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I am not exactly sure, why should we, gamers, support this?
OK, i understand that this will enable developers use Linux, POSSIBLY to create Linux game ports.(just cause i develop in Linux, doesn't mean my product will be used on Linux).
I get no game discounts or NOTHING. And I also risk my money.

In other words, I bet on a horse, and I don't even know what I will win, most likely I shall win another opportunity to bet on a horse. From gamer perspective it's a loose-loose situation.

BTW, I have typically paid several times more than average on Humble Bundle games(with one exception, but I was really broke that time, when I had to borrow money for food), I also supported a few Kick Starters. I don't want to be perceived as greedy man.

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It sort of feels like this campaign is targeting the wrong audience. I shot them a few suggestions about how they might go about improving their campaign, but didn't hear anything back. it's a shame because the premise is great.

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question: on your HiB homepage (so where all you games are listed) does Shank 2 show up for you guys under linux ? it shows up for me under windows but not under linux

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when I think of unity3D I think of a fancy gfx, not 8bit 1970 style, looks cool though don't get me wrong by why a unity license for it ?

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Quoting: "Xpander, post: 7362, member: 92"they should make it like desura is.
install where u want. and include the necessary libraries with the package.

Xpander, that is how I have Steam running, since I can't use the .deb I just took what I needed and placed the files where I wanted them and run steam.sh from there. it updates itself there like Desura does.

from what I gather the only reason they want a package and root install is that steam then can add dependences itself ? if so I think they better of simply doing a sudo GUI when they want to add dependences instead of doing it in the background

Quoting: "Hamish, post: 7368, member: 6"I personally feel that package managers should only be left to system packages and free software programs. I find that commercial software tends to muddle things.

totally agree

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I personally feel that package managers should only be left to system packages and free software programs. I find that commercial software tends to muddle things.

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Quoting: "Kristian, post: 7363, member: 390"Steam should work as closely as possible to the way it work under Windows, including auto updates of both Steam it self and the games.

I disagree, it is the job of the package manager to update applications on my computer, I don't want steam to update itself when I have a perfectly good way of keep it up to date.

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Good one Amish, thanks for article :)

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yep indeed..and the installer could be mojosetup for example.

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Steam should work as closely as possible to the way it work under Windows, including auto updates of both Steam it self and the games.

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they should make it like desura is.
install where u want. and include the necessary libraries with the package.

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Better wait for a patch or three before you buy though. It crashes to desktop after every random event (not too bad as the "continue" function allows you to go on), then crashes to desktop once you get to Pittsburgh. Which is the FIRST town you HAVE to go through apart from D.C., with no way to continue the game.
Fingers crossed for decent support.

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As Slackware user i have Steam running but not as i would like to. I'm very happy that Valve is working on Steam being more distro independent but i also hope that they will ditch pulse audio dependency. Looks like TF2 will not give any sound without pulseaudio where eg. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP does not care about it and works just fine.

Regarding /home placement i got no problems. I would like to have a package but ... all user custom files still should be stored in /home/user anyway which pretty much will gives same effect.
Desura does the same thing and again all works fine. If something is not working user can always tinker with it eg. missing static libs or wrong symlinks.

Moaning about such trivial things remind me windows users who expects press the button and don't care. Haters gonna hate anyway. I love the idea of Steam on Linux for a long time. Future is now.

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Indeed, Liam Dane. :P

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We are having a new (post-Christmas) sale on some cross-platform games. They are currently 25% off.

[URL='http://fireflowergames.com/shop/non-flying-soldiers/']Non Flying Soldiers[/URL] €2.99 €1.99

[URL='http://fireflowergames.com/shop/desert-stormfront/']Desert Stormfront[/URL] €4.99 €3.99

[URL='http://fireflowergames.com/shop/tropical-stormfront/']Tropical Stormfront[/URL] €4.99 €3.99

[URL='http://fireflowergames.com/shop/age-of-conquest-iii/']Age of Conquest III[/URL] €6.99 €5.99

The sale ends January 5, 2013

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 7353"Nice review, Danish.

Lol! Oh my the names keep coming. GOL finally has it's own home grown funny thing.

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I loved this game, but it's just so short. I hope they eventually manage to make a sequel.

Nice review, Danish.

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I like this game from time to time. And that ain't no small feature list :)

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Quoting: "toor, post: 7346"True, and they were not AAA games though, nor windows only games.

And the bundle also had a much higher average. That's an important point - $5.76 v. $8.53, definitely a difference.

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Quoting: "left, post: 7345"The THQ bundle actually made slightly less than HIB 5.

True, and they were not AAA games though, nor windows only games.

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The THQ bundle actually made slightly less than HIB 5.

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Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 7342, member: 1"The THQ will probably always be the biggest just for the fact it was all AAA games people could get for cheap. I doubt anyone would suddenly blame Linux if this bundle isn't close to the THQ one since this is an indie bundle it should be measured against the other HIB's not the THQ one.

Well what they could say is that this didn't sell as well as the THQ bundle because it didn't have all those AAA games and the reason it didn't have those AAA games is due to Linux and DRM free, so for future bundles lets drop that whole Linux and DRM free thing so we can have AAA games and replicate the success of the THQ bundle!

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Great, more Edumnd McMillan flash games...

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The THQ will probably always be the biggest just for the fact it was all AAA games people could get for cheap. I doubt anyone would suddenly blame Linux if this bundle isn't close to the THQ one since this is an indie bundle it should be measured against the other HIB's not the THQ one.

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Well it has still not reached 50% of the THQ bundle. I am afraid that the VC/corporate guys backing Humble Bundle Inc while blame Linux and DRM free for any drop in revenue/donations compared to the THQ bundle.

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A couple of sites had seen the comment and tweeted about it.

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Hmm... I guess we all do love freebies.

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There I put it on sale for you for a limited time. There are still a few more keys floating around if you can find them.

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So, maybe once again? :D

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Hey guys,

just wanted to chime in that the keys on GOL went quick today, they're all gone now!

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