Desura client coming to Linux

cb_linus · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:32

For those who have bought games from the Humble Indie Bundle, you may be aware that the games can be attached to both your Steam and also Desura account, if you have 1 or both. According to this post Desura will soon be available on Linux

I have about 16 games from all 3 Humble Bundles and it's great news cos it makes installing native Linux games on Linux that much easier

cb_linus · 3 Aug 2011 at 23:29

Bit of a bump for anyone interested in games on Linux, only a few days left (at time of posting) for Humble Indie Bundle 3 which now includes all the games from the 2nd bundle, since the games are cross-platform that's a lot of Linux games in one go

Huw · 4 Aug 2011 at 18:33

And once again, Linux users' payments dwarf those of others.

VeNT · 6 Aug 2011 at 14:29

Dropped them an email yesterday to get on the beta!

cb_linus · 7 Aug 2011 at 12:17

VeNT said:
Dropped them an email yesterday to get on the beta!

Let us know how it goes

I'm pretty happy Linux is finally getting its own digital distribution service for games (edit: other than free games that are available with various Linux disctibutions). I think having a game client / service for Linux is as important as getting the games themselves as it will be great to have a centralised database of games available on Linux and a conveneient way to access / purchase / download them without having to look around on the web for Linux specific installers of Windows games

cb_linus · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:02

Beta's out

Niju Rosu · 22 Sep 2011 at 16:00

Fantastic!

Been waiting for this.

cb_linus · 22 Sep 2011 at 17:42

Beta client seems to work fine so far, although I had to install libpng12 to get it working on my current distribution which is Open Suse. I have a load of games from the Humble Indie Bundles so I installed World of Goo and moments later, I have a fully working game client on my Linux desktop and a working game installed

cb_linus · 1 Dec 2011 at 22:00

Major bump - the Humble Introversion Bundle is now available on Desura

Huw · 1 Dec 2011 at 23:21

I don't know what kind of magic the Desura guys use, but it bloody works. I buy a game, it downloads and installs, and I can just play. Play games I thought I'd only ever get to play on Windows. Desura is amazing.

VeNT · 2 Dec 2011 at 08:39

clients also out of beta! how cool! the indy bundle is on there too

Niju Rosu · 2 Dec 2011 at 09:32

Awesome! I should update.

LizardKing · 2 Dec 2011 at 11:55

Trying this now, not quite as intuitive as steam but works reasonably well!

Kobi · 2 Dec 2011 at 13:24

Can't wait to get home and try these out!!

LizardKing · 2 Dec 2011 at 15:31

Well gave it a try registered my games and none of them would launch.
Upgraded to Fedora16 and the latest Nvidia drivers, still no joy.

Not a good start!

Huw · 2 Dec 2011 at 15:55

That's a shame, LizardKing. Which games? What happens when you try?

cb_linus · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:29

LizardKing said:
Well gave it a try registered my games and none of them would launch.
Upgraded to Fedora16 and the latest Nvidia drivers, still no joy.

Not a good start!

Any errors when run from command line? I've had the odd problem where the client would crash during installation but seemed to work fine when I restarted it, currently on Mint 12.

It might be worth checking out the forums and reporting a possible bug if no one else has the same problem?

LizardKing · 2 Dec 2011 at 18:35

If i'm honest i've not had much of a chance to look into it yet

Gave trine and a free one a go, both stuck on the launching popup.

It looks promising though