If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all.
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Nokshalees
United States120 Posts
If you're using GNU/Linux just to be hipster. then don't bother using it at all. | ||
zanga
659 Posts
Wine works QUITE good yeah but unfortunately on my stationary I have big problems Tux fighting T.T | ||
zanga
659 Posts
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Fabozi
Slovakia336 Posts
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
United States120 Posts
On June 29 2012 22:32 Fabozi wrote: 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. | ||
Seiferz
United States640 Posts
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FlukyS
Ireland485 Posts
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
United States238 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
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ragnorr
Denmark6097 Posts
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
Croatia5281 Posts
On June 29 2012 22:55 ragnorr wrote: 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
Scotland672 Posts
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
France15952 Posts
Won't happen. | ||
zanga
659 Posts
On June 29 2012 23:04 Aim Here wrote: 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
Sweden221 Posts
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goiflin
Canada1217 Posts
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
Germany42 Posts
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) | ||
zanga
659 Posts
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
Ukraine440 Posts
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: Source: http://www.humblebundle.com/ | ||
Ruscour
5233 Posts
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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