Linux port

[ADHDMI]

Cant help but notice there is not a Linux port, I can understand not on day one. (they have day one bugfixes to do) But somtime in the future may we see one?

EDIT:

Just found out this game has ♥♥♥♥ing loot boxes. GODAMN LOOT BOXES. Why with this♥♥♥♥♥♥ I was actually intrested in this game.

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MonolithAndy [developer] 22 Nov @ 5:06pm
Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

[Monky Games]

Originally posted by nydel:

+1 linux. you have to be incredibly ignorant to run a non-free(dom) operating system. i love Shadows of Mordor and would've paid $99 for this on day one if linux support.

Why are you running any non-free software? Do you see the contradiction in your statement? Basically, you are saying - 'you are ignorant if you run a non-free OS but its ok to run non-free applications'.

I think if you make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free OS's, you should also make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free applications.

I do not agree with your claims though.

[honeyzëd]

Originally posted by Monky Games:

Originally posted by nydel:

+1 linux. you have to be incredibly ignorant to run a non-free(dom) operating system. i love Shadows of Mordor and would've paid $99 for this on day one if linux support.

Why are you running any non-free software? Do you see the contradiction in your statement? Basically, you are saying - 'you are ignorant if you run a non-free OS but its ok to run non-free applications'.

I think if you make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free OS's, you should also make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free applications.

You make a really good point. In an ideal world, I would only play libre-source videogames. However, I just love videogames as a form of expression so much, and as of yet, there has not been much success applying an opensource model to them when produced by a profit-making organization. In short I am definitely being hypocritical and my excuse is that I'm a sucker for video games.

There are several games (Tales of Maj,Eyal - Xonotic - 0ad) that have been built completely by the opensource community but we don't quite yet have the tools at our disposal to turn our visions into a reality. But it's coming, it always does; for example it was really difficult to write audio-editing software just a few years ago but now look at mixxx (dot com i think is the website and it's completely open live-disc-jockeying software that works better than anything proprietary) ... lmms (linux multimedia studio) is catching up to professional audio genesis tools like protools or reason etc but in order to get professional results you'll end up importing a proprietary VST module.

Those of us who believe in software freedom do our best. I think that's true of every good person everywhere all the time regardless of their specific beliefs.

PS if you check out Tales of Maj'Eyal - which is also available on steam for purchase but has downloadable source at the website - you'll find that the developers also built a kind of engine called TOME (after its let's-say "launch/demo" game) which is meant to allow people who wish to create a game in a very similar style to Tales of Maj'Eyal do so. This is what I mean by that it is happening. It will take open-source a while to completely catch up to commercial videogames (for example if i wanted to try to write Shadows of Mordor right now, I wouldn't know where to begin)

I don't think I necessarily would accomplish anything by abstaining from all proprietary video games in event where there is no comprable open-source alternative and I am incapable of producing it myself. Would you disagree? I don't ask rhetorically - I really want to know. I take a 45 minute break every 2h45m (because if i write code for longer than that at a time I make mistakes) and I tend to make the most of those break periods through gaming.

I guess I feel like the way I'm doing things is the most sensible 'activism' or rather way-to-behave/consume at the moment i.e. going more ideal in a way that robs me of joy in a way that serves no other clear purpose.. doing that would be kinda 'stupid activism' if that makes sense.

Thoughts welcome. I appreciate your criticism and civility. And I wish to make it clear that I don't look down on you if you disagree with the Four Software Freedoms as expressed by GNU; rather simply I don't understand the point of view. I thank you for proving that it is possible for people to disagree yet still interact / have a direct confrontation in a friendly manner.

[💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺]

Poor mans OS the OS devs don't care about

[ADHDMI]

Originally posted by 💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺:

Poor mans OS the OS devs don't care about

Youre the guy that fell for the no mans sky meme, dont forget that.

[76561198373778468]

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

[ADHDMI]

Originally posted by MonolithAndy:

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

Thanks for the information Andy! Most of the time we just want a yes or no, just for sanity's sake, so this is nice.

[💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺]

Originally posted by ADHDMI:

Originally posted by MonolithAndy:

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

Thanks for the information Andy! Most of the time we just want a yes or no, just for sanity's sake, so this is nice.

No

[Engineer]

Originally posted by 💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺:

Poor mans OS the OS devs don't care about

Just get the ♥♥♥♥ out from this thread. You don't understand the difference between poor people and smart people making deliberate choice. No one here needs your opinion. No one.

[Vooml]

Originally posted by MonolithAndy:

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Guess who's not gonna grab my sixty boxes.

[TheZipBon]

Originally posted by Monky Games:

Originally posted by nydel:

+1 linux. you have to be incredibly ignorant to run a non-free(dom) operating system. i love Shadows of Mordor and would've paid $99 for this on day one if linux support.

Why are you running any non-free software? Do you see the contradiction in your statement? Basically, you are saying - 'you are ignorant if you run a non-free OS but its ok to run non-free applications'.

I think if you make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free OS's, you should also make the claim that your ignorant for running non-free applications.

I do not agree with your claims though.

Operating system being FOSS is way more important than one game being FOSS, though.

[💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺]

Originally posted by E!:

Originally posted by 💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺:

Poor mans OS the OS devs don't care about

Just get the ♥♥♥♥ out from this thread. You don't understand the difference between poor people and smart people making deliberate choice. No one here needs your opinion. No one.

I own the game. I have the right be on this thread. You don't own the game. I only go on threads games I own. It's not my fault you only buy games for Linux OS.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by MonolithAndy:

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

With Steam OS being linux based. That is pretty shocking. One would expect a (AAA) game on PC, that came out post the release of Steam OS. Would have linux support. Short of being in cahoots with the monopoly that is MS...

[💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by MonolithAndy:

Hey all! Just to quickly address this from our side: We currently have no announced plans for a Linux version of Shadow of War.

Things can always change though, so be sure to keep an eye here on Steam - along with our Facebook and Twitter pages, for all the latest!

With Steam OS being linux based. That is pretty shocking. One would expect a (AAA) game on PC, that came out post the release of Steam OS. Would have linux support. Short of being in cahoots with the monopoly that is MS...

That's why Steam Machine failed pretty shocking. Should have called it Steam Betamax.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by 💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

With Steam OS being linux based. That is pretty shocking. One would expect a (AAA) game on PC, that came out post the release of Steam OS. Would have linux support. Short of being in cahoots with the monopoly that is MS...

That's why Steam Machine failed pretty shocking. Should have called it Steam Betamax.

...or Jaguar, or 3DO, or...

[💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by 💕🌷💜💖🍷🐝🐾🐺:

That's why Steam Machine failed pretty shocking. Should have called it Steam Betamax.

...or Jaguar, or 3DO, or...

90% that got Steam Machine removed Linux OS and used a Windows OS