[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 402, Issue 3

jony onetwoone jony121 at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 21 12:02:47 UTC 2013 

First time ever posting.
Steam is very easy and has many benefits but freedom is the cost. Much like with cloud computing you are relying not only on the internet but also on a separate entity to give you access to your software and data.
Although it's proprietary the PS3 gives you more freedom than if you used steam on your free operating system. For example when you purchase a PS3 and a game you don't need to prove your purchase, you simply own them. If you wanted to lend or give your game to a friend you can, because it's yours. What's more is Sony can't walk into your home and take your PS3 away from you, again because it's yours.
My advice would be to stick to the PS3 and maybe check out desura which is a competitor to steam and is free software.

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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:44:32 +0000
From: Kevin Groves <kgroves at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk>
To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Computer Game Festival
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Sorry not long back from a trip to London. I was going to go, work have
some discounted tickets (if you head over to meetup.com and look for
EPIK should lead you to the discounts - sorry don't have a exact link
handy).

I think it was reasonable size last year and perhaps bigger this year.
Don't know much more than that. Didn't know it had any FOSS software
there, thought it was the main contenders so another reason I didn't
look to go. May do next year then.

On 20/02/13 18:14, Adrian wrote:
> Then we from KLUG, must invade and spread the good word of FOSS
> and yes; with Steam being ported onto Linux now, I see no reason not
> to attend,
> only being in Margate, rather than Telford (Insomnia48) is a bonus.
>
> Curious: How big of an event is it James?
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> I'm very into gaming :D after spending ?1500 on my custom build pc
> (2yrs ago)...
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> From: james snyder <snyder.webmaster at gmail.com
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> Re: Linux and the Computer Game Festival
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> So is anyone from http://kentlug.org/ actually going along to
> www.geek2013.co.uk anytime from Thursday the 21st to Sunday the 24th
> February in Margate?
>
> Some of my students from
> http://www.kcollege.ac.uk/courses-in-kent/it-a-electronics.html are
> going for sure.
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> It seems a bit pricey and seems to generally ignore FOSS games and
> Linux......any thoughts?
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> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:24:20 -0000
> From: "Thomas Edward Groves" <teg451013 at freeuk.com
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> Not me
> 1) I'm not into games
> 2) I'm currently feeling fragile
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> So I only replied to alleviate the loneliness of total silence. ;)
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> Tom
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> > So is anyone from http://kentlug.org/ actually going along to
> > www.geek2013.co.uk anytime from Thursday the 21st to Sunday the 24th
> > February in Margate?
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> > Some of my students from
> > http://www.kcollege.ac.uk/courses-in-kent/it-a-electronics.html are
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> On 19/02/13 12:20, james snyder wrote:
> > and seems to generally ignore FOSS games and Linux... any thoughts?
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> You never know, there may be someone there with those.
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> What with Steam available for Linux now and all...
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> :)
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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:47:05 +0000
From: Kevin Groves <kgroves at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk>
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I did not notice that on The Register. Might get a chance to look but
don't get much chance to gave and I actually prefer my PS3 as its easy.
I've not looked at steam and perhaps if its *that* easy then I might be
tempted to try.

Anyone used Steam at all?


On 20/02/13 08:46, Paul Littlefield wrote:
> On 19/02/13 12:20, james snyder wrote:
>> and seems to generally ignore FOSS games and Linux... any thoughts?
>
> You never know, there may be someone there with those.
>
> What with Steam available for Linux now and all...
>
> :)
>
>




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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:18:37 +0000
From: Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Computer Game Festival
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I've used steam and it works well well. unfortunantly the game i bought -
king crusaders 2 - turned out to be the eqivilent of a spreadsheet with
fancy graphics, should have done my research, but it does run well.


On 20 February 2013 19:47, Kevin Groves <
kgroves at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk> wrote:

> I did not notice that on The Register. Might get a chance to look but
> don't get much chance to gave and I actually prefer my PS3 as its easy.
> I've not looked at steam and perhaps if its *that* easy then I might be
> tempted to try.
>
> Anyone used Steam at all?
>
>
>
> On 20/02/13 08:46, Paul Littlefield wrote:
>
>> On 19/02/13 12:20, james snyder wrote:
>>
>>> and seems to generally ignore FOSS games and Linux... any thoughts?
>>>
>>
>> You never know, there may be someone there with those.
>>
>> What with Steam available for Linux now and all...
>>
>> :)
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