More games coming to Linux (via Steam)

I believe it was [URL='http://nixstaller.sourceforge.net/news.php']Nixstaller[/URL]. It also has the ability to generate .deb, .rpm and a bunch of other package types on the fly that can be registered with distro package managers.

By the way, what do you find annoying about MojoSetup?

Quoting: "Guest, post: 5679"See, that's the issue. If DesuraNET relies on outside contributors on writing their applications, they cannot be taken seriously.

Posting this on a Linux forum = epic troll. Picking on something for being open source? Really? :rolleyes:

Their web interface is also getting better and better so if this upsets you so much you do not even need the client. Running with Scissors's recently dumped their own online download feature from their store in favour of Desura because you can just use it's web interface if you want. Plus, there is also the client if you want automatic update notifications and the like.

Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5682, member: 122"I believe it was [URL='http://nixstaller.sourceforge.net/news.php']Nixstaller[/URL]. It also has the ability to generate .deb, .rpm and a bunch of other package types on the fly that can be registered with distro package managers

Edward Rudd uses Nixinstaller for his ports while Ryan Gordon uses MojoSetup. Rudd has been more active lately on the porting front (I guess Ryan having a wife and kid has finally managed to slow down his legendary prowess somewhat) so more and more of the Humble Bundle games are using Nixinstaller.

Personally, they both have benefits and flaws. Nixinstaller has more features but looks less professional as it leaves it's own branding in, while Mojosetup is more seamless and does not toot it's own horn. At least, that has been my experience.

Quoting: "Hamish, post: 5683, member: 6"Posting this on a Linux forum = epic troll. Picking on something for being open source? Really? :rolleyes:

The issue is not that it's open source or that it accepts community contribution, but instead that to many, it appears that the client has been abandoned by the organisation whose business it is meant to support.

The Desura client essentially has no function or usefulness beyond providing access to the Desura content servers/online store, so from some perspectives, it does seem fair to say that it's not so cool for the project to be essentially 100% community developed since the source was released. If I didn't personally believe there was hope for changing that situation, I would be probably staying as far away from it as possible.

Quoting: "Hamish, post: 5683, member: 6"Personally, they both have benefits and flaws. Nixinstaller has more features but looks less professional as it leaves it's own branding in, while Mojosetup is more seamless and does not toot it's own horn. At least, that has been my experience.

Is there anything specifically preventing people from applying their own branding to Nixtaller (its sources and assets are available for modification after all)? I was under the impression that most developers/packagers just didn't bother doing so.

I don't know, MojoSetup just always seemed problematic to me, and it definitely required more of the average user. I guess it's all just a matter of personal preference, I'd say tars, debs and rpms would be the nicest combination.

my personal preference is nixinstaller or mojosetup ... i hate to have prop software(including steam) installed to my root (/) partion which is done via rpms/debs.
those installers let me choose where i want to install them and in my case im using /home on different hdd so i can install the games/steam to $HOME/Games
but its a matter of personal preference i guess.

i dont remember having troubles with mojosetup tho.

5 more games were added to the list, all Introversion games (Multiwinia, Darwinia, Uplink, DEFCON) and Braid. So far no new, never-before-seen-on-Linux games.

Crusader Kings 2 is all you need.

Also, Red Orchestra (1) and Killing Floor appear in my linux game section of my steam account. I guess those games will get Linux Versions as well...

Quoting: "MeteorBlume, post: 6216"Also, Red Orchestra (1) and Killing Floor appear in my linux game section of my steam account. I guess those games will get Linux Versions as well...

Both have been known about for a while, I already own Killing Floor so it's great for me!