So today marks a whole year of having the Steam client on Linux, how will you celebrate or do you still refuse to use it?
For me it's opened a rather large world of gaming I otherwise wouldn't be doing.
Personally I would crack open a bottle of something but I have nothing left, so it's a raised glass a water to Valve from me.
What are you most looking forward to in future from Steam on Linux? Or if you shy away from it, why? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
For me it's opened a rather large world of gaming I otherwise wouldn't be doing.
Personally I would crack open a bottle of something but I have nothing left, so it's a raised glass a water to Valve from me.
What are you most looking forward to in future from Steam on Linux? Or if you shy away from it, why? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I think my thoughts on Steam have been made quite clear here already: I do not use it, and do not plan to.
My gaming world really opened up more with the Humble Indie Bundles than anything else - and while I do have more games purchased over the past few months than I can currently play, something which was unthinkable a few years ago, I really do not know if Steam's arrival can take any of the credit for it.
Obviously since I am not using Steam I will not receive any direct benefits from Valve's work, but there are claims by some that Steam alone is the champion of the Linux gaming industry, and that even those who do not use it will feel the effects. Well, for me the industry was growing long before Valve showed up, and almost all of the games I am playing and have purchased recently seemingly arrived on our platform independent of Valve's efforts.
So for me the past year has been great in terms of games, but not due to Valve.
My gaming world really opened up more with the Humble Indie Bundles than anything else - and while I do have more games purchased over the past few months than I can currently play, something which was unthinkable a few years ago, I really do not know if Steam's arrival can take any of the credit for it.
Obviously since I am not using Steam I will not receive any direct benefits from Valve's work, but there are claims by some that Steam alone is the champion of the Linux gaming industry, and that even those who do not use it will feel the effects. Well, for me the industry was growing long before Valve showed up, and almost all of the games I am playing and have purchased recently seemingly arrived on our platform independent of Valve's efforts.
So for me the past year has been great in terms of games, but not due to Valve.
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I respect everybody´s opinion, if you don´t like DRM so look for other alternatives, I use Steam and for me it´s the best digital distribution platform for the PC, DRM is not a problem in my point of view and Valve made a great push on Linux gaming, we have better graphic drivers now and they attracted more developers, I have a lot of reasons to celebrate!
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Obviously Steam isn't perfect, but I think its contributions are enough to celebrate. Everyone agrees that Canonical has done a lot of good in promoting Linux (it was my gateway distro), but that doesn't stop everyone from looking over there shoulders nervously when Shuttleworth talks of new features; especially when concerning companies like Amazon.
I remember Steam being much more of a pain a few years back. It's true it locks you in to a degree, but it's a comfortable vehicle, that conveniently sorts your games and updates them. And thanks to the humble store I can get most games DRM-free with a steam key attached anyway.
They've already said Steam OS games will be Linux games and the hardware and software will be open. There's still DRM, but it's a step in the right direction. In fact, compared to the other consoles, one may consider it more of a leap.
I remember Steam being much more of a pain a few years back. It's true it locks you in to a degree, but it's a comfortable vehicle, that conveniently sorts your games and updates them. And thanks to the humble store I can get most games DRM-free with a steam key attached anyway.
They've already said Steam OS games will be Linux games and the hardware and software will be open. There's still DRM, but it's a step in the right direction. In fact, compared to the other consoles, one may consider it more of a leap.
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And on that note, happy birthday, Linux client! I'm gonna celebrate with some Super Meat Boy :D
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philip550c Nov 7, 2013
Quoting: Quote from HamishI think my thoughts on Steam have been made quite clear here already: I do not use it, and do not plan to.You use the open source drivers right?
My gaming world really opened up more with the Humble Indie Bundles than anything else - and while I do have more games purchased over the past few months than I can currently play, something which was unthinkable a few years ago, I really do not know if Steam's arrival can take any of the credit for it.
Obviously since I am not using Steam I will not receive any direct benefits from Valve's work, but there are claims by some that Steam alone is the champion of the Linux gaming industry, and that even those who do not use it will feel the effects. Well, for me the industry was growing long before Valve showed up, and almost all of the games I am playing and have purchased recently seemingly arrived on our platform independent of Valve's efforts.
So for me the past year has been great in terms of games, but not due to Valve.
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Quoting: Quote from philip550cQuoting: Quote from HamishI think my thoughts on Steam have been made quite clear here already: I do not use it, and do not plan to.You use the open source drivers right?
My gaming world really opened up more with the Humble Indie Bundles than anything else - and while I do have more games purchased over the past few months than I can currently play, something which was unthinkable a few years ago, I really do not know if Steam's arrival can take any of the credit for it.
Obviously since I am not using Steam I will not receive any direct benefits from Valve's work, but there are claims by some that Steam alone is the champion of the Linux gaming industry, and that even those who do not use it will feel the effects. Well, for me the industry was growing long before Valve showed up, and almost all of the games I am playing and have purchased recently seemingly arrived on our platform independent of Valve's efforts.
So for me the past year has been great in terms of games, but not due to Valve.
Yes he does.
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Quoting: Quote from IggiMix that with the fact that you don't _buy_ games, but only subscribe to the platform (where you can spend an unlimited amount of money, but will loose everything if you cancel the subscription) makes me wonder why anyone is willing to accept those terms...
The only thing I have to say is that this debate is a part of a much bigger picture. We buy a lot of things that we don't own, but yes I understand that we basically rent games from steam. But unless you're being stupid, you'll always have access to those games (praying Valve doesn't shut down).
Happy Linux Birthday Steam!
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I wish I could use it. AMD/ATI support for my Radeon 4250 is awful and can't even run the desktop environment without artifacts let alone a game.
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Happy Birthday Steam for Linux
That means Steam for Linux turns 1 the same day I turn 21 :P
That means Steam for Linux turns 1 the same day I turn 21 :P
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Probably will throw even more money in Steam in coming years :-)
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