New Linux Gaming Survey For March

QuoteI can imagine building my own "Steam machine" with Archlinux in my living room, so I have a real pc there. I could stream from my desktop then :)

For gaming only? No, I have a Wii (not the U) for that purpose.

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Quoting: GuestI can imagine building my own "Steam machine" with Archlinux in my living room, so I have a real pc there. I could stream from my desktop then :)

Does a machine qualify to be the term "Steam Machine" unless it runs SteamOS?

While I made two pre-orders last year that I'm very happy with, I know that many people made pre-orders within the last year they are very unhappy with.

I'm suggesting that the pre-order question should have an additional answer available because right now it asks:

Unique Question 1: Have you pre-ordered a Linux game in the last 12 months?

And the answers are:

Yes
No
No, I don't pre-order EVER

There should probably be a "Yes, but I'll NEVER do it again"

Because if an unhappy person who did pre-order in the last 12 months is being 100% honest with the question they will have to answer, "Yes"

The Steam Machine question was a tricky one considering we don't know how the whole thing will work out. Guess we'll learn in a day or two.

Quoting: tuubiThe target audience hardly includes grumpy nerds who have not bought a pre-assembled computer since the Amiga 500.

I lol'd pretty hard at that statement.. I'm the same way. The only "pre-assembled" I've ever purchased are my laptops for obvious reasons ;)

Quoting: natewardawgWhile I made two pre-orders last year that I'm very happy with, I know that many people made pre-orders within the last year they are very unhappy with.

I'm suggesting that the pre-order question should have an additional answer available because right now it asks:

Unique Question 1: Have you pre-ordered a Linux game in the last 12 months?

And the answers are:

Yes
No
No, I don't pre-order EVER

There should probably be a "Yes, but I'll NEVER do it again"

Because if an unhappy person who did pre-order in the last 12 months is being 100% honest with the question they will have to answer, "Yes"

Good point!

I did preordered bl2 presequel, but i understood the spirit of the question and answered "No, I don't pre-order EVER"

I hope you dont accuse me of dishonesty ;)

"Will you be getting a Steam Machine any time after release?"

My answers are "Yes" _and_ "I have already built my own". As they are radio buttons I chose "yes".

I'm building a better box for gaming and I'm going to install SteamOS on it, give it a try. So, that'll be my "Steam Machine." My hope is that SteamOS will easily update Nvidia drivers (current methods I classify as not-so-easy) and will allow the installation of current household media apps: Chrome for Netflix, Radio Tray, Libre Office, etc. If it can't do both these things, (especially the first) than there is little to recommend SteamOS over an Ubuntu install with a Steam client, as far as I can see.

Whichever OS I end up using, the excitement I felt when Valve announced SteamOS was the spark I needed to leave behind my console and begin gaming on my PC . . . my Linux PC.

Nice survey, this one is actually very interesting. Loads of KDE and Debian-Based users around.

Quoting: aLI did preordered bl2 presequel, but i understood the spirit of the question and answered "No, I don't pre-order EVER"

I've preordered The Talos Principle because I knew from the demo/test version that it would be working very well and it is just my type of game (and it was even more then I've expected), because it gave me an extra copy of Serious Sam 3 (to gift) and some bucks off. Did not regret. But generally, I would probably not preorder.