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Desura Game Distribution Service Releases On Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the gaming-in-a-tux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Desura is a digital distribution platform for video games, focusing on releases from indie developers and mods rather than AAA titles. After a two-month beta period, Desura has launched a Linux client, which supports the installation and patching of games on any Linux distribution. With this release, Desura is the first client to work on both Windows and Linux systems, enabling games to be installed with a click. They're currently in discussions to release the code under the GPL."

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  1. Meh.... by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looks like all the game titles are Humble Bundle games. Don't get me wrong, I love the HB games and I think it's great that Linux is getting some gaming love but when I can just download, tar xvfz && ./runme , I don't see the point of this. Are other titles available? Does this mean EA is going to start doing Linux ports through this?

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    1. Re:Meh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The idea is create something like steam. You can download the game from the developer's website, but having a single interface where you can download, buy, apply mods, manage friends, etc is the point of this. I don't really like the idea of this since it places too much power in a single company (see steam), but there is a demand for it and desura seems a good software that has love for linux. It is already rather big and it looks like it can drive some major games to linux with some more time, so I support them even thought I don't like the idea of this kind of software and the software if not free (yet, I hope).

    2. Re:Meh.... by HarrySquatter · · Score: 4, Insightful

      and it looks like it can drive some major games to linux with some more time

      Hahaha what? Desura will have almost no impact of bringing major games. If there was a market for that Stream for Linux would have already berm released rather than Michael of Phoronix perpetually claiming it's just around the current.

    3. Re:Meh.... by EsbenMoseHansen · · Score: 3, Informative

      I bought and installed Dungeons of Dredmor (which is a fun game, if you like that sort of thing), and it both installs and run through Desura.

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  2. Awesome software by kallisti5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been beta testing the Linux release for a while now, it's a well designed piece of software! It's nice having all your indie Linux games in one spot with reviews. It also makes a nice support channel when the games don't run right. Debian friendly.

    1. Re:Awesome software by esocid · · Score: 4, Informative

      RPM (Fedora) friendly too. I bought Project Zomboid, which later put it on Desura. It installed no problem, and also ran no problem, which I wasn't expecting.

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  3. Re:Ubuntu Software Center? by recrudescence · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because you now also own the game on windows and mac.