Do you like GNU/Linux?
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its a good idea. but im not sure is this group live or not.
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I think the LUE group has replaced that since the OP is no longer active. The users that have posted there recently, I have added to the invite request thread on LUE.
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Linux is pretty cool, but you've got to have a love for interfacing through command prompts.
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indeed. but graphical steam client is a great thing too.
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And whats wrong with command prompts? I guess you're not an 80's 90's kid, and you never used a C64 or DOS on PC.
Sexy command prompt > crap "futuristic" UI
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I'm plenty comfortable with command prompt but I wouldn't mind seeing more things get solid gui's.
If for no other reason than: more gui's == easier for less technical types to use == more people use linux == more hardware & software support == more games and gadgets that are linux friendly
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even if I am a Linux user, i don't just add random people to my whitelist :
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You don't have to do anything. Im just filling my list. are you linux user?
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i am, Xubuntu 16.04 for now, waiting BackBox Linux 5th release, will switch than. Used BackBox Linux 4 before Xubuntu 16.04 release
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You was allready in my WL! Im using MagOS-Linux (russian distro based on Rosa which is formely Mandriva)
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Haven't touched Linux in years, and although I'd prefer to escape windows... Gaming prevents me from doing so.
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This. Feral Interactive are doing a great job at it as well.
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Their ports are getting better and better, yesterday I installed Tomb Raider, Company of Heroes 2 and Grid AutoSport on an old pc of mine just for curiosity at medium settings and was very very playable a Phenom 2 x2, 8gigs of ram and a Radeon HD4650 with the Mesa opensource drivers lol.
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I have finished MadMAX 2 weeks ago. It was great!
Im planning to play last DeusEx. I have tested it already. Its also good work. Welcome to my WL!
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Maybe for those whose gaming originated on Linux or those with smaller libraries, basically those that had to focus on games with Linux support.
I started gaming with Windows and a large portion of my library won't ever support another OS. Then that's only considering my Steam library. GOG supports Linux but like Steam that doesn't mean a given game will. Neither Origin or Uplay have Linux support.
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yes, gog also have games for linux. But only Valve are doing great work for linux gamers.
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That's mostly what I was thinking. Sure a lot of indie devs are doing good at bringing support to Linux, but I still play a lot of AAA titles that focus solely on Windows. Hate that they do it, but I want to play the games so... Windows it is.
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In 2017 some very very good games will appear on Linux along with Windows no need to wait for a Port... Linux games are starting to pop up like mushrooms after rain so the future looks bright.
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The future isn't now though. As of right this moment every single one of my 6000 games will run on Windows. According to SteamDB however there are only 2000 products in the entire Steam catalog that are confirmed to work on Linux. Even accounting for all the potential junk in my library that's just not good enough for me to switch. So as far as compatibility goes Windows is the clear winner.
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That's pretty much the same boat I'm in. I have a second computer for all the crap that I can't play on Linux but would love if I could ditch Windows entirely. I've heard good things about Play on Linux (POL) but didn't have much luck with it myself when trying to set up Mass Effect 1 there. Then again, could easily have been the game (I also had problems on my Windows box until I resorted to a fresh OS install)
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Well if you have some tips on what I should look into, I'd make some time to do so... Would love being able to build my next pc without having to buy windows again. Honestly feel like MS is constantly pushing to make more and more money without offering anything new that's worth it.
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Lets add each other in whitelist for GA's
yes, let's linux4linux
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Here here, only Linux I even forgot how Windows looks!
Some triple A games run much better on Linux than Windows... no reason for touching Windows.
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Linux is pretty cool but I feel encumbered by having to make sure any any new game I purchase has Linux compatibility (had Linux on a different PC few years ago) so, yeah. And then there are scumbags like Activision who charge separately for Windows and Mac OS (and there was a case of separate charge for Linux too if I remember correctly)
Hence for gaming, Windows will always be the One.
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Your lovely game is Dont starve. It work perfectly in linux! I was played this game for many hours.
I have about 1000 games for linux but i havent a time to play each game.
Its not needed to buy any game. At that moment linux has enought games to be gaming platform. I think so.
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I haven't been brave enough to make the jump from Windows yet.
I've tried it a couple times but it always ends up being so frustrating that I reinstall Windows within a week
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i have a linux installed on external hdd too. I can run it on every hardware and play games.
May be you will test this way. You need a live linux distro for this. May be you will like MagOS-Linux (steam installer is inside)
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I run Linux all the time in Virtual Machines - I've just never had it be stable enough that I want it for my main OS.
Plus there are too many games that don't work with Linux
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Could also do a dual-boot. I've had good luck with Mint (aside from having to read up on the whole UEFI secure boot thing which was a real pita... short version: install from usb, even if you like dvd's).
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cat user/games | grep recently | grep "windows only" && break
cat user/groups | grep -i linux | nl
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Arch linux <3
The worst part of playing on linux is performance. :(
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Use KDE Plasma 5 as desktop and you will see about the so called "worst perfomance", I play only on Linux and outperforms Windows
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If you play only on Linux, how do you know it outperforms Windows?
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I guess my point is how do you know that, though? Do you install Windows, test the FPS, and then reinstall Linux and find that you get more FPS on Linux?
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I have a spare HDD with Win 7 installed that I have pluged in and I noticed that I have higher FPS on Linx.
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Only about 25% of games show improved performance in Linux, and only those games optimized for Linux.
Most games, however, show a 30% or more increase in performance in Windows 10. AMD drivers for Linux are a complete mess most of the time.
Google it. Linux has a long way to go before it competes on an even playing field with Windows.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-linux-pascal&num=1
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Why should the DE change something about performance (if it is not itself eating all the RAM and CPU power?)?
If you really want a small performance hit as possible you could run steam completely without DE and just fire up a WM, or even just X, but in that case, the games don't behave very well.
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I'm quite sad that too few devs do linux builds. but hey! Skyrim runs perfect in Wine.
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Count me in. Although I dual-boot, I don't remember the last time I booted up Windows.
Some clarification on some common misconceptions:
You don't need to know how to use the command line interface to use Linux.
Games' support for Linux is inferior to Windows and (probably) MacOS, but it's improving. Google "Feral Interactive" if you want to see the heroes Gaming needs.
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Started with Gentoo in 2001 and never found my way out of that.
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Well I have dual boot since a lot of games sadly don't run on Linux and also because my mom sometimes use my computer :P
There are some Linux groups also that you can join if you want.
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Linux user here. Linux Mint to be more specific. I also use Linux for my box that hosts my Plex server and media files. Works great.
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I used to dual boot linux and windows. Now I'm on windows with an Ubuntu VM. Was tempted by System76 (their laptop comes preinstalled with Ubunt) when I was looking for a new laptop, as it looks like they have the best keyboard layout among the ones available now... full sized arrow keys, home/end/pg up/pg down keys... (seriously, why do designers get rid of so many useful keys (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
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Arch on my desktop to learn , dual boot windows only for Doom and Diablo , Mint at work , i hope some day i will never have to use windows again ( Windows 10 are fine though)
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I put LinuxMint on my loh tech laptops and its running awesome.
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Mint is <3, judge me all you want.
Sadly not fulltime. Blizzard, give me Overwatch godammit :(
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i have worked with CentOS in school, also have tested Ubuntu and Mint on my laptop i would say i liked more Mint because of the panel and with the Cinnamon interface it looks like Windows (and may be thats the reason i like it more).
I have seen alot of linux distros out there so the problem now its witch one to chose XD.
im corrently using Mint 18 in dual boot with Windows 10, when i just want to use the net or watch some series or movies i use Mint, case it does the job pretty well.
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Linux user exclusively since 2007, gaming on a system76 oryx pro
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I have second computer devoted to be server and media center etc. Its running several different linux distros.
On my laptop I also use linux sometimes embedded or boot from usb stick to do some stuff =)
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How do U guys game on that without DX? I hate Windows OSs after Win7 and I still use windows mainly because I'm a gamer. so if there is a way to play PC(Windows) games on Linux and the FPS is not much different I will go back to Linux again. JIC I know about virtual machine
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LOL! of course not! but it's way better than OpenGL and stuff
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DX is not needed. modern OpenGL is very good for games.
Valve developed Vulcan. Its like DX but its crossplatform and open
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I've read your comments. I wanna try it again. so do I have to download the whole games again? what distro do U recommend?(I'm not interested in command prompt).
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The highest FPS you will get is with the KDE Plasma desktop, You can use any distro that has the Plasma desktop but you can use this: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/manjarolinux/manjaro-kde-16.10.3-stable-x86_64.iso
Is a nice looking desktop... https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/
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i just use Linux virtualized on VMWare, i know a little amount of basic terminal commands
I use it for programming Java and MySQL
Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE
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hello, guys!
let's be friends on steamgifts! Lets add each other in whitelist for GA's
if you are linux user please post something in this thread
here is a one GA for my whitelist and some linux groups https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/oCOTU/millie
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