Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Apr 2010 22:53 UTC
Yesterday Phoronix showed proof of Steam's Linux client existence via its Mac OS X launcher that is currently in closed beta, then this morning they showed further signs of Linux support. Since 2008 it was known that Steam and the Source Engine would come to Linux. As an update, they even pointed out the download link for the Steam Linux binary from their store.
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Piracy rates on Linux are lower because not only is there less to pirate, but someone who has installed linux is also typically willing to look for alternative applications to do what they need - and in most cases, there are free apps available.
I know a lot of windows users who are completely unwilling to try any alternatives to the established products, for instance i know people who use photoshop (usually pirated) for extremely trivial tasks like resizing or cropping photos.
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Piracy rates on Linux are lower because not only is there less to pirate, but someone who has installed linux is also typically willing to look for alternative applications to do what they need - and in most cases, there are free apps available.
I know a lot of windows users who are completely unwilling to try any alternatives to the established products, for instance i know people who use photoshop (usually pirated) for extremely trivial tasks like resizing or cropping photos.
I know a lot of windows users who are completely unwilling to try any alternatives to the established products, for instance i know people who use photoshop (usually pirated) for extremely trivial tasks like resizing or cropping photos.
Yeah, I'm aware of that.
I was making the point that the earlier comment - about how Linux users are unwilling to pay for software because Linux software is free - was twisting observable evidence to form an unfounded conclusion. Thus to illustrate how weak his argument was, I used the same observation he used to counter his own argument (ie Fewer people might pay for Linux software, but fewer people pirate Linux software too - so his argument is moot).
Sorry for not making that clearer in my initial post.
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Well, best of luck to them.
a/ Linux isn't less than 1% of the market let alone less than 0.1% as you stated. Add to that, the fact that even 1% of hundreds of millions is still millions.
b/ yet perversely piracy ratios are significantly lower than on Windows. So who's to say that there isn't a market for commercial games after all?
c/ Seeming as we're making completely unfounded sweeping generalisations based on what OS people run, I heard Windows users are generally blue skinned and OS X users have 3 eyes.