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PCGamingWiki Looks Into Linux Gaming With 'Port Reports'

Posted by Soulskill on from the welcome-to-our-home dept.

AberBeta writes: PCGamingWiki contributor Soeb has been looking into the recent larger budget game releases to appear on Linux, including XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Borderlands: The Pre–Sequel produced by Mac porting houses Feral and Aspyr. Soeb reports that while feature parity is high, performance could be a bit better. Performance differences aside, the games are finally arriving on Linux — now the userbase needs to expand to make a virtuous cycle.

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  1. Gabe Newell is perhaps the biggest driver of this. by Red4man · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... not complaining, as I am a Linux user, but Steam OS is going to be the game changer, and the back catalog working on Steam is arguably more important than two AAA titles.

    The Seismic Event would be Newell confirming Half-Life 3... and saying it's coming to Steam OS (Linux) first.

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  2. Re:Gabe Newell is perhaps the biggest driver of th by FlyHelicopters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Seismic Event would be Newell confirming Half-Life 3... and saying it's coming to Steam OS (Linux) first.

    I know that is a popular idea, that if we just had some good games on Linux, people would start to embrace it.

    I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but that isn't going to happen.

    I don't use Windows because I'm "forced to", I use it because it works well, everything runs on it, it supports just about everything in the PC business, and its cost is so low, it might as well be free.

    I have no compelling reason to move to Linux. I have no compelling reason to move anyone else to Linux. It doesn't offer me anything worth the trouble of moving.

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    Note: I first installed Linux on a 486 back in the 90s, I've tried it a few more times since then. I'm not debating the technical benefits of Linux, they are indeed there. But they don't matter to the average user. Windows is "good enough" and it is missing some of Linux's rough edges.