Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: Al3s

Quoting: ShmerlI also recommend setting this for the game, otherwise it will clutter your $HOME:

HOME=${HOME}/.local/share

Where should I set this?

In the same script that you set workaround hacks. I.e. in runner.sh that comes with the game.

Or in the steam launch options:

HOME=${HOME}/.local/share %command%

This is actually a pretty good idea, and I am considering changing this variable before launching Steam, considering the number of games that behave correctly.

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It reminds me a bit of Dofus, since I spent quite some time on it lately (yes). But it might just be due to the turn-based MMO part.

Anyway, interesting. I'll follow it, but I am personally not that interested into it.

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Looks very interesting. Just my cup of tea. I am quite tempted by the developer edition, but the price point is a bit too high.

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That was an interesting read... It sounds like it's calling for an interview, isn't it? (if you do so, Liam, please also ask about the current status of FLOSS drivers)

Now,it isn't like Valve completely abandoned us. I would be happy with just a "back burner" status quo; if it means we can slowly grow. But Valve seems so be doing some stealthy moves, and is apparently working or planning to work on a VR composition system with integrated reprojection and such, IIRC (I didn't look it up, but my point is that they seem to be working on Linux VR).

@Liam, the smiley picker goes over the header bar on my phone, I don't think that's intended :)

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I wish it was bundled on Steam. I guess they could try to sell it/make it available on Steam as a mod.

Is it the case on GOG? I wish a client would take care of the updates, though.

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It's just 9€ right now, that's very tempting. I will likely pick it up later, though.

I like the fact that they continue to update their game like this. It might be early access, but it seems to me that they update it a bit more often than a lot other EA games (no, it's Early Access, here).

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It could also be nice to embedded the system configuration profile page in those reminder articles.

At least when I browse on my mobile phone, I tend to minimise the number of pages I visit :)

Edit: Maybe just the signature image with a "This is still my config" button, to make it concise & "simpler" for you.

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Quoting: g000hEdit: Just spotted something else, and it is pretty impressive...
Double Fine has a great big bundle of games, most that run on Linux, for £4.78 (92% off - that is a massive discount).
- If I didn't already own more than half the games, I'd be tempted by that.
- Here's the url: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/957/ [External Link]

Actually, this is one of SteamOS improved bundles systems, the price reduction is just 50%:

They sum up the price (on sale, IIRC)
of the games that you don't own, then apply the discount.

I like those bundles, they are a good way to complete one's collection, and I'll probably buy this one as well.

Edit: from SteamDB -- Bundle type:Complete the set

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Quoting: TacoDeBossThis discussion is ridiculous. It's like saying "I bought Half-Life 1 on Steam back in 2003 on my Windows XP rig and now it won't run anymore! This is fraud!"

Get real, people. 32-bit is bad enough on Windows, but on Linux you dive into dependency hell when you dawdle in 32-bit. It's bad. Official Steam support for 32-bit systems should be cancelled. 64-bit is the only way to progress OS and game development in the modern era.

Not to mention there's little excuse. I've seen people in this thread posing the question "What happens to 32-bit users?"

They upgrade. If you're running 32-bit, you're probably not running any games anyway. You can get an quad core amd64 CPU for $75 USD, and a motherboard to go with it for $60 USD. And that's not even on sale.

Really, almost nobody should run 32-bit anymore. 64-bit is affordable and objectively superior.

The ONLY argument for 32-bit support is for legacy software. Most of that can be run on amd64 systems anyway.

I do think it should be an option to download 32-bit distros or some other sort of i386 toolset to compile 32-bit code, but beyond that, 32-bit is useless.

I agree on the fact that support for 32 bits should be dropped, but it would be nice if it was somehow still possible for me to play Half-Life 1 and others on my old crappy laptop. SteamCMD or equivalent should be enough for this purpose.

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Oh, well, good thing we can always count on Steam to make appropriate suggestions based on what games you like.



I have a full page of Black Mesa and Grim Fandango. I might have to checkout jotun which appears in the corner, though.

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