Finally, Desura has a new client available for Linux. Bad Juju Games haven't officially announced it anywhere on Desura yet, but it is available to download.
It has been open sourced again thanks to Bad Juju Games who moved it to the GPL3 license, and removed the need to sign a contributor agreement, but the Desura name and logo are still subject to certain terms (fair enough).
I received word via twitter that it was out:
@upurtweet New linux client out now!
— Desura (@Desura) December 30, 2014
After a bit of searching, I managed to turn up the download links:
64bit: http://www.desura.com/desura-x86_64.tar.gz
Updated: Although, a user in our IRC noted the md5 checksum is the same as an old download, they are the correct links. It seems the 32bit version has not yet been updated, so we have removed the link.
It is still a bit buggy though, and my testing showed issues like the installer getting stuck in a loop downloading and installing over and over again. The login window also cuts off the social buttons, but it should work better than the original Desura client, and Desurium is no longer being worked on, so this is it now.
Other issues I encountered are the same as last time, the client dies on its own and sometimes won't load up unless you try to launch a few times after it dies.
There also seems to be no tray icon on Cinnamon.
They will continue to work on it of course, so we should expect gradual bug fixes to filter in. You can submit bug reports to their official github.
How do you lot feel about this? This makes me very happy, and I can't wait to see some bug fixes and new features come in. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Awesome! I'm glad to hear there is progress at least! Thanks for digging into this
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If the checksum is the same then either it's not the new client or it's simply a download installer. The chance that two different pieces of software have the same checksum is akin to the chance that someone has the same fingerprints as you do: an astronomically low chance.
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The file included in the archive does just seem to be an auto-downloader that pulls the latest version, which would of course explain the fact they have the same checksum.
Considering that not even the latest Desurium would launch properly for me before, I seriously doubt I am running the older version.
Considering that not even the latest Desurium would launch properly for me before, I seriously doubt I am running the older version.
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thelimeydragon Dec 30, 2014
I'm just getting a segfault too.
edit: I originally tried the 64-bit version but I then downloaded the 32-bit version which loaded but nothing appears apart from the menu.
./desura: line 21: 13266 Segmentation fault $DESURA_DEBUGGERS $DIR/lib/desura $@edit: I originally tried the 64-bit version but I then downloaded the 32-bit version which loaded but nothing appears apart from the menu.
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Pertinent response to my support request:
So there is indeed a certain amount of jumping the gun going on here.
Quoting: Kenneth YeastAh, that's it then. We haven't updated the 32 bit client yet, only the 64 bit. It's coming shortly.
So there is indeed a certain amount of jumping the gun going on here.
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oldrocker99 Dec 31, 2014
Just downloaded the 32-bit client, and it put up the old familiar black window. This time, I couldn't even view my Play library :><: .
Back to Desurium (sigh) :(
Back to Desurium (sigh) :(
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lucifertdark Dec 31, 2014
The 64bit client is still buggy here but at least it's working...almost. Quick list of bugs I've encountered so far...
updater downloaded 90.84Mb 5 times.
main screen showed 502 website down.
games list was empty & populates with my games every other time I run desura.
the desktop link is pointing to the wrong file.
Shutdown involves system monitor & manually killing the process.
There's nothing added in dash to run it either, I got round this by making my own.
updater downloaded 90.84Mb 5 times.
main screen showed 502 website down.
games list was empty & populates with my games every other time I run desura.
the desktop link is pointing to the wrong file.
Shutdown involves system monitor & manually killing the process.
There's nothing added in dash to run it either, I got round this by making my own.
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