Comments on: Steam for Linux http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/ A pragmatic look at the state of FOSS Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frak http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-8577 Frak Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:15:40 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-8577 I'm thinking about mocking up a steam-like interface and then putting it on a blog that a lot of people read and then telling them that Valve is making a client for Linux. OSHI- somebody already beat me to it. But in all seriousness, imagine the lulz that would result! I’m thinking about mocking up a steam-like interface and then putting it on a blog that a lot of people read and then telling them that Valve is making a client for Linux.

OSHI- somebody already beat me to it.

But in all seriousness, imagine the lulz that would result!

]]> By: 1234swordy http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-8425 1234swordy Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:00:55 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-8425 "Hmmmm. I presume you guys have never even tried linux. At least try it before you dis it. Oh and by the way, for all of you who like linux and are slaves of apple and microsoft, get wine. It allows you to install steam on linux." The author and most of the commenters here used linux in the past, and we do know what we're talking about. Wine is lousy coop-out since it's better to run windows than wine since it has problems that users don't have enough patients for it to be fix. “Hmmmm. I presume you guys have never even tried linux. At least try it before you dis it. Oh and by the way, for all of you who like linux and are slaves of apple and microsoft, get wine. It allows you to install steam on linux.”
The author and most of the commenters here used linux in the past, and we do know what we’re talking about. Wine is lousy coop-out since it’s better to run windows than wine since it has problems that users don’t have enough patients for it to be fix.

]]> By: sahan http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-8424 sahan Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:42:47 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-8424 *aren't* slaves of microsoft and apple *aren’t* slaves of microsoft and apple

]]> By: sahan http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-8422 sahan Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:31:20 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-8422 Hmmmm. I presume you guys have never even tried linux. At least try it before you dis it. Oh and by the way, for all of you who like linux and are slaves of apple and microsoft, get wine. It allows you to install steam on linux. Hmmmm. I presume you guys have never even tried linux. At least try it before you dis it. Oh and by the way, for all of you who like linux and are slaves of apple and microsoft, get wine. It allows you to install steam on linux.

]]> By: Ken Ham http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7607 Ken Ham Mon, 31 May 2010 07:54:22 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7607 <blockquote>It’s also important to note that the distros I pushed ranged from Mandrake (‘fore it was called Mandriva), Fedora, Ubuntu/Mint, Debian, DSL, Puppy, Gentoo and OpenSuSE.</blockquote> Linux; 2,000 degrees of shit is still shit.

It’s also important to note that the distros I pushed ranged from Mandrake (‘fore it was called Mandriva), Fedora, Ubuntu/Mint, Debian, DSL, Puppy, Gentoo and OpenSuSE.

Linux; 2,000 degrees of shit is still shit.

]]> By: Delano http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7606 Delano Mon, 31 May 2010 05:45:32 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7606 I was a Linux user for 7 years, and in that time I pushed Linux onto many different people, some gamers and others not, some more experienced in computer usage than others. Today, not a single one of them has switched, or even dual-boots with Linux. The longest-lasting installation was from a non-gamer friend who ran it solid for 7 months. When I asked him why he returned to Windows, he told me Windows works better, and he got tired of fixing and tweaking Linux. It's also important to note that the distros I pushed ranged from Mandrake ('fore it was called Mandriva), Fedora, Ubuntu/Mint, Debian, DSL, Puppy, Gentoo and OpenSuSE. I was a Linux user for 7 years, and in that time I pushed Linux onto many different people, some gamers and others not, some more experienced in computer usage than others. Today, not a single one of them has switched, or even dual-boots with Linux. The longest-lasting installation was from a non-gamer friend who ran it solid for 7 months. When I asked him why he returned to Windows, he told me Windows works better, and he got tired of fixing and tweaking Linux.

It’s also important to note that the distros I pushed ranged from Mandrake (‘fore it was called Mandriva), Fedora, Ubuntu/Mint, Debian, DSL, Puppy, Gentoo and OpenSuSE.

]]> By: TM Repository http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7604 TM Repository Mon, 31 May 2010 00:16:47 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7604 The number of people that only keep Windows around for one thing is very low. The idea that a casual Linux gamer would sink money into hardware that only runs games properly on Windows seems highly unlikely. Especially when that very same Windows installation can access all the same stuff their busted-ass Linux installation can, as well as a whole lot more...like STEAM! The number of people that only keep Windows around for one thing is very low. The idea that a casual Linux gamer would sink money into hardware that only runs games properly on Windows seems highly unlikely.

Especially when that very same Windows installation can access all the same stuff their busted-ass Linux installation can, as well as a whole lot more…like STEAM!

]]> By: Thomas B. http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7601 Thomas B. Sun, 30 May 2010 17:13:30 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7601 Okay, as if I'm going to go get the full statistics on people who use Windows for specific things... Okay, as if I’m going to go get the full statistics on people who use Windows for specific things…

]]> By: Kyle http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7597 Kyle Sun, 30 May 2010 06:10:59 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7597 Doesn't it all come back to my point that it's ultimately just a bunch of Valve games being ported to OSX 5+ years later (and after every console)? Big deal. And as I saw elsewhere, why is this any different from when Id or Epic did it, except this isn't even to Linux itself but to another "unix" platform? It's always history repeating with Linux. The only difference is when you give up on it. Doesn’t it all come back to my point that it’s ultimately just a bunch of Valve games being ported to OSX 5+ years later (and after every console)? Big deal. And as I saw elsewhere, why is this any different from when Id or Epic did it, except this isn’t even to Linux itself but to another “unix” platform?

It’s always history repeating with Linux. The only difference is when you give up on it.

]]> By: TM Repository http://piestar.net/2010/05/14/steam-for-linux/#comment-7596 TM Repository Sun, 30 May 2010 00:13:45 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=463#comment-7596 I like how Thomas B forgets what he said a page earlier. I like how Thomas B forgets what he said a page earlier.

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