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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed May 12, 2010 11:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Steam for Linux is Coming! :-D |
http://www.techbeast.net/2010/05/12/ste ... -official/ |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam for Linux is Coming! :-D |
Hurah! The Mac version isn't bad, but my 9400m doesn't really cut it! |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam for Linux is Coming! :-D |
I was looking at the games that were available. the only ones I would be interested in I already have on my mac. |
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam for Linux is Coming! :-D |
How many games are actually available for Mac and Linux nowadays? Theres not enough for PC! |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:56 pm ] | |||||||||
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It's early days yet, plus it opens a door for other developers. The lack of stores carrying disc versions becomes less of an issue, as well as removing a barrier to mac/linux use. We just need Apple to think about their choice of GPU's... I blogged about that too..Clicky |
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:58 pm ] | |||||||||
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How does that work then, do apple cherry pick some GPU's and allow them? Surely it would be better for them to just let manufactures to write drivers? |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu May 13, 2010 5:00 pm ] | |||||||||
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Mac games http://www.macgames.co.uk On linux it is mainly the ID back catalogue - Doom 3, Quake 4, ETQW etc, plus a load of indie titles like World of Goo - but the principles are the same - UNIX-like system, openGL etc |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu May 13, 2010 5:05 pm ] | |||||||||
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The only mac with user-changeable GPU's is the Mac Pro, the rest are soldered in. The ones that are soldered in need to be more powerful relative to the size of the screen. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu May 13, 2010 5:10 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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lack of stores carrying discs is not always a problem, there is always Amazon and eBay as a last resort. I like to think that only the best games get ported across even if there is a delay, it filters out the dross. The games I like are not that hard on the machine so do not need to worry about GPU's. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu May 13, 2010 5:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam for Linux is Coming! :-D |
If Steam gets loads more decent games on to linux then you could also see more home users opting for linux over Windows. |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu May 13, 2010 5:18 pm ] | |||||||||
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I hope so! That's why this is quite an exciting development - for me at least. |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu May 13, 2010 7:25 pm ] | |||||||||
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Not enough good ones, surely? When you say the GFX cards aren't up to the job, is it just not running it or just not running it as well as a card that costs twice as much? |
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