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Or you could just only play Linux games. I mean sure, you'll eventually get tired of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Mordor. But when that happens you can just p

Or you could just only play Linux games. I mean sure, you'll eventually get tired of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Mordor. But when that happens you can just play Shadow of Mordor.

tormeh 10y ago
Hehe, there's actually a pretty decent amount of games for Linux these days, but if you're an enthusiast then it's not enough.
- briansteffens 10y ago
  Yeah I was exaggerating a bit, I find plenty of games to play. If you're not too picky about which game you play, you can find a lot of good games. It's when all your friends are playing something specific and telling you to play it with them but it's Windows only that you feel the pain and are tempted to reboot into Windows :)
  - herbst 10y ago
    simply dont have a windows to reboot into. problem solved
nyolfen 10y ago
anecdotal, but about 2/3 of the games in my steam library had linux versions available when i switched to desktop linux a couple of years ago. granted, i'm not exactly a aaa title kind of guy
- yohoho22 10y ago
  Looks like they're up around 25% overall, just comparing these two catalog filters that (mostly) exclude DLC: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=linux http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=linux http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=win http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=win 2644 games for Linux, and 10750 results for Windows. There's a good deal of high-profile stuff, but Linux support definitely does skew toward the indie side of things.
morganvachon 10y ago
I realize you were attempting to make a joke, but there's a ton of great games on Steam for Linux nowadays, and GOG.com has been porting some of their games to Linux as well. Anything made in Unity, Unreal engines, and id Tech engines can be easily ported to Linux. Beyond native ports, one can use PlayOnLinux or just plain Wine with varying degrees of success.

Or you could just only play Linux games. I mean sure, you'll eventually get tired of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Mordor. But when that happens you can just play Shadow of Mordor.

tormeh 10y ago

Hehe, there's actually a pretty decent amount of games for Linux these days, but if you're an enthusiast then it's not enough.

briansteffens 10y ago
Yeah I was exaggerating a bit, I find plenty of games to play. If you're not too picky about which game you play, you can find a lot of good games. It's when all your friends are playing something specific and telling you to play it with them but it's Windows only that you feel the pain and are tempted to reboot into Windows :)
- herbst 10y ago
  simply dont have a windows to reboot into. problem solved

nyolfen 10y ago

anecdotal, but about 2/3 of the games in my steam library had linux versions available when i switched to desktop linux a couple of years ago. granted, i'm not exactly a aaa title kind of guy

yohoho22 10y ago
Looks like they're up around 25% overall, just comparing these two catalog filters that (mostly) exclude DLC: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=linux http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=linux http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=win http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=win 2644 games for Linux, and 10750 results for Windows. There's a good deal of high-profile stuff, but Linux support definitely does skew toward the indie side of things.

morganvachon 10y ago

I realize you were attempting to make a joke, but there's a ton of great games on Steam for Linux nowadays, and GOG.com has been porting some of their games to Linux as well. Anything made in Unity, Unreal engines, and id Tech engines can be easily ported to Linux. Beyond native ports, one can use PlayOnLinux or just plain Wine with varying degrees of success.