I agree with you, gaming on linux is vaible and in some cases work better on linux than on windows, valve reported L4D2 better frame rates and better performance on linux than on windows, there is still alot of work to do but slowly but surely games will start to work on Linux Distro more, when the time comes I can finally wipe windows off my machine for good.
I agree with you, gaming on linux is vaible and in some cases work better on linux than on windows, valve reported L4D2 better frame rates and better performance on linux than on windows, there is still alot of work to do but slowly but surely games will start to work on Linux Distro more, when the time comes I can finally wipe windows off my machine for good.
There will be the MAC version a few months after the release of the PC version. After, Frontier will give the priority to consoles ? Linux ? Other platforms ? They must also develop planetary landings ....
would double my "pledge"
So far, I have paid £30 for the game and £35 for lifetime updates.
I would happily pay another £65 or more for the guarantee of a first-class Linux port within the first year after release.
Linux users may be less common, but we do tend to have more money to buy games, because we tend to be smart with high paying jobs. Either that, or we are more generous - check the Humble Bundle "average payments by platform" for some evidence.
In the current humble bundle (2K bundle) we Linux users have paid so far (on average) 38% more than the Windows users, and 10% more than Mac users - even though only one out of the 13 games in the bundle runs native on Linux!!!
They should have developed Elite Dangerous cross-platform to begin with. It is much harder to port a game than to make it with portability in mind from the beginning.
Edit: Now upgraded to premium beta. Would pay another 100 quid for a Linux version. It doesn't seem very keen on working in wine at all. Would pay another 50 quid for that.
As it is I think I'll have to !@#$ install Windows (again) and I really don't want to do that.
So far, I have paid £30 for the game and £35 for lifetime updates.
I would happily pay another £65 or more for the guarantee of a first-class Linux port within the first year after release.
Linux users may be less common, but we do tend to have more money to buy games, because we tend to be smart with high paying jobs. Either that, or we are more generous - check the Humble Bundle "average payments by platform" for some evidence.
In the current humble bundle (2K bundle) we Linux users have paid so far (on average) 38% more than the Windows users, and 10% more than Mac users - even though only one out of the 13 games in the bundle runs native on Linux!!!
They should have developed Elite Dangerous cross-platform to begin with. It is much harder to port a game than to make it with portability in mind from the beginning.
Edit: Now upgraded to premium beta. Would pay another 100 quid for a Linux version. It doesn't seem very keen on working in wine at all. Would pay another 50 quid for that.
As it is I think I'll have to !@#$ install Windows (again) and I really don't want to do that.
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Well GOG has now thrown down the gauntlet and added 50 games that run on linux onto their marketplace, many for the first time.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-24-gog-adds-linux-early-50-games-arrive-today
So it looks like plenty of people are either seeing that they want the possibility of MS closing down windows to a walled garden system, and/or they see that there is a big potential market for linux and they are getting in early.
But no matter what it's good news for linux gamers.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-24-gog-adds-linux-early-50-games-arrive-today
So it looks like plenty of people are either seeing that they want the possibility of MS closing down windows to a walled garden system, and/or they see that there is a big potential market for linux and they are getting in early.
But no matter what it's good news for linux gamers.
I read before GOG is planning to port their library to Linux over time. I can only hope sooner rather than later more and more games will come to Linux, including Elite: Dangerous. My only concern with ED is the range of available controllers, I would like to be able to use my X52 Pro, TrackIR and/or Oculus when this will be release on Linux as well. Anyone knows if it's possible to use any of them now?
I believe all three of those are currently being used.
+1 for E
on Linux.
I've to chime in here Considering myself a Linux gamer, I had to withdraw my "Windows free household" label, that was valid for years, solely to take part in the Elite: Dangerous PB process. I can't let pass a one in twenty years opportunity.
So I would be more than happy if FD would bring a Linux version, so I can scrap that Windows partition.
on Linux.I've to chime in here
Considering myself a Linux gamer, I had to withdraw my "Windows free household" label, that was valid for years, solely to take part in the Elite: Dangerous PB process. I can't let pass a one in twenty years opportunity.So I would be more than happy if FD would bring a Linux version, so I can scrap that Windows partition.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=X52+pro
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=TrackIR
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=occulus+linux
TL;DR - yes they all work on Linux. I could be mistaken on some of them, so check yourself. Basically if a Linux hacker ever buys a device, he or she codes up a driver to make it work on Linux and you can use it. Only the really difficult and obscure stuff might not be working 100%.
In most cases Linux drivers are much BETTER than on Windows, because they are almost all included with the kernel. So you don't have to mess about installing different drivers for everything, the kernel detects your hardware and loads all the right drivers each time it boots, or when you plug it in. It's a different way of doing things born through necessity, but it works extremely well for supported hardware, which covers a lot. Now I'm not saying this will be the case with the hardware you described, those drivers might not be in the main kernel yet, but in general I find there is much less hassle with drivers on Linux.
Hell, I can upgrade my operating system and practically every program installed on it including the kernel and the drivers, the office suite, painting programs, music and video programs, free games, etc., etc., with a single command or button click to upgrade ALL of them without asking me any (or barely any) annoying questions at all. It takes a little while, but compared to doing it in Windows, it's maybe 100 times quicker (like 99 hours less) since you don't have to click through a thousand annoying "installation wizards", also you can be damn sure there's no bundled toolbars or other crapware with the software. Not to mention all these upgrades of this excellent software are completely free. So it's 100 times quicker and easier, and infinitely less expensive. Linux FTW. Fanboy out!
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I've to chime in here
So I would be more than happy if FD would bring a Linux version, so I can scrap that Windows partition.
Me too, installed Windows again solely to run Elite. I literally have nothing else installed, just Elite Dangerous and Chrome so I can bear to use the web, and putty which I have saved on a other drive, to connect to my servers. it took me more than 24 hours to reinstall windows and do the updates on a device having a few bad blocks! Windows seems to crashes if it gets an I/O error, curse it. I should buy a new drive.
That reminds me, I need to do a proper backup of that device. Normally I don't care so much when windows kills itself, but this time I really want to keep playing this game without any more 24 hour 'doze install marathons! I think I'll just resize the filesystem as small as it can be, then dd and gzip the entire device. I'm afraid to resize it though, Windows will probably spit the dummy.
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Umm. I upgraded my drive from spindle to fixed and getting from bios, past install, all updates including the mammoth 8.1, Office 2010, VS2013 and several games was 5 hours. Why it took you 24 is beyond me.
@Sloma: My drivers are all detected, installed automatically and I didnt have to mess about installing drivers for anything.
I was going to make sarcastic comment but I decided to refrain from it. It was unnecessary.
There is a distinct difference between a hacker and a user hence my concern.
There is no need to explain to me how Linux works, I'm sure vast majority of people writing in this thread like me or yourself are Linux users otherwise why would you ask. I know already how it works and how superior it is over Windows in some areas but it's true in others it is still lacking. The problem is if you want more people to migrate from Windows to Linux you need so to stop expecting people to be able to hack software or write drivers for themselves or tinker under the hood.
You mean TrackIR and your joystick (X52 Pro?). What distro do you use then?
I'll buy this game on full price again if the guys at Frontier make this run on Linux natively! This game is the sole reason I have a Windows beside my Linux right now.
I have paid about 20 games on Linux, none pirated.
Linux is about freedom not freebies.
no its about freedom/choice
Aye same here.
Real world Linux is a nice little earner, thank you:
http://www.novell.com/docrep/2012/07/sle_subscriptions_dollar_pricing_matrix.pdf
http://www.redhat.com/f/html/partners_us_skulist.html
The average price paid per platform on every Humble Bundle is highest on Linux, lowest on Windows. This, despite many of the games not running on Linux.
We don't want it all for free, we just want it with freedom. (-:
I even paid for my copies of Zorin (Ubunutu with win7 overlay) to support the development of that flavour.
I have also given money to all the programs I am using on linux (which are mostly platform agnostic) which include.
Calibre, Audacity, libre Office, Vlan player etc etc.
In fact some of the best open source windows software at the moment is coming from the linux community.
The only thing I use windows for now is gaming but if there is a linux version I will use that, xenonaughts and space hulk are both excellent on linux.
I have also given money to all the programs I am using on linux (which are mostly platform agnostic) which include.
Calibre, Audacity, libre Office, Vlan player etc etc.
In fact some of the best open source windows software at the moment is coming from the linux community.
The only thing I use windows for now is gaming but if there is a linux version I will use that, xenonaughts and space hulk are both excellent on linux.