And here it is! http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php
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And here it is! http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php
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Just some more Linux news from Valve at the Ubuntu Developer Summit!
Valve: Linux More Viable Than Windows 8 for Gaming
Half Life 3 Will Have Linux Support When They Actually Make It
Hmm I would sign up for this but I still think I'm a Linux noobie
I have moved this here for the wider gaming community on HEXUS.
There is another thread in the Linux section here
http://forums.hexus.net/linux/237997...they-sell.html
Yeah im pretty inexperienced with Linux so i will be leaving it to the experts. Great news though!
Never used Linux but must admit, I hate the idea of this new Windows 8 desktop with the icons etc, I want to be able to use it like Windows 7 so won't be moving to 8 unless they bring full start bar functionality.
So if Microsoft are heading in that direction on future Operating Systems then I will be looking into alternatives and considering what Valve are doing with Linux then that is probably going to be the direction I will be heading in. I just hope that gaming on Linux improves and that I will be able to run my entire Steam catalogue as well as games from everywhere else like Gamersgate, GOG and EA Origin
Well, the way to gain experience is to use it - and modern distros like Ubuntu are pretty easy to get going - and its free, so the only thing you have to invest is time.
A lot of the 'fear' of Linux is in program/application installation, but if steam can sort that out, so playing a game is simply a matter of clicking on an icon, or selecting from a menu - is that really a problem?
Go for it. :)
techleny i am useing it, i got a 1u (dell power edge 1950) server running unbuntu, got hlds, steamcmd , vnc xchat, minecraft running on it, runing stuff like apt-get is easy it's doign stuff like finding the prossess with the command line and termating it and advance stuff that hold me back :)
That's kinda always been a work in progress, if I'm going to be honest. The trouble is a team as small as the one who is developing WINE (software implementing Windows APIs for Linux/OS X/other UNIXy OSes) hitting such a large target like the DirectX set of APIs is a really lofty goal, so your mileage very much varies between games. So without game developers making a concious decision to either develop native Linux ports, or work with the WINE guys to patch up the bits of the Windows APIs their software uses which are missing/buggy with WINE, it may not happen as much as we like. But frankly I'm continually amazed with just how many 32bit windows programmes just work under it, sometimes even quite a bit faster than native Windows execution, too.
On the plus side, with a heavyweight like Valve putting real resources into a native Steam client and Source engine port for Linux, other developers will paying keen attention to see how it goes.
I'm trying Ubuntu on an old laptop that had Vista BSOD on it. Ubuntu works quite nice, super fast. Only used it a little bit at the mo, but i am quite pleased with how easy and quick the install process was. Plus it recognised all the built-in devices easily, like Wireless and Webcam.
Steam for Linux Beta Now Available - Limited to 1 000 beta testers, over 60 000 people signed up...
NVIDIA Delivers Massive Performance Boost to Linux Gaming - 304.51 driver performance of 142.7 fps versus 310.14 driver performance of 301.4 fps in beta build of Left for Dead 2...
Yes. Ubuntu has come a long way since I first used it sometime back! Sadly there is still some bad stigma about it and most of the world thinks that Windows or Mac are the only OS's in existence. I haven't actually used it for about a year now but am just hanging in there for a load of my Steam games to work on Ubuntu and then I'll be switching to it as my main OS.
If anyone here actually tries out this Beta on Linux then I'd be very interested to hear how you got on and what games you played :)
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Very interesting as it is a unique advantage that gaming on Ubuntu, and Linux in general, has over gaming on Windows. What do you guys think?