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OpenMW 0.40 released, playing Morrowind on Linux natively gets closer to perfection
6 September 2016 at 10:36 pm UTC

On this version, the problem I was having with a purple title screen has gone. Hurrah!

Editorial: I ditched SteamOS in favour of a normal Linux distribution for my gaming
2 September 2016 at 11:12 pm UTC

Quoting: wvstolzingopenSUSE Tumbleweed is my favorite rolling distro.
*Way* more reliable than Arch in my experience; nothing arbitrarily breaks every two days.
Good choice!

At the moment I am using Leap 42.1 as my chosen platform and have had very few video or sound issues with my 170-odd installed games. Video card is a GTX 980.

The only problems I have encountered are sound crackling in Life is Strange and D : OS, which I think is a PulseAudio problem; and the missing body problem with Mordor for which I have applied the "__GL_ShaderPortabilityWarnings=0 %command%" fix.

The Steam Hardware Survey for August 2016 shows Linux has grown again
2 September 2016 at 11:05 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: GuestLack of a competitive e-mail client is truly the bane of Linux for business. If it wasn't for that, Linux would have a much easier time competing in the business space.
I think Thunderbird would hold up very well with its capacity for multiple identities and multiple accounts.

At my workplace, however, we are still using XP or 2000 and Lotus Notes... :-(

BUTCHER, a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s announced with Linux support
28 August 2016 at 8:53 am UTC

I played the demo of this a while ago, which was available on Itch. Excellent old-school game :-)

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided looks like it may be getting a Linux & SteamOS release
24 August 2016 at 12:28 am UTC

Whilst I am very excited about the possibly of a Linux release of this game, there are some interesting comments on the DE:MD Steam forum about one-shot microtransactions!

No Man's Sky has been shown to work rather well in Wine on Linux
18 August 2016 at 11:48 am UTC

I'm having trouble starting the game with wine. I've created a 64-bit wineprefix and followed the usual steps to install the game but keep getting the R6025 error. I've installed the VC packages using winetricks but there must be something else that I am missing.

What have you been playing recently and how is it?
15 August 2016 at 10:14 am UTC

Have just finished Life is Strange and thought it was great; rather different to my usual choice of games. I chose the selfish ending :-)

Currently playing Broforce (great fun) and Risk of Rain (horrible controls). Have also been playing the original Serious Sam via Wine. This will keep me going until I can play Doom :-)

Snow Horse released with Linux support recently, it sits firmly in my 'whut' pile
15 August 2016 at 4:05 am UTC Likes: 2

QuoteGoat Simulator is just as stupid as this. As Liam said, amusing for five minutes, then you never touch it again. And if you do, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

I have 183 hours in Goat Simulator, but I'm not sure about this horse game!

Salt and Sanctuary, the stylish 2D action RPG is officially out for Linux & SteamOS, Ethan's 38th port
8 July 2016 at 7:30 am UTC

Quote-support Ethan
-few days ago
-the linux version was released today

Somehow I cant connect those 3 to have sense

The beta has been around for some weeks. Presumably Ethan Lee did the work on the beta?

Regardless, it's a very good game though I am rubbish at killing the first boss :-)

System Shock remake heads to Kickstarter, Linux is the first stretch-goal
29 June 2016 at 8:51 am UTC

I've just tried playing the demo under Wine, but there are some DX11 dependencies and all I get is the company logo and then a white screen!