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This was actually mentioned on GoL before in August 2011, but things went up in the air with it. Glad to see they are committing to a DRM free release as for awhile it looked like it was going to be Steam only. The goal is a little high though, but they probably will still hit it.

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Wonderful news!

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Very fun game. Bought me a copy as well. Thanks!

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The Demo was promising. Looks like this is going to be a very good one.

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Quoting: edgleyYour comment was, maybe unintentionally, insinuating Apple devised the term PC to refer to Windows (I assume to try and create a larger margin of difference between the two).  Cheese also appears to have picked up on that.

Of course Apple didn't "invent" the term PC, it would be nonsense to say that and that's not what I meant. I meant that they took that term "PC" and re-purposed it to replace the name "Windows" which people used to use when they were talking about a PC running Windows. For example, at least until the mid 2000s people in Europe would say "Yes, I have Windows" when they meant to say "Yes, I have a PC running Windows". Now you just find everyone saying "Yes, I have a PC" when they actually should again be saying "Yes, I have a PC running Windows".

Now it could certainly be coincidence, but I would say this widespread re-labeling started at the same time that Apple was running their Mac vs. PC ads, so I think it's credible to say that it's Apple's "fault".

And to get back to Steam, dividing games with Apple's scheme into "PC, Mac, Linux" is like segmenting the automobile industry into "Car, VW, Toyota". It just doesn't make sense.

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Quoting: liamdaweTroy is a regular here and a welcome guest

Thank you, kindly! I appreciate the privilege of posting my news!

And thanks to everyone who has been purchasing. I just shared with Liam on Twitter that so far 2/3 of my Dirk Dashing Special Edition sales are for the Linux version, and my total sales today have already exceeded what I earned in the entire month of January! Much appreciated!

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Quoting: avarisclariThis is my comment on this article: Awesome that an actual company came here to post about their product.  I'd buy, but right now struggling to make ends meet.

Troy is a regular here and a welcome guest :)

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Thank you!

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Thanks!

I just bought two games!

Mike

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Quoting: BumadarI just read all this (well sort of) and now I sit here wondering how a news item about a steam linux section ended up in thread which covers everything from IBM PC up to Android..... 

No idea hehe.

Quoting: GuestBriefly, the main featured items list was actually showing titles which all have GNU/Linux versions available. Adds credence to there being a steam linux sale on soon. Which would be cool.

Yeah it happened for me too, thought it was odd all featured items being cross platform.

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I just read all this (well sort of) and now I sit here wondering how a news item about a steam linux section ended up in thread which covers everything from IBM PC up to Android..... :O

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Hm. Clicking the game's image on the home page should take you to the game's page here:
http://www.dirkdashing.com/dirkdashing.htm

There's a Buy Now button near the top left corner of that page.

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Hey, this game looks cool but the website is a bit confusing for me. Where (on the website) can I purchase this game?

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Mike

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in...in....in !

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I understand. Thanks for commenting!

I'm a Linux user too, and have supported Linux versions of my games for 7 years. In fact, Dirk Dashing was actually the very first game I released on Linux, and it received a lot of press back then. Now Steam gets all the press! haha! But that's ok - I'm just glad to finally see a lot of great new games coming to Linux.

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This is my comment on this article: Awesome that an actual company came here to post about their product. :D I'd buy, but right now struggling to make ends meet.

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Honestly, I posted one simple question towards him: If WINE was on a console, would they use it or still go native. Think about it

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Quoting: JoePlease read my comment again and make sure you understand what I wrote before you reply.

Your comment was, maybe unintentionally, insinuating Apple devised the term PC to refer to Windows (I assume to try and create a larger margin of difference between the two).  Cheese also appears to have picked up on that.

To me it sounded like Linux fanboyism (I'm sure you know what I mean), so I was presenting the facts of where the term came from. As I said, prior to the Mac 128K, people considered Apple a manufacturer of PC's.

If you meant otherwise, please expand, rather than tell me to try again.

Quoting: JoeOf course we'll never know if Apple had Linux on their radar when they ran the PC vs. Mac campaign. However I wouldn't underestimate the long-term view they most likely had under Steve Jobs and that they did consider Linux a threat in the desktop / laptop market. By running these ads, I would say they were definitely able to push public perception of the market in a direction that penalized desktop Linux adoption without actually naming Linux in the ads at all.

True, 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*.

Quoting: JoeIn any case, the future for Linux is still bright. Android is already eating into Apple in the much bigger mobile market and Microsoft is just a fringe player there.

That's also completely true and I don't see the pace at which is gaining popularity slowing down any time soon. The mobile market is definitely all to play for between Apple and Android -- though I'm worried that some developers will just port to Android and skip the Linux desktop (I seem to recall Dead Space was available on Android? -- I don't know I'm still using my N900).

Quoting: CFWhitmanIf you want to blame someone, blame them.

To be fair, Microsoft also has partial blame as they pushed to have MS-DOS on all IBM's.

Not that I really care in the end -- I kind of prefer that the general populous see Linux as something completely different to both "Mac" and "PC".

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Using the term "PC" to refer to Windows computers is just one of those odd things that happened because IBM called their first microcomputer series "IBM PCs."  There were already several home and business computers at the time, so "IBM PC" was used to distinguish the IBM ones from others, like Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore 64, etc.

Eventually the phrase "IBM PC and compatibles" was adopted when Compaq and others began to sell computers compatible with the IBM PC series.  This distinguished those from the Apple MacIntosh and the Commodore Amiga.  Of course we know that people tend to shorten things.  It was probably during this time that it became popular to just say, "PC," "Mac," and "Amiga" to distinguish the various platforms.  That distinction stuck all during the time DOS was augmented with Windows, was turned into the Windows 9x series, and was replaced by the Windows NT series.  The term "PC" being used to refer to Windows based computers came about mostly because IBM used the generic term "PC" as a name for their line of personal computers back in the day.  If you want to blame someone, blame them.

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Quoting: edgleyNo -- Apple did not invent the term "Personal Computer" -- The Xerox Alto is regarded as being the first "PC", but the term was popularised by IBM (with the IBM PC 5150) in 1981.

Please read my comment again and make sure you understand what I wrote before you reply.


Of course we'll never know if Apple had Linux on their radar when they ran the PC vs. Mac campaign. However I wouldn't underestimate the long-term view they most likely had under Steve Jobs and that they did consider Linux a threat in the desktop / laptop market. By running these ads, I would say they were definitely able to push public perception of the market in a direction that penalized desktop Linux adoption without actually naming Linux in the ads at all.

In any case, the future for Linux is still bright. Android is already eating into Apple in the much bigger mobile market and Microsoft is just a fringe player there.

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Quoting: JoeThis "PC" labeling of Windows was a genius marketing move by Apple with their "PC vs. Mac" campaign. It basically preemptively kept Linux from the radar of common folk by re-labeling Windows to "PC". Now the Linux community needs to re-train people to understand that a PC doesn't equal Windows. So what we're seeing here on Steam just follows the trail that Apple set.

No -- Apple did not invent the term "Personal Computer" -- The Xerox Alto is regarded as being the first "PC", but the term was popularised by IBM (with the IBM PC 5150) in 1981.

The distinction between PC and Mac did not come about until the Macintosh 128K which was marketed as "Mac" in 1985.

It also wasn't a ploy to keep Linux off the radar -- that's just your opinion. When Apple released those adverts, nobody gave a damn about Linux.

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We should count ourselves lucky, while I agree that PC does not mean Windows, PC is associated with Windows. Therefore PC is associated with slow boot times, viruses, blue screen of death etc. Which, as we know, does not occur on Linux. So we should look of the bright side of this situation.

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Picked it up as well. Played for about an hour and it runs well on my old machine.

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Well, they can be slow at this as well. I suspect that it does depend on the devs somewhat as well.

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Haha, Mike, I apologize! I knew I'd make this mistake someday... I did not watch the attached video, and I immediately thought we were talking about Psychonauts. Bah! How embarrassing.

In my defense, I had just installed and begun playing Psychonauts in steam as I found the article... a point against me that I also saw the REAL article referring to psychonauts in steam and wondered to myself, "why are there two articles about this?"

That said, I do really hope Awesomenauts will come to linux. I'm very interested in trying it, and I'd definitely purchase it is this port is the real deal!

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Unigine isn't specifically geared towards RTS games. The two biggest issues I hear from game developers who are considering its note very widely used compared to CE, UE, etc. (which is to be expected, it's a comparatively young engine), and its toolsets not being as developed (again, something that will grow as more people use it).

I can understand why developers running Kickstarter campaigns would shy away from it - there already so many other uncertainties that exploring a relatively unknown engine becomes difficult to justify.

What Unigine needs is for the in-development cross-platform titles using it to be released. It seems like The Cradle is probably the closest, but it's slipped past it's end of 2012 release date.


Back on topic, it's interesting to note that according to the earlier survey, Star Citizen had more Linux supporters than Mac OS supporters.

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Quoting: JoeThis "PC" labeling of Windows was a genius marketing move by Apple with their "PC vs. Mac" campaign. It basically preemptively kept Linux from the radar of common folk by re-labeling Windows to "PC". Now the Linux community needs to re-train people to understand that a PC doesn't equal Windows. So what we're seeing here on Steam just follows the trail that Apple set.

Actually, it was in place long before that ad campaign (and though Apple definitely embraced the notion of distinction between their platform and other personal computers, I don't believe it originated with them either).

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CS: S is working great on Linux x64. Worth the $5.00!

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This "PC" labeling of Windows was a genius marketing move by Apple with their "PC vs. Mac" campaign. It basically preemptively kept Linux from the radar of common folk by re-labeling Windows to "PC". Now the Linux community needs to re-train people to understand that a PC doesn't equal Windows. So what we're seeing here on Steam just follows the trail that Apple set.

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