Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-08 Thread Samuel Penn
On 2013-10-07 19:48, Alan Pope wrote: As an aside, if anyone wants to link up on there I'm whaletales. It would be :) I'm popeydc on steam, feel free to add me too :) I'm notasnark I tried to add you both this morning, but Steam crashed on me and took out my entire PC. :-( -- Be seeing yo

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Pope [2013-10-07 23:53]: > On 7 October 2013 23:42, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Alan Pope [2013-10-07 19:51]: > >> :) I'm popeydc on steam, feel free to add me too :) > > > > Wakey, wakey, already done! > > That was aimed at everyone else :) ** end quote [Alan Pope] OK, I could be the on

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 October 2013 23:42, Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Alan Pope [2013-10-07 19:51]: >> :) I'm popeydc on steam, feel free to add me too :) > > Wakey, wakey, already done! > That was aimed at everyone else :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/m

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Pope [2013-10-07 19:51]: > On 7 October 2013 18:03, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Is there anyone out there using Steam on Linux? I've finally put my Humble > > Bundle Steam keys on there and am having a good play. I didn't realise how > > many > > games I had, but some of the independent games

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-07 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Paul, On 7 October 2013 18:03, Paul Tansom wrote: > Is there anyone out there using Steam on Linux? I've finally put my Humble > Bundle Steam keys on there and am having a good play. I didn't realise how > many > games I had, but some of the independent games are much more to my liking than >

[Hampshire] Steam

2013-10-07 Thread Paul Tansom
Is there anyone out there using Steam on Linux? I've finally put my Humble Bundle Steam keys on there and am having a good play. I didn't realise how many games I had, but some of the independent games are much more to my liking than the big budget ones. What I haven't managed to get working is Bi

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Samuel Penn
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:29 +, Sean Gibbins wrote: Hi Folks, Coming in on the periphery of the Linux vs. Microsoft desktop debate is the news that Steam is now available for Linux: ... Has anybody out there installed and played anything yet? Installed it last weekend, and found it sl

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Paul Freeman
On 2013-02-15 11:34, Alan Pope wrote: It's clear though that Steam on the Linux desktop is a stepping-stone to a "SteamBox" console that Valve are preparing, and will run Linux out of the box. my thoughts exactly, although one wonders about the recent layoff of 25 staff: "It seems like Jeri

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Alan Pope
On 15/02/13 08:07, Sean Gibbins wrote: Coming in on the periphery of the Linux vs. Microsoft desktop debate is the news that Steam is now available for Linux: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/ Yeah, it's been in closed then open beta since October. I've been playing with it a

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Paul Stimpson
Hi, On 15/02/13 08:07, Sean Gibbins wrote: Hi Folks, Coming in on the periphery of the Linux vs. Microsoft desktop debate is the news that Steam is now available for Linux: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/ Now, my gaming days are long gone but I have just installed the cli

Re: [Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Benjie Gillam
I believe this is due to how much Valve hate Windows 8 for gaming. And it's been a much requested feature for years. I heard most if not all of Valve's own titles have been ported to Linux and many other games too, but it's still a tiny percentage of the total number of games available on Steam

[Hampshire] Steam

2013-02-15 Thread Sean Gibbins
Hi Folks, Coming in on the periphery of the Linux vs. Microsoft desktop debate is the news that Steam is now available for Linux: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/ Now, my gaming days are long gone but I have just installed the client - and will probably uninstall it later i