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    Very good Linux game needs your help

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by joeelmex, Aug 3, 2013.

  1. joeelmex

    joeelmex Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, I been looking around at the games for Linux. This one got my attention. The developers decided to support the Linux client and I tested the demo out. It's a very fun game and I think it deserves some support. Please take a look of the video I posted.

    Thanks

    Tom vs The Armies of Hell Running in Linux!! - YouTube

    I posted links for Steam Greenlight support and Kickstart web site at the bottom of the video.

    Thanks
     
    joeelmex, Aug 3, 2013
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  2. valuxin

    valuxin Notebook Evangelist

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    Amazing! Need to support it!) Must have game)
     
    valuxin, Sep 18, 2013
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  3. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    Don't really like top-down alien.. demon shooters, but the fighting mechanics and use of physics looks pretty classy.

    (Btw, good developers have a toolchain that compiles for different platforms, rather than "support linux" ;) )
     
    nipsen, Sep 18, 2013
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  4. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Still debating on installing Linux on my lappy.

    And don't tell me to dual-boot, dual-booting kills productivity.
     
    Jobine, Sep 18, 2013
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    ajnindlo Notebook Deity

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    Why does dual booting kill productivity? Is it the delay in booting? If so, edit the boot file so your Windows is the default, and set the default time to say three seconds. Then it only adds three seconds to booting.
     
    ajnindlo, Sep 18, 2013
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  6. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    It's more that you don't have one place for your documents, and typically need to struggle a bit to access files and so on.

    Not that it's not possible to solve. But a lot of distros tend to kind of.. stealthily encourage you to avoid Windows afterwards. Easiest solution could be to just put your home-directory on an ntfs partition, and use them back and forth between the boots. And.. of course, avoid Microsoft Office and anything that doesn't allow editing on different platforms.

    Other solutions could be things like having a cloud *blerk* storage for your documents and files, and then work with that, using as much online directories and as many web-based program solutions as possible. This is actually possible to do now, even in a heavily Microsoft infested work-environment. So there's that..

    Still, it's alotofwork(tm). Although dropping Windows generally does increase your productivity, in that your computer actually works predictably without it.

    Actual dual-booting is easy, though (see my UEFI boot guide below, for example).
     
    nipsen, Sep 19, 2013
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