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Nokshalees
Profile Joined March 2012
United States120 Posts
June 29 2012 13:24 GMT
#21
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.
MKP/MVP/Kas/ThorZaiN/Jinro/ForGG | I MAEK HAE BYUNG. | #terranprideworldwide
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
June 29 2012 13:28 GMT
#22
I'm a linux user (Gentoo, opensuse and others), and im a pessimist for "native support".. it will never happen

Wine works QUITE good yeah but unfortunately on my stationary I have big problems

Tux fighting T.T
(:
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
June 29 2012 13:30 GMT
#23
..and yeah btw, I only use Windows for certain games and for gaming
(:
Fabozi
Profile Joined March 2011
Slovakia336 Posts
June 29 2012 13:32 GMT
#24
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.

Get your head of out you ass. Nobody needs the source code. They could just release unix version. On the other hand they will never do that but if the game uses open GL it can run on Linux pretty smoothly.
Nokshalees
Profile Joined March 2012
United States120 Posts
June 29 2012 13:33 GMT
#25
On June 29 2012 22:32 Fabozi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.

Get your head of out you ass. Nobody needs the source code. They could just release unix version. On the other hand they will never do that but if the game uses open GL it can run on Linux pretty smoothly.


Like I said linux IS not for gaming.
MKP/MVP/Kas/ThorZaiN/Jinro/ForGG | I MAEK HAE BYUNG. | #terranprideworldwide
Seiferz
Profile Joined May 2011
United States640 Posts
June 29 2012 13:34 GMT
#26
Dual boot is the way to go. Windows 7/Lubuntu here. All I really use Lubuntu for is torrenting and for when I need to focus on work.
FlukyS
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Ireland485 Posts
June 29 2012 13:46 GMT
#27
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.


There is nothing hugely different architecture wise to support your statement at all. Like both Windows and Linux have pretty comparable experiences for gaming if companies supported Linux in the same way as Windows. Its people saying stuff like this that just makes me mad at Windows fan boys for being so bloody stupid.

And Linux users aren't hipsters either thats mac users :D
c0ldwinter
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States238 Posts
June 29 2012 13:54 GMT
#28
should this be moved to tech support?
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
June 29 2012 13:54 GMT
#29
stop being a hipster and get windows. Or at least a dual boot.
ragnorr
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark6097 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-29 13:56:16
June 29 2012 13:55 GMT
#30
On June 29 2012 22:54 niteReloaded wrote:
stop being a hipster and get windows. Or at least a dual boot.

What does using linux have with being a hipster? Its easier for me in many ways regarding university work just to use linux. It would be nice to have more game support, but i realise it wont happen anytime soon
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
June 29 2012 14:02 GMT
#31
On June 29 2012 22:55 ragnorr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2012 22:54 niteReloaded wrote:
stop being a hipster and get windows. Or at least a dual boot.

What does using linux have with being a hipster? Its easier for me in many ways regarding university work just to use linux. It would be nice to have more game support, but i realise it wont happen anytime soon

I feel like the majority of Linux users use it partially because it's different/not Microsoft, even in Croatia where probably 95% of Windows are pirated, so it's not a money issue.
You may not be like that but many are.
Aim Here
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland672 Posts
June 29 2012 14:04 GMT
#32
On June 29 2012 22:33 Nokshalees wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2012 22:32 Fabozi wrote:
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.

Get your head of out you ass. Nobody needs the source code. They could just release unix version. On the other hand they will never do that but if the game uses open GL it can run on Linux pretty smoothly.


Like I said linux IS not for gaming.


Linux is a general purpose operating system. It's for anything anyone damn well feels like using it for. Also, the very mighty Valve seems to disagree with you.

ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
June 29 2012 14:12 GMT
#33
There is so little to gain for Blizzard from porting on UNIX systems compared to the amount of work involved.
Won't happen.
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
June 29 2012 14:20 GMT
#34
On June 29 2012 23:04 Aim Here wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2012 22:33 Nokshalees wrote:
On June 29 2012 22:32 Fabozi wrote:
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Your linux box is not for gaming. Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.

Get your head of out you ass. Nobody needs the source code. They could just release unix version. On the other hand they will never do that but if the game uses open GL it can run on Linux pretty smoothly.


Like I said linux IS not for gaming.


Linux is a general purpose operating system. It's for anything anyone damn well feels like using it for. Also, the very mighty Valve seems to disagree with you.



That is so fucking awesome! x)!!!
(:
SunTzuEU
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden221 Posts
June 29 2012 14:29 GMT
#35
Yes please! Most game developers should start making games for Linux
goiflin
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1218 Posts
June 29 2012 14:35 GMT
#36
I'd like to see it happen, but it won't unfortunately. Not worth the time and effort to gain the small playerbase that they would for porting.

I think most people who wanted to play SC2 on Linux have already purchased it and either emulate it through wine or have a dual boot setup. I don't think there's many people sitting on the fence waiting for native support.

It'd be nice to see more devs supporting linux (like valve seems to be getting ready to do), though...
nayc
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany42 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-29 14:38:07
June 29 2012 14:35 GMT
#37
On June 29 2012 22:24 Nokshalees wrote:
Starcraft 2 is a proprietary software and do you even think blizzard would make their game open source?

releasing a linux client is as much about open source as releasing a windows client (oh and btw macosx is based on freebsd, which is open-source itself, doesnt mean there will be open-source sc2 there...

on the original thread:
check youtube for "sc2 linux" (or in fact, any other linux-related stuff you need), there are actually a TON of tutorials on installing just about anything.
i found video guides to be the easiest to follow, much easier than normal (text- or screenshot) howtos.

i used to play games on linux back in the windows xp days, (yay native quake ports), still its so much pain right now that i'd recommend just dual-booting into windows. (which everyone has a copy of)
There is no "i" in "fuck you!"
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
June 29 2012 14:40 GMT
#38
Btw... one thing the great Richard Stallman himself personally told me:

DONT SAY OPEN SOURCE - SAY FREE SOFTWARE!

Open Source is a bullshit term, it doesnt really mean anything, it can be the exact opposite of what people mean by using those words
(:
Alexj
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Ukraine440 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-29 14:44:57
June 29 2012 14:43 GMT
#39
On June 29 2012 18:04 CrtBalorda wrote:
Linux people woudnt necessarly buy the game would they?

Every. Fucking. Time.

Here, take a look at that:

[image loading]

Source: http://www.humblebundle.com/
More GGs, more skill
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
June 29 2012 14:46 GMT
#40
Wine sucks. Wine is what you have to do to get something kinda working suckily in a shadow of what it would be on Linux. People who are content with Wine aren't real Linux users. To me, Linux is a huge world where you can take something and fuck with it enough until it works better than anything anyone else has for what you want it to do. I've seen the power of Linux gaming, games with native clients blow Windows performance out of the water (when they're not shitty ports). Sure, you *can* use Wine, but why would you want to?

Instead of saying "yeah, just use Wine", more people should be yelling at Blizzard for native support. I'm hoping that with the boom in Linux gaming from the humble bundles & Valve bringing Steam to Linux (rumoured to be sometime this year), that momentum will give Blizzard enough reason to port their games.
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