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RE: Thanks for the Linux support

I started with the Penumbra Collection about half a year ago and loved it; such as the theme, setting, etc. Completed the whole collection in the span of like 2-3 weeks. Also pre-ordered Amnesia many months ago.

Everything has worked perfectly; the Penumbra series, Amnesia test, Amnesia demo game. As for other games, I've also bought the Humble Indie Bundle as well (even though I already owned Penumbra Overture and World of Goo; gave the extra World of Goo copy to a friend).

And I've also been anticipating the Linux port of Steam/Source, along with common titles of that as well; despite the recent statement of "we're not working on a Linux port at this time" quote.

Lastly, it's a bit annoying when developers look at Linux as not being worth the effort, getting the impression as if open source advocates (or just simply Linux users) would have no interest in buying closed-source games. A game is entertainment; it's not some commercial closed-source application for business-critical use with excessive enterprise-level pricing on it.

Or that some common game developers/publishers don't think it's worth it to port a game to Linux, since it looks like a minority; especially when the Windows version is the only one available and Linux users have to have a Windows installation in order to play it; even though some wouldn't want to have to jump between operating systems. Thus this makes Linux users fall in category of Windows users; thus messing up the statistics and perception.
09-06-2010, 09:53 AM
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Thanks for the Linux support - by Temar - 09-06-2010, 02:53 AM
RE: Thanks for the Linux support - by NGW - 09-06-2010, 03:26 AM
RE: Thanks for the Linux support - by Temar - 09-06-2010, 12:46 PM
RE: Thanks for the Linux support - by Bek - 09-06-2010, 07:30 AM
RE: Thanks for the Linux support - by takyoji - 09-06-2010, 09:53 AM



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