Valve Linux / SteamOS (GNU/Linux based) rumours?

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Postby James » Mon Apr 02, 12 7:22 am

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n ... px=MTA3OTY
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Postby Psychotic » Mon Apr 02, 12 8:35 am

I would love more Steam games to be Linux-compatible, I really would.

Not sure why though, since I don't use Linux often, though I've found network connections tend to run much smoother and sometimes even faster on Linux distros.
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Postby James » Tue Apr 03, 12 5:02 pm

I wonder if it'll finally introduce OpenGL support or if it'll emulate DirectX again.
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Postby James » Tue Jul 17, 12 12:26 pm

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/

OpenGL woot
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Postby Siva » Tue Jul 17, 12 2:16 pm

Still a long way off from what I need

But it's a start

Someone go petition Adobe

And no don't tell me to emulate it
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Postby Psychotic » Tue Jul 17, 12 4:38 pm

Hah, would be nice.
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Postby Dae » Thu Aug 02, 12 12:35 pm

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/201 ... formance/1

Valve tuned their engine for better integration with Linux, and now L4D in Linux performs better (315 fps) than in Windows (271 fps). Great news.

thanks to Alex for the find
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Postby James » Thu Aug 02, 12 1:01 pm

It's excellent news that Intel, AMD and Nvidia are working with them.
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Postby Alistair » Fri Aug 17, 12 10:15 am

Yes Gaming can be great with Linux!!

Get yourself a "bare-bones" GUI like Fluxbox, where you're launching pretty much everything from shell, then run the game!
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Postby James » Fri Aug 17, 12 10:51 am

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08 ... -software/

and here's a thought

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08 ... g-steamos/
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Postby Aidan » Fri Aug 17, 12 2:51 pm

That does seem very probable. Most gamers only... well, game on their PC with the exception of everyday tasks like banking, and social networking. I think it could catch on, and that a lot of people would use SteamOS.


I would probably use it in the future if tuned properly. Desktop for gaming and what have you, while my laptop can be for professional use.
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