For me personally, I've got "TOO MANY" games on Linux to even worry about the lack of Witcher 3, or others I'd like to see ported. Suffice to say, I generally don't buy a game unless it is available on Linux.

If "Shadow Warrior 2" was out on Linux, I'd buy it in a flash. But for now, it isn't, so I'm not touching it.

The other day "Rise of the Tomb Raider" came to Linux - and I bought 2 copies.

Meanwhile, I'm happily playing "Slay the Spire [beta]" with new "The Defect" character (and cards).

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Quoting: robvvI opened up a support request with Steam Support last night and, as lod says, the game is now available for download :-)

Yes, I didn't try on my regular PC, but I got in on another Linux PC. What I needed to do (and maybe that has changed now) - Go to regular "Install Game" option. Click on that. It had an error. Then go into Properties, and change to the Beta after enter the code "tempestlinux" in the box. After that, the Beta installed automatically overwriting the previous "Install Game" (failed) attempt. I was able to run the game.

Now I need to get back to my main PC and try again.

EDIT: Okay, so now I have got it downloaded and working on my main PC. Note that I did the same process again. I start off by Install Game. Then try to run and the run fails. Then right-click on Properties for the game in Steam client, enter the Beta Code, select the Beta, and it overwrites the previously failing-to-run game.

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Well this is good news. I bought the game in a bundle to take advantage of the Linux build only for it to go missing.

I have tried the "tempestlinux" beta code, and it still isn't letting me download the install, so maybe developers and official betatesters only for now :(

Still, fingers crossed for more!

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Does anyone here play "DayZ" using Arma 3 on Linux as an engine for it?

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I love DRM free games. Not so in love with closed-source, proprietary graphics drivers.

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Quoting: ageres

Quoting: g000hYou could certainly make two Debian 10 installs on the same machine, and share the Home volume between them. And have the advantage that if one install gets trashed, you can fire up the other one.

What do you do with your computer so you need several Debians and break them periodically?

Well the last time was a Debian 9 to Debian 10 upgrade (which I did in order to get Rise of the Tomb Raider working), The upgrade broke Gnome desktop due to the Nvidia driver blob. But this is all off-topic. Every time I run an apt-get upgrade, there's always the chance that the desktop will break due to the graphics drivers. I don't especially enjoy repairing things on the console: sudo apt-get remove -purge nvidia*

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Quoting: Brisse

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: g000hOff Topic:

One thing I have been doing and intending to do more of, in the future - When installing the Linux distro, I use LVM to chop the file-system up into separate volumes, and I set up the home directory on its own volume, and I also leave free space in the Volume Group, for adding more Logical Volumes later.

By doing this, I can add multiple distros onto the same machine, with each one potentially using the same Swap volume and Home directory volume.

I'm not sure this is a good plan. Lots of appliction configurations lie in the home directory somewhere. While applications should be able to cope when you're changing to a newer version, accessing them from a distro with an older version may lead to trouble.

Yep. I've run into trouble before when copying my home folder between different computers running different distros. Solved it by removing all configuration files in the home folder, but that might not always be desirable.

Off Topic:

You've got good points. Need to look into this further. Of course, when you first set up a new bootable instance, you can put in a separate Logical Volume for that install, and swap around mount points / test things out / snapshot the volume / revert the volume

e.g. /dev/sda

sda1 = ext4 bootable partition

sda2 = partition for LVM, VG = vg1

Debian 10
vg1-d10root
vg1-d10home
vg1-swap

Ubuntu 18
vg1-u18root
vg1-u18home
(share the swap)

Debian 9
vg1-d9root
vg1-d9home
(share the swap)

plus free space, e.g. space for making copies of volumes, trying stuff out, snapshotting, reverting

You could certainly make two Debian 10 installs on the same machine, and share the Home volume between them. And have the advantage that if one install gets trashed, you can fire up the other one.

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Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1080TI 11GB, 32GB DDR4, 250GB SSD + 960GB SSD, dual-boot, Debian 10 + Windows 10

Core i5-4670K, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR3, 480GB SSD + 4TB HDD, dual-boot, Mint + Windows 10

FX-8350, GTX 970 4GB, 16GB DDR3, 480GB SSD + 2TB HDD, dual-boot, Debian 8 + Windows 7

A8-5600K, GT 730 2GB, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Debian 8

NUC, Core i5, 8GB DDR3, 250GB M.2 SSD, Debian 9

NUC, Pentium N3700, 8GB DDR3, Debian 8

Acer E3-112 laptop, 8GB DDR3, Debian 8

Dell E6430 laptop, core i5, Windows 7

Chromebook, converted to Xubuntu, 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD

and then about 6 boxes of motherboards, cpu, ram, hard drives (mostly Core i5-4670K and FX-8320)

and about 7 Raspberry Pi (running Raspbian)

and even older PCs and laptops

yes, I work in IT ;)

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoOk, You convinced me.. Im gonna upgrade.. But if after the reboot one of my programs (like Crossover) refuses to work or If I have to reinstall anything, Im gonna be veeery mad with the Linux world...
I'm gonna be very upset if I have to login to all my social stuff again or if I lost all my Firefox tabs..

By the way. There are THREE user accounts on this machine and I don't want to lost anything.

Off Topic:

One thing I have been doing and intending to do more of, in the future - When installing the Linux distro, I use LVM to chop the file-system up into separate volumes, and I set up the home directory on its own volume, and I also leave free space in the Volume Group, for adding more Logical Volumes later.

By doing this, I can add multiple distros onto the same machine, with each one potentially using the same Swap volume and Home directory volume. This has the advantage that I can potentially install a fresh Linux, without touching the Home directory full of important files. And if my primary Linux breaks down, I can boot up another one, without fiddling around with usb sticks, bootable dvds, or pressing function keys when I boot up.

Various advantages:
- A game works on one distro but not on another one
- Backup your not-in-use distro, from the one you are using
- Some software might not be available on one distro, versus another one, (e.g. ffmpeg)
- Having a stable distro (for most things) and a testing/unstable one (for gaming, testing new stuff out)
- Developing your Linux skills - LVM2, Grub2, etc.

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Thinking about this. I quite like the look of the Redout game, but that's only on Windows (ack) whereas this fulfils the Linux preference. Used to really like Wipeout. Does this play really nicely? Probably check out some game-play videos later.

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