I'm sorry, I was a firefox user for a decade+plus. I fiqured they would be my gateway to the world wide web, and the internet company responsible for my activities on the web. Everything seemed fine. Then I tried chromium.
Now, I love huffing the FB hate fumes as much as y'all, (reminds of the the good ol' days with fuss-beta campaign), but there's really nothing to worry about. This will be an open technology, as it would have to be. It's not as though Occulus will be the only provider of VR hardware -- the many eventual brands and variants are going to be purchased for the purposes of playing Steam games with the OpenVR/SteamVR libraries. You're first kit could be a Sony.
It's all good! YES, there will be a Facebook Matrix/SecondLife, and it _will_ require an account. I imagine like Facebook generally, it will be loosely about dating and sex. That could very well turn many of you into FB account holders, don't lie. If you can feel somewhat assuaged now, maybe it will seem good to you that they now have all them dollars.
I'm mainly upset that they didn't sell out to Valve, the cool company. How much gold did they offer Occulus?
I completely agree.
I would like that the List Column Gui Element (the thing you click on, to sort by that file attribute) auto-size itself to no larger than the longest filename.
ehh nautilus browser people know what I'm trying to express.
What a shame.. I make a point of buying only Linux native games.
But they should understand this.. it wont stop me playing the game. If they would like to turn a profit from me, then Linux port it.
If you're referring to piracy for spite, let me just add that if I have to install windows and boot into it to play an idsoftware game, then I WON'T pay for that experience, as I have consecutively done in the past.
I have to have it though. Screw Epic Games and their middleware-bloated UT3, they're dead, but Rage looks phenomenal: johnc is probably right when he assumes we'll all swallow a windows install for a few weeks.
On a related subject, the recently Wolfenstein game apparently runs quite well out of the box in wine. Any game like this that has an opengl renderer (or is an otherwise "wine-friendly" game) will receive my monies. Interestingly enough, these games oftentimes have lineage back to one of quake engine iterations -- Call of Duty 1-2+4, All Source Games, etc.
I expect this thread to balloon in size, and I assume many other GNU/Linux user's will have taken to Quake Live as I have (it's excellent, and deathmatch is back baby), so I really would argue for the existence of a substantial and growing market of linux gamers. This market contains a higher _percentage_ of informed and loyal customers.
id software has a strong community dedicated to it (regardless of OS), and the company is able to leverage that very effectively. Why can't id, or any company, just come out and say: "It's gonna take us $10,000 + snacks to have Timothee Basset or Icculus produce a port. We've got about one year left of crunch time, give us the 60 bucks early on paypal, and if it all pans out, you'll get the game when it's released with an assured linux port, or a refund." I know I'm naive about the figures and costs involved, but I do believe that faithful linux gamers like myself would actually be very inclined to support this kind of "pseuedo public-financing". Add on to that the probability that the engine technology will most likely be free software in 5-10 years, it almost seems like we're donating to some kind of public works/cultural program.
...stop linking to stupid blog posts or cnet articles that attempt to figure out why GNU/Linux isn't 'mainstream'.
I've been using Linux since I was 14, and I can tell you all right now -- without a shred of doubt -- that the monopolist WILL fail, and the GNU platform will be the standard OS for the entirety of the human race and worlds beyond. It's only a matter of time before the dunce bag that blogged this crap experiences enlightenment.
Free software is a commodity. It's done.
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I'm sorry, I was a firefox user for a decade+plus. I fiqured they would be my gateway to the world wide web, and the internet company responsible for my activities on the web. Everything seemed fine. Then I tried chromium.
Firefox is a slow, bloated, piece of crap.
slackware linux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
:)
^ Did any one catch this hint from weeks past?
Now, I love huffing the FB hate fumes as much as y'all, (reminds of the the good ol' days with fuss-beta campaign), but there's really nothing to worry about. This will be an open technology, as it would have to be. It's not as though Occulus will be the only provider of VR hardware -- the many eventual brands and variants are going to be purchased for the purposes of playing Steam games with the OpenVR/SteamVR libraries. You're first kit could be a Sony.
It's all good! YES, there will be a Facebook Matrix/SecondLife, and it _will_ require an account. I imagine like Facebook generally, it will be loosely about dating and sex. That could very well turn many of you into FB account holders, don't lie. If you can feel somewhat assuaged now, maybe it will seem good to you that they now have all them dollars.
I'm mainly upset that they didn't sell out to Valve, the cool company. How much gold did they offer Occulus?
I completely agree. I would like that the List Column Gui Element (the thing you click on, to sort by that file attribute) auto-size itself to no larger than the longest filename. ehh nautilus browser people know what I'm trying to express.
gnomeslackbuild.org uses most, or all available defaults.
I take drugs in space all the time.
Antimatter is like matter, but with an opposite electrical charge.
What a shame.. I make a point of buying only Linux native games. But they should understand this.. it wont stop me playing the game. If they would like to turn a profit from me, then Linux port it.
If you're referring to piracy for spite, let me just add that if I have to install windows and boot into it to play an idsoftware game, then I WON'T pay for that experience, as I have consecutively done in the past.
I have to have it though. Screw Epic Games and their middleware-bloated UT3, they're dead, but Rage looks phenomenal: johnc is probably right when he assumes we'll all swallow a windows install for a few weeks.
On a related subject, the recently Wolfenstein game apparently runs quite well out of the box in wine. Any game like this that has an opengl renderer (or is an otherwise "wine-friendly" game) will receive my monies. Interestingly enough, these games oftentimes have lineage back to one of quake engine iterations -- Call of Duty 1-2+4, All Source Games, etc.
I expect this thread to balloon in size, and I assume many other GNU/Linux user's will have taken to Quake Live as I have (it's excellent, and deathmatch is back baby), so I really would argue for the existence of a substantial and growing market of linux gamers. This market contains a higher _percentage_ of informed and loyal customers.
id software has a strong community dedicated to it (regardless of OS), and the company is able to leverage that very effectively. Why can't id, or any company, just come out and say: "It's gonna take us $10,000 + snacks to have Timothee Basset or Icculus produce a port. We've got about one year left of crunch time, give us the 60 bucks early on paypal, and if it all pans out, you'll get the game when it's released with an assured linux port, or a refund." I know I'm naive about the figures and costs involved, but I do believe that faithful linux gamers like myself would actually be very inclined to support this kind of "pseuedo public-financing". Add on to that the probability that the engine technology will most likely be free software in 5-10 years, it almost seems like we're donating to some kind of public works/cultural program.
TFA, which is genuine, makes me sad.
I think id has alot of faith in GNU+Linux. Isn't ftp.idsoftware.com still just an old redhat box?
Install xscreensaver-demo and you can configure the screensaver from there. The Gnome Screen Saver utility is simpler, yes.
...with manual and story book, and box and everything. Someone want to buy it?
boosh?
boo ya?
Get WebTV, it's crazy.
boo ya?
hitachi! ibm!
The GPL is an American idea. Check your head.
boo ya?
Well, let's see here: How many slashdotters here are using aol? i challenge you to reveal yourselves.
I agree. That bug affects unreal engine 2, and 3.
Fuck Macs.
Booo. My thinkpad x40 is boss, and I should get an ibm keyboard for my desktop soon.
boo yeah? ps. eben moglen freed the lipitor patent
Nice one.
...stop linking to stupid blog posts or cnet articles that attempt to figure out why GNU/Linux isn't 'mainstream'. I've been using Linux since I was 14, and I can tell you all right now -- without a shred of doubt -- that the monopolist WILL fail, and the GNU platform will be the standard OS for the entirety of the human race and worlds beyond. It's only a matter of time before the dunce bag that blogged this crap experiences enlightenment. Free software is a commodity. It's done.