I feel like making the switch to Linux but video gaming is dragging me down. Since Garry is making a OS X version of it which is probably using OpenGL, will he ever port it to Linux as well?
If I remember correctly there is no Steam for Linux, so no.
Dunno if you can since the massive steam update, but before that you could WINE steam and source games (though i never tested gmod...)
Rumors are around that Valve is developing a official linux version of steam, so we can assume they will also port all source games. Other than that I run Steam and Gmod on linux via wine, steam sometimes gets incredibly laggy and glitches out, but source games seem to be working perfectly well with wine.
The rumour is that Valve will release a linux version of steam by the end of summer. Don't really know about that though...
[QUOTE=Kwout;23442842]Rumors are around that Valve is developing a official linux version of steam, so we can assume they will also port all source games. Other than that I run Steam and Gmod on linux via wine, steam sometimes gets incredibly laggy and glitches out, but source games seem to be working perfectly well with wine.[/QUOTE]
I'm using Wine and Counter Strike Source crashes like around every minute. What should I do to make it stop crashing?
[QUOTE=Chunk3ym4n;23475431]I'm using Wine and Counter Strike Source crashes like around every minute. What should I do to make it stop crashing?[/QUOTE]
Wine is hit and miss. It is not perfect, and varies from PC to PC (even with the same hardware/ distro/ kernel/ drivers). The most you can do is try some fixes that float around the Internet.
Run a standalone version through WINE. It should work better.
[QUOTE=randomtagger;23630404]Run a standalone version through WINE. It should work better.[/QUOTE]
Standalone version? As in non-Steam Garry's Mod?
[QUOTE=Kwout;23442842]Rumors are around that Valve is developing a official linux version of steam, so we can assume they will also port all source games. Other than that I run Steam and Gmod on linux via wine, steam sometimes gets incredibly laggy and glitches out, but source games seem to be working perfectly well with wine.[/QUOTE]
Its not a rumor, many people have already downloaded the binaries from the steam servers. However, they don't work, they just show the "create a new account/login using existing account" screen when you first start up steam, other than that, it doesn't do anything else.
[QUOTE=E-102 Gamma;23631766]Standalone version? As in non-Steam Garry's Mod?[/QUOTE]
Yeah.
[QUOTE=randomtagger;23648577]Yeah.[/QUOTE]
Also know as; Warez, piracy, stealing, general dickery.
Using a non-Steam Garrysmod is not legal, gets you banned from here, and makes you a douche. It is just asking for trouble.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;23648633]Also know as; Warez, piracy, stealing, general dickery.
Using a non-Steam Garrysmod is not legal, gets you banned from here, and makes you a douche. It is just asking for trouble.[/QUOTE]
I always thought as long as you owned Garry's Mod legally, and wern't distributing the non-Steam version to people who didn't own it (this includes making a torrent of it), it was legal.
Hell of a lot of red tape and explaining to various cops and ISP people, but legal.
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