Well, what do you know? Right after I sent a question to inXile whether they sell Bard's Tale outside Steam, it appeared in the current Humble Bundle, DRM free! Hopefully they'll make it available going forward through the Humble Store as well.

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How do I get those updates if I got the game from the Humble Bundle? The version listed there is from 2013-08-31.

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Great, is it available outside Steam for Linux? I got it on GOG, but Windows version has severe bugs with Wine and is unplayable. I'd surely buy the Linux version DRM free, if they sell it somewhere.

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For those unaware, it's available DRM free in the Humble Store.

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Nothing to worry except that most of those probably will require Steam to run. But in general I hope it will boost DRM free Linux gaming in result as well.

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Quoting: abelthorneYeah, it's a bit misleading but I guess that if you have Windows or MacOS games you already have a PC with Windows or a Mac.

No Mac OSX, but I have quite a lot of Windows games and play them in Wine :) I'm not using any Windows computer at home for a while already.

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Quoting: Bumadartrue, choose between alienating ubuntu users or rest of the linux world, saying as they only officially support ubuntu it will probably be that which is a shame as I don't see other distro's using Mir since the licensing issue and more important that there is no promise for a stable frozen api.

I actually think there are higher chances of them picking Wayland in the future. Their whole focus on Ubuntu came before Canonical announced this Mir diversion. Now Valve will have to reevaluate where they are heading. With Ubuntu becoming increasingly isolationist, they might as well choose other distro / middleware as a base.

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Quoting: AnonymousThere is no emulation, you won't install the Windows/MacOS games on your SteamBox, you'll have to use a computer on your local network to run them.

I see. The way they phrased it is kind of misleading. They had to add that other installation of Windows / Mac OSX is required for such cases.

I wonder though if they'll offer cloud streaming for example. I.e. their installations of Windows / Mac OSX on their virtual servers, and users's games "streamed" to the client. In theory this can work for some stuff, though performance probably can be an issue.

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Quoting: liamdaweIf it's compatible with at least Ubuntu then I think Linux gaming will utterly explode next year.

I wonder what their plans long term are, in regards to Wayland vs Mir. For now it's going to be Xorg simply because there aren't any drivers for Wayland/Mir yet. But in the future they'll have to make a choice.

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QuoteYou can play all your Windows and Mac games on your SteamOS machine, too

I wonder how exactly, especially the Mac OSX games. Some emulation? Is Valve going to boost Wine project as well (especially 64 bit support and DirectX 11)?

I hope they'll make all the DRM optional there (especially one for media services who are the worst offenders). Not really interested in consoles personally, but this can improve interest for Linux gaming. I only hope it will boost general Linux gaming, and not "Steam Linux gaming" only.

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