Steam.... FOR LINUX!!!
 

[url]http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973484/valve-is-developing-steam-for-linux-says-michael-larabel-of-phoronix[/url]

[url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_linux_dampfnudeln[/url]

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[quote]According to a report, Valve has a working version of the Source Engine running natively on Linux, and the first game that's being demoed on the system is Left 4 Dead 2. Larabel says he saw the game running on a computer with Ubuntu 11.10 installed.[/quote]

*slobbering nerdgasm*

good news for gamers around.

[url]http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/[/url]

[URL="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/"]Linux/OpenGL beat the pants off of Windows/DirectX in a performance test.[/URL]

[QUOTE=Dubslow;307062][URL="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/"]Linux/OpenGL beat the pants off of Windows/DirectX in a performance test.[/URL][/QUOTE]
You are slightly exaggerating: Linux is 315 FPS while Windows is 303.4 FPS :smile: OTOH what is interesting is that OpenGL is faster than D3D (303.4 vs 270.6).

[QUOTE=ldesnogu;307100]You are slightly exaggerating: Linux is 315 FPS while Windows is 303.4 FPS :smile: OTOH what is interesting is that OpenGL is faster than D3D (303.4 vs 270.6).[/QUOTE]

Yes, but as you point out, that 303.4 is Windows/OGL, not Windows/D3D, which is where I claimed the pants-kicking was. :razz:

Linux/OGL vs. Windows/OGL is slightly less of a win, but a win none the less.

Yes. My experience with an old computational project that was only available on Windows as a command-line executable (Xavier Gourdon pi(x)) is that running it through Wine was slightly faster that running on Windows.

Cue the .NET users... now!
:flamewar:

[url]http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/xcom-enemy-unknown-linux-steam-release[/url]

[url]http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/sid-meiers-civilization-v-now-available-on-linux[/url]

Well, there goes productivity for a few months!

:spot:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;376640][url]http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/06/sid-meiers-civilization-v-now-available-on-linux[/url]

Well, there goes productivity for a few months!

:spot:[/QUOTE]

Yep :batalov:

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