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Last edited by startzz; 04 May 2013, 09:58 AM.
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One thing Valve could do to help Steam on Linux is to get the open source Linux games that people already played before Steam hit Linux on the service. That would draw in more users. The distro repositories are notoriously worthless for downloading games so I can see how people would want to use Steam to automatically have the latest stable builds.
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Putting open-source games on Steam requires there be someone able to enter a contract for the project. This was recently discussed in STK.
If there is copyright assignment, or one person that owns majority of the copyright, it's possible. Otherwise, no.
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Originally posted by TheLexMachine View PostOne thing Valve could do to help Steam on Linux is to get the open source Linux games that people already played before Steam hit Linux on the service. That would draw in more users. The distro repositories are notoriously worthless for downloading games so I can see how people would want to use Steam to automatically have the latest stable builds.
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IMHO there is no decline, because the results are not fair...
1. the hardware survey shows up only for a fraction of randomly selected steam users each month (over 5 years there I had it show up ~3 times for me)
2. steam on windows is by default run at system startup, on Linux not
3. Valve is only advertising Steam on ubuntu, instead of at least 5-6 major distros
Take only this into account (especially point 2) and it's clear that the hardware survey results are seriously flawed. With millions of windows users it might be statistically correct to select only a random pool to count, but with minorities like with GNU/Linux users it can really affect the outcome.
Hence, I say there is no "decline", it's only that not everybody who installed Steam on GNU is running it and the results are wrong.
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Another poor quality Phoronix troll
Originally posted by startzz View PostWell, i dont need to show any tests to trolls like you. I made them, and i know results, i dont fkin care about the useless opinions of other people like you with useless benchmarks, cause i know the truth, i know, how all os'es performs on MY computers These tests were made by me, so they are right, not like phoronix benchmarks, where unknown guy makes some tests, and then bunch of "pro-linuxers" start to flame about how that guy doesnt know how to make benchmarks, about wrong flags and so on... so, even linux community itself cannot agree on what they are doing, then there is no real worldwide tests, the ony right benchmarks are you own.
Originally posted by startzz View PostThese tests were made by me, so they are right
Originally posted by startzz View Postnot like phoronix benchmarks, where unknown guy makes some tests
Originally posted by startzz View Postthe ony right benchmarks are you own
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Originally posted by gamerk2 View PostHDMI is the easiest way to connect directly to a receiver.
Originally posted by gamerk2 View PostRight, so waste more money + more heat, because we can't be bothered to support the feature.
Originally posted by gamerk2 View PostGood soundcards are competitive with mid-range receivers. Dolby Headphone (which isn't always supported by receivers) is a godsend for headphone users. Theres no comparison to onboard with even a low end soundcard (ASUS Xonar DGX).
Originally posted by gamerk2 View PostActually, yes. Theres an advantage to living in a place where Cablevision/Verison/Time Warner are having a war to try and get customers. Integrated chokes somewhere past 50Mb/s with multiple downloads going.
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Originally posted by Cyber Killer View PostIMHO there is no decline, because the results are not fair...
1. the hardware survey shows up only for a fraction of randomly selected steam users each month (over 5 years there I had it show up ~3 times for me)
2. steam on windows is by default run at system startup, on Linux not
3. Valve is only advertising Steam on ubuntu, instead of at least 5-6 major distros
Take only this into account (especially point 2) and it's clear that the hardware survey results are seriously flawed. With millions of windows users it might be statistically correct to select only a random pool to count, but with minorities like with GNU/Linux users it can really affect the outcome.
Hence, I say there is no "decline", it's only that not everybody who installed Steam on GNU is running it and the results are wrong.
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