I went trough the exact same bad experiences with SteamOS. I really like it but you can't make your userbase wait for you to fix things in Valve times...

I switched back to Ubuntu 16.04 but since I wanted the SteamOS experience I built "my Steambuntu" with this tutorial:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=388020830

1- Start installing your favored Ubuntu based distro;

2- Create an admin account named "desktop" and another one named "steam";

3- Add the repository for SteamOS Compositor, SteamOS Modeswitch Inhibitor and SteamOS Plymouth theme found in the comments (who is that guy?! Lol!);

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mdeslaur/steamos
sudo apt-get update

4- Follow the tutorial to install what is required;

sudo apt-get install steamos-compositor
sudo apt-get install steamos-modeswitch-inhibitor

5- Install SteamOS plymouth theme;

sudo apt-get install plymouth-themes-steamos

6- Switch the desktop session for the steam account to SteamOS and activate autologin (no password) for this account.

Sit back and enjoy!

You won't even notice that it's Ubuntu running in the background and look what happens if you switch to the desktop via BPM. All that is missing is the shortcut to go back to Steam.

You might have to activate a no password login to your desktop account to make it work... I don't know because I created another account for admin and made desktop a standard "no-password" user.

Just tell me if I forgot something, I did it in a hurry...

Edit: I must admit that I wrote it for those of you who have good knowledge of Linux basics... Lots of things you have to guess. These are general guidelines.

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From what I read, on the Feral Facebook page, Grid Autosports, Batman Arkham Knight (that was droped for reasons out of Feral's control) and Company of Heroes are all coming from the requestinator.

There is hope for Deus Ex... :)

Depth Charge would be a good match for the whole Bioshock Remastered edition that's coming September 13.

https://blog.2k.com/news/bioshock-the-collection-announcement

That would be nice too!

Edit: Added the link

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SteamDB just got updated with "64bit launch config only". Anyone to confirm that it now works?

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Lots of action in the Linux SteamDB entry. The Linux depots are getting updated nearly hourly.
I don't know what to make of this, but I think it looks good.

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Quoting: natewardawg

Quoting: Comandante oardoI prefer an inhouse port... what engine use this game?

If I remember correctly it's actually a custom engine they developed for this and future Deus Ex games.

edit: It's called the Dawn engine

You are right, it's the Dawn engine which is based on Glacier II. :)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: liamdaweOh I know what you're saying and I understand it. Just don't read into it too much, like I said Feral reply like that to port requests on FB quite often for lots of different games.

Can you recall what other titles they've done the same with, using this "requestinator" of theirs? It's not that I doubt you - I imagine I've seen it too, but can't recall any actual titles.

I don't have any to hand and don't fancy trawling months of Facebook, as if I did I can tell you now I would have a lot more posts here on GOL for Feral, but I don't consider Feral telling people they are taking port request feedback as news. Of course they are.

We may just be overhyped. :)

This said, you know on what engine Deus Ex is based? Same as Tomb Raider? Vulkan title?

Edit: Got my answer. Glacier Engine II, same as Hitman... Hitman is coming to Linux, by Feral, am I wrong? ;)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: MohandevirJust found this that might confirm the whole story:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feral-Interactive-Tells-Linux-Users-to-Request-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Port-478422.shtml

So it might just be logical to get a Linux port from Feral. That would be awesome!!!

Depth Charge?

Honestly, I'm not surprised Softpedia wrote about that. Feral says such things about ports all the time in reply to requests on Facebook. Softpedia just wanted a nice headline, don't read into it too much.

Not pretending this to be a confirmation, it's just that it would make sense to see a Feral Port.

Oh I know what you're saying and I understand it. Just don't read into it too much, like I said Feral reply like that to port requests on FB quite often for lots of different games.

I understand... Now a question I have no clue what is the answer: What is the ratio of done ports when Feral launch the "requestinator campaign" or equivalent?

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: MohandevirJust found this that might confirm the whole story:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feral-Interactive-Tells-Linux-Users-to-Request-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Port-478422.shtml

So it might just be logical to get a Linux port from Feral. That would be awesome!!!

Depth Charge?

Honestly, I'm not surprised Softpedia wrote about that. Feral says such things about ports all the time in reply to requests on Facebook. Softpedia just wanted a nice headline, don't read into it too much.

Not pretending this to be a confirmation, it's just that it would make sense to see a Feral Port.

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Just found this that might confirm the whole story:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feral-Interactive-Tells-Linux-Users-to-Request-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Port-478422.shtml

So it might just be logical to get a Linux port from Feral. That would be awesome!!!

Depth Charge?

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Quoting: TealI hope that by "hold off" you mean mostly "pass".

It has ~50% on Steam reviews, and that's both the all time and recent ones.

We as a community don't have to automatically jump at every muddy turd just because some big names did show kindness to us, come on. It's sadly not a good game and not supporting a failed game developer should come before supporting a Linux friendly one.

If you consider yourself a fan of the (original) series, get yourself an emulator and one of the original games.

Will you be able to sleep if I tell you that I want to make my own opinion of the game?

Reading the reviews I have the feeling that many seem way too unfair. It feels like free bashing, this is why I want to see for myself.

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