Valve Celebrates Steam For Linux

[asdx]

i have THE solution for you use a VM like virtual-box to emulate linux on windows then you never need to reboot.

No thanks. I'll stay with Linux as my host/main OS. I'll wait for someone to make the steam games available on TPB.

[Vim_User]

There's no fucking way I'm paying for commercial DRM crap.

give them a try, and then buy them on Steam

You aren't even consistent with yourself.

Does that makes sense?

No, it doesn't. But it seems that you don't care anyways. You are not anti-DRM or pro open source, you just are "I want to get that for free, give me, give me, give me!!!!!!!"

about propaganda I quote myself from this thread of the forum:

a little rhetoric knowledge for the people:
these words are synonyms:
Freedom Fighter (Positive) conflict party (neutral) Terrorist (negative)
a second example these words are also synonyms:
Alliance (Positive) Interest group (neutral) conspiracy (negative)
and its always the same: one side of the interest group call the other side: terrorist and they are always a part of a conspiracy
and these terrorists always call there allies a part of a Alliance and they think always they are freedom fighters.
this means if someone calls you a terrorist he is just a part of the other side means he is a part of the conspiracy the enemy of your Alliance and the truth is he is a terrorist against your freedom fighting.

Exactly.

[moilami]

I write code in Linux with vim, etc, and run postgresql, mongodb, I use web development tools like Ruby on Rails, and it would suck having to reboot to Windows every time I want to launch a game, so it would be easier if I could just pirate the games on Linux, give them a try, and then buy them on Steam, etc.

I haven't used Windows in like 13 years, I run Linux full time (archlinux x86_64), and I do everything on Linux. I'm not going back to Windows, not even for gaming.

I don't want to pirate "Linux", and I don't want to pirate "open source", that makes no sense, I want to pirate the Steam games that are available for Linux, like HL, Counter Strike, and the single player games that are available on Steam for Linux. Does that makes sense?

So, in practise you want that gamers and GNU/Linux users around the world pay of the games, so that it is profitable for Steam to publish, advertise, and support them on GNU/Linux platform, so that you could pirate the games?

You want that people pay so that you can pirate?

Rather interesting.


Edit: Not sure if I should pay so that you could pirate because you don't seem to have lack of money.

[asdx]

If you pirate everything, why not go that extra single step and pirate your OS as well.

Because I don't want to run Windows.

And "pirating Linux" just doesn't make sense, since I can install Linux the usual way, by getting a netinstall from my favorite distribution, etc.

The thing is, people should be able to grab a DRM-free copy of a single-player game from TPB, try it for a day or two, and then buy it from Steam if they end up liking it. What's wrong with that?

Don't get me wrong. I'm more than happy to support gaming on Linux with my money, but I want to support games that I like, and what's better than actually trying the game first?

The worst thing you could do is to throw your money blindly to games that end up sucking anyway.

P.S., I'm not a gamer.

[asdx]

You aren't even consistent with yourself.
No, it doesn't. But it seems that you don't care anyways. You are not anti-DRM or pro open source, you just are "I want to get that for free, give me, give me, give me!!!!!!!"


Exactly.

I hate DRM, and I love FOSS, what makes you think otherwise?

I just want to try the games before I buy, that's all.

What's wrong with that?

[moilami]

If you go buy food do you taste it before you buy it? Of course if you go to a grocery you don't have to try the food before buying because you know from your past experiences what to expect. But if you try something new. Then you might have a chance to wait for a freebie "try this" sample or you would just have to buy stuff blindly?

I am wondering why gamers think they should have some special rights to try games without paying. Just because it is possible to try a game for free does not mean they have the right to do so? Or does it?

[asdx]

If you go buy food do you taste it before you buy it? Of course if you go to a grocery you don't have to try the food before buying because you know from your past experiences what to expect. But if you try something new. Then you might have a chance to wait for a freebie "try this" sample or you would just have to buy stuff blindly?

I am wondering why gamers think they should have some special rights to try games without paying. Just because it is possible to try a game for free does not mean they have the right to do so? Or does it?

Yeah whatever... I'll just buy the games.

*yawn*

[asdx]

You aren't even consistent with yourself.
No, it doesn't. But it seems that you don't care anyways. You are not anti-DRM or pro open source, you just are "I want to get that for free, give me, give me, give me!!!!!!!"

As I said, I'm not a gamer, and I don't even have that much of an interest for gaming anymore... I'm a Linux user, and I love FOSS, if I didn't, I wouldn't be using Linux since the last 13 or so years primarily, I would be using pirated Windows, but I don't want to, and I won't.

Please don't talk without knowing. And yes, I hate DRM and I'm pro FOSS.

[moilami]

Yeah whatever... I'll just buy the games.

*yawn*

Don't begin to yawn when I found this interesting

In the Good Old Days (tm) I went to a game shop and if I was interested of some game I thought I could buy, if good enough, I asked can I try it. I always could.

I am thinking that Steam could do better than it is doing now. Steam is excellent platform for better customer service.

Steam could give customers a chance to try a game for one hour for free. With DRM that would be trivial to implement. Steam would keep a database of games the customer has tried for one hour so that a customer could not abuse his rights. Steam would give the chance to try a game only to respected customers (to avoid account creation spamming). That is how things work in real life too.

Steam would get better data for marketing with the new "customer's rights" feature, and "respected customers" would get "benefits"

[necro-lover]

As I said, I'm not a gamer, and I don't even have that much of an interest for gaming anymore... I'm a Linux user, and I love FOSS, if I didn't, I wouldn't be using Linux since the last 13 or so years primarily, I would be using pirated Windows, but I don't and I won't.

Please don't talk without knowing. And yes, I hate DRM and I'm pro FOSS.

why do you want pirate games if you are not a gamer```? ? ?? ``? ` ?``? ` ``??` ? ??`???``???

I can not get the point of your writing.... is there any evil force to force you into a DRM trap for stuff you do not even want ?

are you in danger? do you need help?