as of today update (8-jan) I am now getting:

couldnt start bootstrap and couldn't reinstall from /usr/lib/steam/boostraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz, steam still starts but this one worries me a bit, why oh why so hardcoded. Since can't use .deb I simply installed Steam in a home directory as normal user, worked flawless still this.

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xpander, sorry but it does not, i have it running without root and without anything in /bin etc

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Quoting: "Xpander, post: 7362, member: 92"they should make it like desura is.
install where u want. and include the necessary libraries with the package.

Xpander, that is how I have Steam running, since I can't use the .deb I just took what I needed and placed the files where I wanted them and run steam.sh from there. it updates itself there like Desura does.

from what I gather the only reason they want a package and root install is that steam then can add dependences itself ? if so I think they better of simply doing a sudo GUI when they want to add dependences instead of doing it in the background

Quoting: "Hamish, post: 7368, member: 6"I personally feel that package managers should only be left to system packages and free software programs. I find that commercial software tends to muddle things.

totally agree

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same , thanks for verifying

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question: on your HiB homepage (so where all you games are listed) does Shank 2 show up for you guys under linux ? it shows up for me under windows but not under linux

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the game looks quiet nice from the video, colorfull and clear. I guess a store like Desura or Steam or even Ubuntu store will make it easier for you guys to sell stuff. I don't even know if other distro's have stores ? I would personally not buy something from a distro only store simply because I got no idea I would still be using that distro next year :) But if you mean the packaging itself, I would suggest try http://openbuildservice.org/ [External Link] , it can build any package you can think off but I would be okay with just a tar.gz myself or a generic installer.

anyways enough bla bla bla from me, I like the look of the game.

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ensign-1 needs more mainstream (read windows sites) exposure, it gets better each time I see an update but there is so little news about the game outside of GoL :(

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Quoting: "Hamish, post: 7273, member: 6"*bashes head into the desk a couple of times*

hrhr

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Liam, your sort of doing 2 things in this post which you should not mix imho.

1 USC sold a game it was not allowed
2 Tommy does not like Linux and what it stands for but hib converted the game

those are separate issues, the 1st is simply wrong by USC and it does not mater if it happen to a pro or non-pro linux person, the 2nd is 1 persons opinion about Linux and the fact that to get onto hib he forgot all those things :)

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Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 7267, member: 1"We don't exactly have another good game like it though from what i've seen.

maybe not, but with moluneux i have taken a stance that seeing is believing, over the years he always promised more then he could deliver.

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