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Re: Gaming and Linux

I think EA already announced something for linux too, but valve announced theirs first. So I think we are already see that happen, and they haven't even launched on linux yet. Soon as steam launches I am going to dual boot. Probably gonna have to get another HDD on black friday though.

Thanks for posing the links.

EA's stuff is very underwhelming for now, but its a start.

I think it means good things for us gamers. EA is not a company that would suddenly support linux unless they were certain there is money in it.

There is that.

EA is certainly an evil company but it takes the big dogs on the block investing in something to get the smaller ones to see its worth the risk. EA and Valve have the money to risk a full court press on Linux.
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If they start making money from linux games there will for certain be more companies to follow, as they will have seen these to giants do it. I have to wonder, what prompted this? I know Gabe hates the new windows metro but is that really it?

Honestly I have to wonder if the indie market didn't help with this, indirectly. The humble indie bundles are on all 3 OSes, and even beyond them there is minecraft. Love or hate it, I fall under the first, minecraft is very popular, even going so far as to break the sales record for xbox live games in only 24 hours.

Since the PC minecraft is written in java it can be played on any system. My personal feelings on java aside, lots of people play java on linux(heck even I have it on my linux box for just in case I need it), even the second most popular youtube channel for minecraft(minecraftftw) has a guy who uses ubuntu for minecraft. As I said, like it or hate it its a game that runs on linux, and with the small number of games on linux people with linux that want to game normally buy a game that they hear is good AND on linux.

Mojang and the smaller indie companies have been making money from linux, I have to wonder if valve and EA didn't see that and decide they want a piece of the pie.

I think its also that via Ubuntu, Linux is maturing into an actual home desktop OS for the everyman.

Love it or hate it, Ubuntu offers linux while being able to hide the Linux from the typical user.
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reply to Kearnstd
Its no doubt that ubuntu is on the verge of doing that, every person I know that uses linux uses ubuntu, and never touches the terminal. I myself use mint, but thats derived from ubuntu so its almost doesn't count, granted since I have it on my server I do use the terminal quite a bit, but honestly I'm not good enough with the terminal yet to give up a GIU hence I use mint.

Ubuntu, and its derivatives, are bringing linux to the home front, and I for one love it.

Honestly I will be surprised if one day all but the tech savy people like us that know better don't use the words ubuntu and linux interchangeably.

Honestly theres not all that much difference between the linux distros. Personally I prefer mint to ubuntu, so if ubuntu takes off even more than it has thats really a good thing for linux as a whole.

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reply to No_Strings
Why would it be a sad day? Whats wrong with ubuntu?

And I know there are differences, just not many the common non computer savvy person cares about.

Ubuntu is one approach, one with which many disagree. To have people equating one distribution with Linux in general or thinking it's representative of the rest is a troublesome prospect.

Wider adoption of Linux is a good thing, in my view, be it in the data center, desktop or embedded. That doesn't mean I think everyone should be using Ubuntu.

Regardless of if one agrees with the ubuntu approach its happening. Save for the computer literate people the vast majority of people who try linux choose ubuntu, and most people are can into computers go for ubuntu first. Personally I don't like that ubuntu is becoming the face of linux, but unless most of the linux community heavily pushes another distro or two towards the general public it may be too late to stop it.

Sadly the linux community as a whole would want to welcome non techy users. That will take some effort.
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