Blizzard Installer for Linux

mrmonday · 05-20-2007

Can everyone sign this please?

Linux Installers for Blizzard Products Petition

It's a petition for blizzard to make linux installers. More games on linux will push companies to ship PCs with Linux on!

Once you have signed, digg it!
Digg - Help get native Linux support for Starcraft 2 !

There are other options on there like slashdot, use them to! - Encourage everyone to sign!

rjwood · 05-20-2007

lakersforce · 05-20-2007

/signed and Dugg

MRiGnS · 05-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by lakersforce

/signed and Dugg

ditto

Subban · 05-20-2007

signed, no Digg so not Dugg

Extreme Coder · 05-20-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subban

signed, no Digg so not Dugg

ditto

Moniker42 · 05-20-2007

I went to download the Starcraft 2 trailer earlier on today, and had to download - for some reason - an .exe file that installed a blizzard downloader app to download the movie, what's the point in that?

Exes don't work on Linux as well :P

Signed and dugg

mrmonday · 05-26-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moniker42

I went to download the Starcraft 2 trailer earlier on today, and had to download - for some reason - an .exe file that installed a blizzard downloader app to download the movie, what's the point in that?

Exes don't work on Linux as well :P

Signed and dugg

If you don't want to download the .exe, you can get all the downloads from somewhere like gamershell.com, and they give you a nice linux-friendly zip file.

Hope this helps.

Keep signing and digging!

kaminix · 05-26-2007

Signed

FaceLeg · 05-26-2007

Signed, no Digg. will email the url to my Warcraft III buddies though

Created a Digg account, dugg it as well.

chiefbutz · 05-26-2007

I signed it

Extreme Coder · 05-26-2007

Signed, no Digg so not Dugg

Extreme Coder

robert98374 · 06-06-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extreme Coder

Signed, no Digg so not Dugg
Extreme Coder

Wofl · 06-06-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moniker42

I went to download the Starcraft 2 trailer earlier on today, and had to download - for some reason - an .exe file that installed a blizzard downloader app to download the movie, what's the point in that?

Exes don't work on Linux as well :P

Signed and dugg

also helps at distributing the load of the download...
nice idea, if they make a linux version, that is

slayerboy · 06-11-2007

signed, not dugg....

Here's my issue. You'll never see this happen. Right now you've only got about 1% of the WoW subscriber base signed on the petition. Blizzard does NOT want the hassle of tech support, they have enough problems with supporting Windows. I don't see it happening, but I'm willing to sign.

The blizzard downloader/installer is a piece of junk. It helps to lighten the load on their end, but makes patch day a nightmare. I love WoWwiki because it has lists for patch mirrors, and when 2.1 came out, I had it downloaded in about 5 mins vs probably 10 hours with the Blizz downloader had I continued it. Bittorrent is a great tool, but not for downloading updates when the program is closed after the download is done. That makes NO sense at all.

masoris · 06-11-2007

done

Extreme Coder · 06-12-2007

The thing is, Blizzard in WoW beta DID have a linux client. the management didn't want the linux client to be published, even though the coders did have one.
That should tell you something about how easy it is to have a linux client, and how stubborn and stupid game companies' managements are.

Wofl · 06-12-2007

dang, i always liked blizzard so far...

bummer

dr7 · 06-13-2007

*sigh*

Online petitions are generally ignored by major companies, as it requires no effort to do and can generally be faked to have as many signatures as needed.

The best thing for everyone to do is to take actual ink to actual paper -- write a letter, using real writing skills like the ones you learned in high school -- and send said letter to the company in an actual, physical envelope with your real name and address on the envelope. If a company gets enough of these letters, they will take notice.

Online petitions are, sadly, worthless. I won't waste my time with any.

DCboI · 06-25-2007

I don't really care as I am not a gamer. However, it would be nice to see Linux grow. Signed

05-20-2007	#1 (permalink)
mrmonday Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2	Blizzard Installer for Linux Can everyone sign this please? Linux Installers for Blizzard Products Petition It's a petition for blizzard to make linux installers. More games on linux will push companies to ship PCs with Linux on! Once you have signed, digg it! Digg - Help get native Linux support for Starcraft 2 ! There are other options on there like slashdot, use them to! - Encourage everyone to sign!

05-20-2007	#2 (permalink)
rjwood Long Gone For Good Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,236	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux done
	Long Gone For Good

05-20-2007	#3 (permalink)
lakersforce Drank to much Mountain Dew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Odense, dk Posts: 391	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux /signed and Dugg Last edited by lakersforce : 05-20-2007 at 07:40 AM.

05-20-2007	#5 (permalink)
Subban Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 24	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux signed, no Digg so not Dugg

05-20-2007	#7 (permalink)
Moniker42 Level 37 Bureaucrat Join Date: May 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 188	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux I went to download the Starcraft 2 trailer earlier on today, and had to download - for some reason - an .exe file that installed a blizzard downloader app to download the movie, what's the point in that? Exes don't work on Linux as well :P Signed and dugg
	"What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what we can taste, what we can smell, hear and feel then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."

05-26-2007	#9 (permalink)
kaminix Japanophile Join Date: May 2007 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Posts: 114	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux Signed

05-26-2007	#10 (permalink)
FaceLeg Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 58	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux Signed, no Digg. will email the url to my Warcraft III buddies though Created a Digg account, dugg it as well. Last edited by FaceLeg : 05-26-2007 at 11:41 PM.
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05-26-2007	#11 (permalink)
chiefbutz The Coding Wraith Join Date: May 2007 Location: United States Posts: 155	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux I signed it

05-26-2007	#12 (permalink)
Extreme Coder ^_^; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo,Egypt Posts: 1,203	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux Signed, no Digg so not Dugg Extreme Coder

06-11-2007	#15 (permalink)
slayerboy Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holley, NY Posts: 69	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux signed, not dugg.... Here's my issue. You'll never see this happen. Right now you've only got about 1% of the WoW subscriber base signed on the petition. Blizzard does NOT want the hassle of tech support, they have enough problems with supporting Windows. I don't see it happening, but I'm willing to sign. The blizzard downloader/installer is a piece of junk. It helps to lighten the load on their end, but makes patch day a nightmare. I love WoWwiki because it has lists for patch mirrors, and when 2.1 came out, I had it downloaded in about 5 mins vs probably 10 hours with the Blizz downloader had I continued it. Bittorrent is a great tool, but not for downloading updates when the program is closed after the download is done. That makes NO sense at all.
	________________________________________ Annoying the world.... one person at a time!

06-11-2007	#16 (permalink)
masoris Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Korea Posts: 68	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux done
	"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." - Ludwig Wittgenstein

06-12-2007	#17 (permalink)
Extreme Coder ^_^; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo,Egypt Posts: 1,203	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux The thing is, Blizzard in WoW beta DID have a linux client. the management didn't want the linux client to be published, even though the coders did have one. That should tell you something about how easy it is to have a linux client, and how stubborn and stupid game companies' managements are.

06-12-2007	#18 (permalink)
Wofl Devils advocate Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 282	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux dang, i always liked blizzard so far... bummer
Wofl Devils advocate Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 282

06-13-2007	#19 (permalink)
dr7 Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 15	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux sigh Online petitions are generally ignored by major companies, as it requires no effort to do and can generally be faked to have as many signatures as needed. The best thing for everyone to do is to take actual ink to actual paper -- write a letter, using real writing skills like the ones you learned in high school -- and send said letter to the company in an actual, physical envelope with your real name and address on the envelope. If a company gets enough of these letters, they will take notice. Online petitions are, sadly, worthless. I won't waste my time with any.
dr7 Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 15	dr7, king of the wicker people

06-25-2007	#20 (permalink)
DCboI Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 77	Re: Blizzard Installer for Linux I don't really care as I am not a gamer. However, it would be nice to see Linux grow. Signed
DCboI Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 77