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Quoting: HamishYes, Linux has grown since then, but we are actually not in that much of a different position than we were back when those advertisements were posted. We are just as interesting now as we were then, so if we did not matter then we do not matter now. It certainly has not changed much over the many years I have been using Linux - we have always been there just off the radar, on the cusp of something great. Realizing that has just been harder than many people would have thought, at least on the desktop space.

I think that situation is starting to change now. We are after all discussing this in a post about Steam on Linux. You're right however that there is still a long road ahead.

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I did when it first got onto Desura, and a few did, but I'll have to make another plea I guess.

I was thinking if I can get Dirk 1 on there, maybe I could run a sale on it and use Dirk 1 to help drive sales of Dirk 2. That's one of the reasons I've spent the past few months upgrading the first game - so I can use it to drive sales of the sequel (not just on Desura but also other channels).

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It's damn obvious they'll port everyying over. There won't be a VALVe game elft beihnd

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I will be happy if they do day of defeat source :D

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Nice! i love all those old valve games. I hope to see Half-Life 2, as well as Day of Defeat classic and Source soon!

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Ask people on your website it to submit honest reviews on Desura?

Also Desura doesn't really do any advertising for games where as Steam does with regular sales (all over the front page), featured games sections etc etc.

Desura don't exactly do much for their games.

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That's the issue for me, and why I would submit it - I need to get up to that minimum balance before they'll pay me. The issue for them is, looking at the sales for Dirk 2 and Rick Rocket, whether they decide it's worth THEIR time.

I really thought Dirk 2 would do better on Desura than it has, especially with the game's stealth elements and fairly decent production quality (at least compared to some other popular platformers on there that have dozens of pages of reviews). Most of the few reviews/ratings I've received are fairly positive. I don't know if it's the cartoon-style graphics, or the price, or what that has kept it from being more popular... wish I knew...

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I'm guessing the major issue on if it's worth it is if you make enough sales to actually get paid or not.

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For me, not much work at all. Just a few hours to set up the page, build the MCF files, and upload everything. Not sure how much work is on their side to review/validate everything and plug it into the system.

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I guess it is a question of sales versus maintenance. How much work is it to get the titles on there may I ask?

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Quoting: edgleyTrue, we will never know for sure what their full agenda was -- however, Linux was such a minor competitor and generally speaking regarded as only something for hobbyists, I can't imagine that they would have pre-emptively tried to strike it down *on purpose*.

Linux was being viewed as being a potential threat by Microsoft for years beforehand (and it was, especially in the server market where MS lost out) so it is conceivable that Apple could have had a side motivation to side-line Linux, although I definitely agree it was not really what they set out to do with those commercials. 

This idea that Linux only recently became interesting or a source for potential for growth that seems to be asserted by your posts is not true at all however. Yes, Linux has grown since then, but we are actually not in that much of a different position than we were back when those advertisements were posted. We are just as interesting now as we were then, so if we did not matter then we do not matter now. It certainly has not changed much over the many years I have been using Linux - we have always been there just off the radar, on the cusp of something great. Realizing that has just been harder than many people would have thought, at least on the desktop space.

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I plan to submit it some time in the next week or two, but we'll have to see if they accept it. For whatever reason, Dirk Dashing 2 hasn't generated many sales on Desura.

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Considering Dirk Dashing 2 is already on the service, do you have any plans to put this new Special Edition of Dirk Dashing on Desura?

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The thing is this would not be the first time that a Kickstarter were to fail for having too high an asking price to be suitable for the platform. I am thinking of Interstellar Marines here, which got a lot of money and a lot of contributors but threw it all away by having too high an asking price. Certain games take a lot of money to develop yes, but there is only so much one can reasonable expect to get from Kickstarter. That is my fear with this, but they still could hit it if they get the word out enough.

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Thanks again to everyone who has been purchasing! Yesterday, I broke my all-time record for the most sales in 1 day, and I'm already half-way to that mark today (and it's only 10:30 AM here on the west coast of the USA).

Over 50% of my sales yesterday and today have been for the Linux version. So far, I've only posted the news here on GOL, and updated the game's LGDB listing. So I'm pretty sure my surge in sales has had a lot to do with you folks here. So thank you!

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I do like me some Legend of Grimrock. Im not sure about this one.

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@Hamish

Actually, considering the average budget for games this size I think its relatively modest and given the short history of this team (Scratches...so far) its realistic. They are at the 52% mark now. Remember that Death, Inc (Also being made for Linux) is asking for 300k POUNDS! From the looks of the campaign progress there, odds of success seem very low. At best I think they'll only get 50% of that. I think Asylum game is worth investing in because these guys have what appears to high level development and unlike most Kickstarter game projects, has a chance of being released on time (4 years of work, nearly done it seems), and their goal is actually within reach. (Being from Argentina probably allows them to get better developers at lower rates. :D ). Anyway, my thoughts there.

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@RustyBroomhandle
Yes you are correct! And the funny thing is, I own them both.

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That's a mono problem, poke the folks at Tripwire/power of 2 to fix it/switch to monokickstart.

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Quoting: mentoriousDoesn't work


Quotefailed to start game (missing executables)

any ideas? I tried reinstalling but still no effect.

Oddly enough, I had to reinstall the whole of Steam to get it to properly download (maybe due to the switch from ~/.Steam to ~/.local/share/Steam ?).
For now it doesn't run on my machine either, I get a crash at startup (and apparently I'm not the only one).

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It looks ok but it's not worth the price for me.

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Quoting: Orkultuseh......

Not a fan of this one then? :P

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Ah yes it has a paid and F2P version (with purchasable addons).

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eh......

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Not Shivers, Scratches. :)

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Wow, I guess I didn't put to much effort into looking but the download site for Steam basically stated "oh you can download it here native client style, or you can use PoL." I will give that a go then! I suppose I've just been too lazy to try ;)

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am still running it 100% local in my ~/Steam, still prefer that to any package via packagemanager

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The relevant info for anybody who's looking for it (sourced from Steam/steam_install_agreement.txt):

Quote       B. Limited Redistribution License.  Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a limited, terminable, non-exclusive license to reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of
the Program; provided that the following conditions are met:
        (i) you must distribute the Program in its entirety;

        (ii) you may not modify the Program, except that, in the case of the Linux version of the Program, you may modify scripts and other documentary and graphical files, but not any f
iles containing the term “bootstrap” in the file name, provided that you do not modify any icons, change any copyright or other notices, or alter this or any other license agreement that
 is included with the Program, and provided further that any modifications you make are identified by you as modifications from the original Program provided by Valve;

        (iii) you may repackage the Program and distribute it with another software program, provided that you do not integrate the Program in any way with that other software program, o
r combine the Program with that other software program in a manner that would require you to distribute the Program under any open source or other license terms different from these term
s.

        (iv) you may not charge any separate fee or receive any compensation attributable to the Program;

        (v) you must include this License Agreement provided with the Program and ensure that it will display and be required to be accepted by the end user in the same manner as is requ
ired by the Program in the form received by you; and

        (vi) you must preserve in all copies of the Program all copyright and legal notices that are attached to the copy of the Program received by you.

Kurremkarmerruk: The native client can only download/launch/update native games. The Windows client can only download/launch/update non-native games. You can generally assume that you'll get better performance/stability out of a native title than one run through Wine :)

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Doesn't work :'(

Quotefailed to start game (missing executables)

any ideas? I tried reinstalling but still no effect.

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@ s_d
How that IS news!! Right On!!

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