows, Linux and MacOS that could be used. I.E. most Linux games only officially suport Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Will the game work on other distros? Sure will, but I wouldn't expect the devs to test on 4 different releases of 15 different distros, it's just not cost effective and would drive them away from making Linux compatible games.

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Quoting: Quote from OrkultusI am always logging on to this, but its always just bots. There is never anyone (human) playing at all. We need more people to log in!

It'll probably be that way till it's greenlit. Then with a sale or a bundle it'll have a decent amount of players.

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We can only hope they'll push for more Linux ports. They're probably going to go through at least most of their old back catalog but are going to build hype for the store by adding a few game sales every day for a while to keep people checking in on the store.

Not that they need much hype being by far the most successful of the bundle sites.

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Quoting: Quote from IggiStill refusing to use it, and probably always will.

It's ironic, because they demonstrated all the disadvantages of DRM to me themselves: When I wanted to register an old retail copy of Half-Life 1 I always got the message that the serial number wouldn't be valid. When buying a second copy (because I really wanted to play that game again) this time I got the message that the key already had been registered, though the seller clearly (and believably) stated that the game was never played at all. In both cases the support staff was unwilling to transfer the keys to my account, so I have two copies now which I'm not able to play because of Steams DRM system. Great.

Something is off about that comment, since I have a retail opened box copy of Counter Strike: Source that I picked up for about $0.10 at a yard sale, I tried the serial and low and behold it registered to my Steam account.

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Quoting: Quote from DimaWasn't SMB already released for Linux?

http://indiegamebundle.wikia.com/wiki/The_Humble_Indie_Bundle_4 [External Link]

But it wasn't on Steam, they had seemingly abandoned the port and claimed that they hated Linux. Similar stuff has happened with several Humble Bundle games.

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So is there any hope for Braid and Torchlight? I already got my answer for X2, they have no plans to bring the LGP port to Steam...

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Quoting: Quote from HadBabitsPersonally, I'm just waiting on a price range so I know when my broke ass can get one :P I've owned a Wii and a Kinect, and I've been disappointed with motion controls twice...

As for exclusivity, that seems to go against the Linux spirit, and valve's stance against the "walled garden" approach.

Well since they are supposed to be giving away SteamOS for free you could build you own. The whole thing is off the shelf kit. To fit the GPU in there they put it on a right angle riser and knocked a hole in the case for GPU ventilation.

Mobo is either mATX or ITX, possibly ITX as those usually have some microPCIe card slots so that they can be fitted with laptop wireless cards.

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Wake me when this is something that fits on my eye like a contact lens and I can control my char by though input alone.

Till then I don't even like having to wear my headset for voice chat.

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