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Linux users show their love for World of Goo

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  • 24-02-2010 4:48pm
    #1
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭


    From 2dboy.com

    http://2dboy.com/2009/02/12/world-of-goo-linux-version-is-ready/
    More copies of the game were sold via our website on the day the Linux version released than any other day. This day beat the previous record by 40%. There is a market for Linux games after all :)

    I am aware the article is a year old, still, it's news to me :o


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    #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,303 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Ill have to build a linux machine someday

    i guess if i dont like it i can always buy an OS later.


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    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    i still have to pick this game up but will more then likely get it on steam. I tend to be more productive using ubuntu due to no steam temptations there. :)
    Overheal wrote: »
    Ill have to build a linux machine someday

    Why not just dual boot or make a virtual machine?


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Is that not more to do with the fact that there are so few decent Linux games?


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Overheal wrote: »
    Ill have to build a linux machine someday

    i guess if i dont like it i can always buy an OS later.

    Just dual boot, whats stopping You,
    Heck, just download it and run it from a cd without any changes to Your pc.
    Definitely try it.

    I wouldn't dream about putting anything else on a laptop. My netbook boots in 35secs, no antivirus scans, no virii/adware/spyware, all software from a trusted source, no defragging, no disk cleanups, no slowdowns over time and best of all its free. There's more I can't list off hand. If I wasn't a gamer it'd be my OS of choice on my desktop


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    wayne040576
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭wayne040576


    super_furry wrote: »
    Is that not more to do with the fact that there are so few decent Linux games?

    Yeah. But it's a message from the linux community to publishers. "Hey look there's a market here for you full of people waiting to buy your games." That's why S2 games, the guys who made Heroes of Newerth and the Savage games always make a linux version because they know the linux crowd will make a big effort to buy the games.
    Most publishers don't see it as being worth the effort.


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