Its time for a change! Its time for Linux!

[Magis]

Hello my name is Octavio and I just installed Ubuntu in my pc its a very nice OS it has a great hardware architecture and I enjoy using it more than windows. (You guys should try it )
There is a way to make it run in Linux with wine but not at 100% please SE make a version for linux users or make a version for Steam OS.

Thank you =D

lol, is 2014 "The Year of the Linux Desktop" like every year before that?

If companies adopted OpenGL over DirectX out of the gate, they could build games for all 3 platforms in one shot with a little conditional compilation with encapsulation. E.g. They build a FileSystem/Sound layer for Linux, Windows, and Mac from day one, then use conditional compilation to build the game for all 3 plats. It wouldn't cost them much more if they did it from day 1. And OpenGL is arguably as good or better than DirectX. Microsoft is even considering supporting WebGL in IE 11 and has rumored a tablet with Windows and Android installed. They could be changing their ways in the future.

DirectX isn't just 3D rendering, it's a whole suite for game development. Sound, input, networking, etc. Direct3D is to OpenGL.

Regardless, the ARR and 1.0 engines probably use OpenGL for ease of porting to the PS3 and PS4. I don't recall any DX runtimes being installed when I installed the game.

[Fluttersnipe]

Lol Linux.

[cotti]

The Curious Case of Sublime Text.

Meet Sublime Text.

It is a text editor, with some nice features for code editing. It is also proprietary and commercial - not only you have to buy it, the source is closed and you can't contribute to it besides bug reports.

It works on Windows, Mac OS and "Linux".

How is this possible?

[Pseudopsia]

I noticed this today. Value has made their Direct3D to OpenGl translation layer source available. ToGL

It supports a limited subset of Direct3D 9.0c. I wonder if this can make SE's life easier if they ever decide to make a Linux client.

Source: Valve open-sources its DirectX to OpenGL translation software: Here come the SteamOS and Linux games?

[Psychojau]

Will Steam be able to afford it?

Every item sold on steam (games, cards, wallpapers, skins in some games,etc...) is a source of money for Valve ! So YES, an Os with Steam as a user interface will make them earn money and they will be able to pay the low cost this.

And the fact is that using an os that you can customize to your needs, based on good secured, tested components is GREAT ! Just try it ! Try Ubuntu for exemple ! Try to tweak it, it's the easiest GNU/Linux distribution and it's well documented.
You will soon understand why we want to play our games with this sort of OS !

[Delmontyb]

I support this idea.