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Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from the team behind Half-Life 2: Update
30 Jul 2021 at 3:38 pm UTC
30 Jul 2021 at 3:38 pm UTC
Quoting: emphyStill peeved at the forced install of that shop to be able to play the game. I'll keep skipping it.lol
Yes, I can hold grudges for a long, long time.
Frozenbyte are now telling Linux users to use Proton, even for their older games
28 Jul 2021 at 2:03 pm UTC
28 Jul 2021 at 2:03 pm UTC
Quoting: KuJoBut the Stadia version doesn't change the fact that Trine 4 never got a Linux port on Steam. Nobody lost anything here.Quoting: kuhpunktI mean Trine 4 didn't even get a native release, so there's no reason to complain. It could't have gotten worse.Actually, they shouldn't be that far away from a native Linux version ... because the game was released for/on Stadia in March:
-> https://www.frozenbyte.com/2021/03/trine-4-the-nightmare-prince-now-out-on-stadia/ [External Link]
And Stadia runs with Linux ... apart from the framework adaptations that are required for Stadia. But well ... there is probably already a bigger gaming market under Stadia than for Linux ... or Google added a few bucks for the port ...
Feral no longer porting A Total War Saga: TROY to Linux, citing less demand since Proton
28 Jul 2021 at 1:48 pm UTC Likes: 1
28 Jul 2021 at 1:48 pm UTC Likes: 1
A bit more mainstream coverage (referencing GoL and the comments here)
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-decks-proton-a-total-war-saga [External Link]
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-decks-proton-a-total-war-saga [External Link]
Frozenbyte are now telling Linux users to use Proton, even for their older games
28 Jul 2021 at 1:42 pm UTC
28 Jul 2021 at 1:42 pm UTC
I mean Trine 4 didn't even get a native release, so there's no reason to complain. It could't have gotten worse.
Feral no longer porting A Total War Saga: TROY to Linux, citing less demand since Proton
27 Jul 2021 at 4:52 pm UTC Likes: 3
27 Jul 2021 at 4:52 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: barottoBut Long term I can see porting companies and Linux professionals losing their job and native versions disappear form the market. There's a risk Linux won't be seen as a target platform ever again. I'm not sure it's a good thing...Who knows what happens in the future, but the status quo always changes. Blockbuster died due to online streaming. Should we have kept Blockbuster artificially alive - just for the sake of it?
Feral no longer porting A Total War Saga: TROY to Linux, citing less demand since Proton
27 Jul 2021 at 4:10 pm UTC Likes: 1
27 Jul 2021 at 4:10 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: CatKiller:sad:Don't be sad!
Faster Zombies to Steam Deck: The History of Valve and Linux Gaming
23 Jul 2021 at 2:55 pm UTC
23 Jul 2021 at 2:55 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestHow are ACTUAL FILES rumor and gossip? And before Proton became public, we didn't know things either.. just rumors that were reported on, because of FILES. How is this different?Quoting: kuhpunktAnd neither did that. Valve themselves said they were not working on it in 2010. Yet somehow you think internal tinkering by an engineer is somehow newsworthy and of more importance? Sorry, but no. That's rumour and gossip at best.Quoting: GuestIf you want to... but this has nothing to do with the Steam Linux client.Quoting: kuhpunktWell I guess you'd better go back further then. I mean, Half-Life had dedicated GNU/Linux servers. Obviously proof there.Quoting: GuestYes, it means that someone at Valve was already working on Linux since 2008. This article is about the history of Valve and Linux.Quoting: kuhpunktAnd there's plenty found in many games for GNU/Linux - all it means is that someone at the company was tinkering. Doesn't mean anything is confirmed, being worked on properly, will ever see the light of day, or even has anything to do with the main product.Quoting: GuestBut the stuff was still found already back in 2008, showing at least some interest from Valve for 13 years now.Quoting: kuhpunkthttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=source_linux&num=1That site became a joke itself with "confirming" something that wasn't. I think there was even attempts to link to other sites that "confirmed" it, but they had just linked to another site, which in turn linked back there.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_confirmation&num=1 [External Link]
However that's an issue of poor reporting, and kind of orthogonal to the history of Steam itself on GNU/Linux, and so I'm glad it wasn't mentioned in this post.
Faster Zombies to Steam Deck: The History of Valve and Linux Gaming
23 Jul 2021 at 2:12 pm UTC
23 Jul 2021 at 2:12 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestIf you want to... but this has nothing to do with the Steam Linux client.Quoting: kuhpunktWell I guess you'd better go back further then. I mean, Half-Life had dedicated GNU/Linux servers. Obviously proof there.Quoting: GuestYes, it means that someone at Valve was already working on Linux since 2008. This article is about the history of Valve and Linux.Quoting: kuhpunktAnd there's plenty found in many games for GNU/Linux - all it means is that someone at the company was tinkering. Doesn't mean anything is confirmed, being worked on properly, will ever see the light of day, or even has anything to do with the main product.Quoting: GuestBut the stuff was still found already back in 2008, showing at least some interest from Valve for 13 years now.Quoting: kuhpunkthttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=source_linux&num=1That site became a joke itself with "confirming" something that wasn't. I think there was even attempts to link to other sites that "confirmed" it, but they had just linked to another site, which in turn linked back there.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_confirmation&num=1 [External Link]
However that's an issue of poor reporting, and kind of orthogonal to the history of Steam itself on GNU/Linux, and so I'm glad it wasn't mentioned in this post.
Faster Zombies to Steam Deck: The History of Valve and Linux Gaming
23 Jul 2021 at 2:07 pm UTC
23 Jul 2021 at 2:07 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestYes, it means that someone at Valve was already working on Linux since 2008. This article is about the history of Valve and Linux.Quoting: kuhpunktAnd there's plenty found in many games for GNU/Linux - all it means is that someone at the company was tinkering. Doesn't mean anything is confirmed, being worked on properly, will ever see the light of day, or even has anything to do with the main product.Quoting: GuestBut the stuff was still found already back in 2008, showing at least some interest from Valve for 13 years now.Quoting: kuhpunkthttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=source_linux&num=1That site became a joke itself with "confirming" something that wasn't. I think there was even attempts to link to other sites that "confirmed" it, but they had just linked to another site, which in turn linked back there.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_confirmation&num=1 [External Link]
However that's an issue of poor reporting, and kind of orthogonal to the history of Steam itself on GNU/Linux, and so I'm glad it wasn't mentioned in this post.
Faster Zombies to Steam Deck: The History of Valve and Linux Gaming
23 Jul 2021 at 1:54 pm UTC
23 Jul 2021 at 1:54 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestBut the stuff was still found already back in 2008, showing at least some interest from Valve for 13 years now.Quoting: kuhpunkthttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=source_linux&num=1That site became a joke itself with "confirming" something that wasn't. I think there was even attempts to link to other sites that "confirmed" it, but they had just linked to another site, which in turn linked back there.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_confirmation&num=1 [External Link]
However that's an issue of poor reporting, and kind of orthogonal to the history of Steam itself on GNU/Linux, and so I'm glad it wasn't mentioned in this post.