On Monday, April 30, 2012 02:04:19 AM C wrote:
A couple of points based on your comments Rajko. ... - Your comments lead me to conclude that you've never used Steam on Windows, nor have you used Desura on Linux. I'll explain why with my comments in-line.
No, I didn't use them. I actually thought it is a important game engine making port to Linux worth of public attention.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 00:53, Rajko M.
wrote: On Sunday, April 29, 2012 02:26:30 AM C wrote: ... Games will ask for certain level of stability in every release, easy access to proprietary graphic drivers and possible more proprietary components, ...
Yes the stability is a factor.. sure, but that applies to the distro in general. Proprietary drivers... we already provide that via the Community repos... so what's the issue there?
Issue is that it is not obvious how to install them. You have to know that they exist in order to look where they are located and how to install them. Current model is far from easy comparing to computers that one can see in the store and that is competition in
Theoretical mandatory purchases of other components would logically need to be managed by the client, not openSUSE since said components should be game specific... again I don't see the issue here.
Game specific yes, but common multimedia stuff that games expect to find on every computer must be provided by the operating system. That means business for Fluendo. Otherwise users will have second road bump after graphic drivers, which I bet will be absent in Ubuntu. ...
Basically, do not mix up games and the client, they are two different animals.
Now when you know what I was thinking, you can see that I got in mind a group of games, not game management software.
With current SUSE goals, to serve enterprise market, not individual consumers, this would require serious adjustment in openSUSE treatment, or creating completely new edition that will be supported for a longer time, media oriented, purchase based [2].
That's SUSE, not openSUSE and it doesn't make any sense that SUSE pursue this.
I'm afraid that without SUSE, or openSUSE Foundation, there is no partner for Valve. ...
openSUSE can fix that in a few years, that much needed Ubuntu to raise from newcomer on the Linux scene to the most used distro. ...
A few years will be too late. This is a one time opportunity. ...
I agree. I was talking about opportunity to grow and needed time. Ubuntu is growing for years and always with same motto, making use of computer as easy as possible, which is demanded not only by grand mothers, but also by anyone that has computer to do some other stuff, besides system administration.
We can ignore it... that's the "easy" way, and if this client is released as is hinted at, the uptake of Linux goes the way speculated, openSUSE risks being left as a "once-was-great, but they missed the boat".
OK, that may be a bit over the top, but hopefully you see my point here.
It is not over the top, stats in the first answer tell that something has to be done, otherwise new kids will come and take over the place :) -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org