Linux inroads
2022-Aug-12, Friday 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerIt was almost 2 years ago that I started playing No Man's Sky at someone's suggestion. On Linux.
There were issues. At first, I couldn't even escape the gameplay on the starter planet. The game would crash whenever I tried to approach a 2nd one. I got past that problem, then I couldn't play multiplayer. I got past that problem, then there were others introduced with each new game update, it seemed. It's stable now, though. It plays quite well. And it's making some of those lists of recommended games on the Steam Deck, a Linux device.
I pre-ordered a Steam Deck long ago when they were first available on Steam. I got the notice a few weeks ago that my order was ready. Unfortunately, I had to cancel it, since I have no income at the moment and I need to stretch my money as far as possible until I find a new job. That's disappointing. I was looking forward to it. But the Deck is still out there making news and bringing Linux further into the mainstream.
Cancelling that order is not my biggest Steam regret, though. For a brief window in time long ago, it was possible to buy Neverwinter Nights 2 on the Steam platform. The last expansion, "Storm of Zehir" from 2008 is one of my favorite games, although some critics disliked it. I'm still playing it today... a lot in the recent week in my antihistamine haze. I wish I'd bought it on Steam long ago, but I bought it on GOG instead. I have to use Lutris to get it to work on my Linux system now. I wish it was still available on Steam. Imagine playing that one on a Deck!
There were issues. At first, I couldn't even escape the gameplay on the starter planet. The game would crash whenever I tried to approach a 2nd one. I got past that problem, then I couldn't play multiplayer. I got past that problem, then there were others introduced with each new game update, it seemed. It's stable now, though. It plays quite well. And it's making some of those lists of recommended games on the Steam Deck, a Linux device.
I pre-ordered a Steam Deck long ago when they were first available on Steam. I got the notice a few weeks ago that my order was ready. Unfortunately, I had to cancel it, since I have no income at the moment and I need to stretch my money as far as possible until I find a new job. That's disappointing. I was looking forward to it. But the Deck is still out there making news and bringing Linux further into the mainstream.Cancelling that order is not my biggest Steam regret, though. For a brief window in time long ago, it was possible to buy Neverwinter Nights 2 on the Steam platform. The last expansion, "Storm of Zehir" from 2008 is one of my favorite games, although some critics disliked it. I'm still playing it today... a lot in the recent week in my antihistamine haze. I wish I'd bought it on Steam long ago, but I bought it on GOG instead. I have to use Lutris to get it to work on my Linux system now. I wish it was still available on Steam. Imagine playing that one on a Deck!