The Itch.io games store has always been nice, but icing on the cake is that they are now creating an open source desktop client in Qt 5.
It's in the very early stages, but could be something to give it a boost over other smaller stores. Desura is also working to bring their re-open sourced client back to Linux, and GOG are bringing out a closed source client. Looks like desktop clients are becoming a big thing again.
It's great to see an open source and cross-platform effort from the beginning, and should give them an advantage in future against other stores.
Screenies:
Find the github project for it here.
How do you feel about it? Do you use Itch.io, if not, why not? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
It's in the very early stages, but could be something to give it a boost over other smaller stores. Desura is also working to bring their re-open sourced client back to Linux, and GOG are bringing out a closed source client. Looks like desktop clients are becoming a big thing again.
It's great to see an open source and cross-platform effort from the beginning, and should give them an advantage in future against other stores.
Screenies:
Find the github project for it here.
How do you feel about it? Do you use Itch.io, if not, why not? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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There don' appear to be any license terms on the Github page. Does anyone know what license it is released under?
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StianTheDark Dec 29, 2014
Quoting: KristianThere don' appear to be any license terms on the Github page. Does anyone know what license it is released under?
Because of no license I'm guessing the "I dont give a living shit what happens with this code" license. BUT, you should stay away from projects with no license anyway.
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Not really interested in a gui but having an open source client available ought to make writing a synchronization cli easy.
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Should be at least a good showcase for what an open source Qt client can do on Linux - especially for Desura and GOG. (Desura's client is so buggy it's barely usable TAT)
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too much work to get it compiled and running right now. maybe when it's a little easier to install I'll use it. I prefer GTK over QT
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Yeah, that bit about the missing license irks me as well. As a free software zealot, I like these things to be handled properly. :)
A lot of people are not aware about the implications of not adding a license. So I went ahead and opened an issue in the issue tracker about adding a license, hopefully alerting them of this and explaining it a bit.
A lot of people are not aware about the implications of not adding a license. So I went ahead and opened an issue in the issue tracker about adding a license, hopefully alerting them of this and explaining it a bit.
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