There should be a "Do you dual-boot with any other operating systems <which one>" thing, too...

Quoting: JuliusHow about adding an option if the user has a VR headset and also which type (incl. non-linux like Occulus or Daydream to show general interest). Just for future reference regarding VR support on Linux.

This.

I intend to purchase a virtual reality device as soon as it is financially feasible for me to do so... It'd be interesting to see how many other Linux gamers are using virtual reality, and what they're using.

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I always did love Links back in the day (the original games - I never played the Microsoft versions), so I'll be picking this up as soon as I can...

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This reminds me of the old "OQO" micro-computers... They were awesome (and incredibly expensive!), though sadly, you can't get them anymore.

I wonder how hard it would be to run Ubuntu on this? Surely it couldn't be too hard?

Quoting: thelimeydragonThe clear case is just prototype casing.

I like the clear casing... I still miss the early 90's, when everyone went nuts about clear cases and put them on just about everything.

I don't have the money for this right now, but if I did, it's be the clear case I'd get... But only to have as a fancy "toy", and perhaps for use as an expensive Game Boy (though mostly for the former).

Quoting: LightkeyMaybe there will be a special batch for transparent cases but it isn't even considered as one of the starting colours.

It'd be a shame if there was no clear case option... When I have the money to spare, I hope to pickup the clear version.

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Well it's not "Queens Blade", "Star Trek Online" or "Firefly Online"... But it's a start, I guess.

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And yet, Dell still do not sell a single Steam Machine - not any other computer running a Linux-based operating system - in Australia... If Dell were truly devoted to Linux-based operating systems and SteamOS, they'd show a little more enthusiasm.

Quoting: Peciskedit: also they are only OEM who knows how to market and sell Ubuntu OEM.

Not in Australia - I have spoken to Dell Australia numerous times over the years, and they usually don't even know that Dell USA sell computers running Linux-based operating systems, let alone sell such machines themselves...

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Quoting: ElectricPrism3. Steam Machines haven't even been released yet - so it's a pre Steam Machine era, development tools for Linux are being pioneered by Valve and not perfected and integrated into dev workflows flawlessly yet.

Well they're up for pre-order now from at least one manufacturer, so they're as good as available (especially when they've been in public beta for so long)...

It's not like say, the PlayStation 5, that's kept under wraps with no access to it - people have been playing with Steam Machines for a while now, developers even longer, "select developers/partners" longer still.

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Oh, and how about some decent MMORPGs?

Firefly Online, Star Trek Online or Queens Blade would all be appreciated... And I'd gladly throw money at the if I could play them natively in a Linux-based operating system!

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I couldn't possibly narrow it down to a single game, but I wouldn't mind seeing...
* Blade Kitten;
* The "Dead or Alive" series (any or all of them);
* The "Doom" saga (packed-up for GOG.com or Steam)(all of them);
* Duke Nukem Forever (yep, some people actually enjoyed the game!);
* Jet Set Radio;
* Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude;
* Mortal Kombat Kollection;
* Playboy: The Mansion;
* Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics;
* The "Hyperdimension" ( "Neptunia" ) series (any or all of them);
* The "Rebuild" series;
* The Simpsons: Hit & Run;
* The "Wolfenstein" saga (packed-up for GOG.com or Steam)(all of them).

Yep, that should do it!

If those get released for Linux-based operating systems, I'm gonna be a pretty happy man... And a broke one at that! :D

Okay okay, if I had to pick just one out of that particular list?

Hmm, that's tough, but I'd probably go with The Simpsons: Hit & Run...

I'm tempted to say Playboy: The Mansion, Duke Nukem Forever or the Mortal Kombat Kollection, but The Simpsons: Hit & Run was a great game that has widespread appeal, so The Simpsons: Hit & Run would be my top choice.

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And this is why when I buy the wife and I new laptops in a couple of months, I will go out of my way to get something with an NVIDIA graphics card... It's a little more expensive (okay, a lot more expensive...), but thus far AMD's support of Linux graphics cards has been appalling (all of the laptops we've had over the last fifteen years or so have had AMD graphics cards), and the fact that they can't get their s#&t in one sock to be ready for the Vulkan launch is just ridiculous!

NVIDIA's (official) drivers may be proprietary - but at least they're putting effort into making the Linux experience a better one!

I um-ed and ah-ed about going AMD again because it's so much cheaper and we're on a pretty tight budget... But we've given AMD a second chance, and a third, forth, fifth and sixth - it's time to look to a company that actually appreciates Linux-based operating systems.

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I'm not gonna hold my breath, but it'd be nice to see Gauntlet Legends... Yeah it's a much, much later game - but it was sooo addictive when it was at the arcades!

If this is going to add a whopping 100+ games to my Steam collection though, I will pick it up irrespective...

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