humpywolf

No one should be threatening anyone obviously, and everyone should be urged to contribute, full stop. Getting into a discussion about the percentages of Linux Steam survey results changing is going to lead no where, but last I heard the Linux account base in in the millions and increasing. This was based on leaked account statistics, but we've heard nothing since then about actual numbers of players, only percentages. It's easy to show that the percentage change at one point recently was due to an incoming flood of Chinese Windows users. That largely helped to decrease the platform percentage for Linux, but that obviously doesn't mean player count decreased. All that having been said, don't expect the "yes please!" to stop, that's just the nature of the Internet. Just encourage them to help if they're able to do so. Respect should go in both directions.

No, Vortex doesn't use any python, except for the build system. It uses javascript (electron/node.js) though, which is also available on Linux. As you pointed out: other tools may not be native on those platforms, they have to be run through wine either way. But who cares? The games supported by those tools are windows-only as well, if you run skyrim through wine you can run skse through wine. A native version is always better, then you don't have to worry about a Wine layer getting it right. Could you release a Wine bottle of the app? Sure, but it'd be bigger for what is a fairly small app, and again native tools are ideal. If some tools aren't cross-platform then alternative code would need to be sought to replace them. How much work would that entail or how much work would it take to move the remaining apps to Linux vs. a Wine bottle? Not sure, but either way, a cross-platform app managing native apps as well as non-native ones would be superior to a non-native app managing native and non-native apps.

We need a native version for the 5,000+ native games, and then we can have the native version also manage Wine games too. :3

Thanks Tannin42! Hopefully some Linux gamers/devs will pick it up. I'd definitely be willing to test it out as a modder and scripter, but I'm not as competent on the programming side.

AMD or NVIDIA, it's all good! Also, you're welcome! :3

For what, gaming? If you're a beginner or just want your OS to "do it" without fuss, I recommend Linux Mint, but there are several good ones out there. Mint is based on Ubuntu except has more stuff out-of-the-box. There's also Solus which I hear is very easy, and Antergos, and Manjaro, and tons more, but I'd start with the first two and recommend Mint the most. If you're on NVIDIA graphics you install the proprietary drivers with the driver manager and reboot, and if you're on AMD graphics you do nothing. Done, son! lol, install Steam and other apps from the Software Manager/Center and you're good to go. Check out these places for Linux gaming news and if you ever need help with anything: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/ https://www.phoronix.com

We have Steam Workshop but I'm not aware of any other good mod managers, especially ones that will work with ALL games, not just Steam games.

It should be a thing! Linux has lots of games now. Linux has lots of games with mods. Linux needs mod managers! Voice your want for it here, discuss, and best: contribute to the open source code for Vortex! :3 Link to the development forum where there is documentation and tutorials! Link to the github site Here's my own Friendly Animals mod for 7 Days to Die! https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/136