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We Happy Few, an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city will hit Linux in Early Access
By Salmoslol, 2 July 2016 at 1:33 pm UTC
I really hope they launch a linux version.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By fagnerln, 2 July 2016 at 1:32 pm UTC
What happens with cheaters? New account, +1 Windows account.
Open source racer SuperTuxKart 0.9.2 officially released with a new website
By leillo1975, 2 July 2016 at 1:23 pm UTC
I think that this game is perfect to play with my kids. It's a pity that there are not a decent Android version to play in tablets.
New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
By IDNO, 2 July 2016 at 1:23 pm UTC
fabry92 try this but i deleted my option :P

in my xorg.conf

but here it is Option "VertRefresh" "144"

in screen section
GamingOnLinux turns 7 years old on July 5th! We are going to celebrate in style!
By Liam Dawe, 2 July 2016 at 1:18 pm UTC
Quoting: wleoncioI'd love to participate. Too bad the only one of those I have is Grid Autosport (Broforce is on my Wishlist, but I'm done shopping for now). Any chance we can get some MP mayhem going on in BattleBlock Theater? For more players, I'd like to suggest War Thunder and TF2. In case you're in a cooperation mood (very Open Source-like, I might add), there's always Borderlands 2 and L4D2
If there is room to expand it we will, but I can't please everyone :).

Will do what I can to get people involved, all games in the list are popular games.
Apparently desktop Linux marketshare has finally hit that elusive 2% mark
By archfan, 2 July 2016 at 1:05 pm UTC
It's Android/Linux. End of discussion.

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The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
By TheRiddick, 2 July 2016 at 1:02 pm UTC Likes: 1
You do realize they compared it to other graphics cards of similar TDP right? And also a few people have had blackouts and broken PCIe slots already right?

Yeah right...
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By JudasIscariot, 2 July 2016 at 12:58 pm UTC Likes: 1
Good to hear as the Windows version uses DX11 :)
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By linux_gamer, 2 July 2016 at 12:55 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Steam Client Beta Update - July 1Fixed compatibility issues with some upcoming Vulkan games
Seems some Vulkan games are heading to Steam in near future.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By Mohandevir, 2 July 2016 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 4
Just a guess... Is it possible that the forced Win10 upgrade is triggering a lot more survey request to Win10 users because of the configuration change?

It would reflect in a Linux percentage drop, giving a wrong image of the real Linux marketshare.

Things might come back to normal after July 29th...
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By Ehvis, 2 July 2016 at 12:42 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Zelox
Quoting: liamdaweMac apparently is a lower priority as Linux has been in higher demand.

That's interesting, and that's got to be a first for me at least.

It may simply be that Linux users are more active in finding what's out there and Mac users are more passive and simply buy what's available. If that is the case, Linux may be a more interesting target for crowd funding.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By reaVer, 2 July 2016 at 12:34 pm UTC Likes: 2
You get more windows reports because the windows system crashes and reboots itself almost daily. While the Linux systems tend to run forever.
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By BOYSSSSS, 2 July 2016 at 12:32 pm UTC
I hope the remake of System Shock is successful so they have incentive to remake System Shock 2 too :P Really loved that game back in the day, but now the graphics are too outdated for me.
GamingOnLinux turns 7 years old on July 5th! We are going to celebrate in style!
By Pinguino, 2 July 2016 at 12:27 pm UTC
I'd love to participate. Too bad the only one of those I have is Grid Autosport (Broforce is on my Wishlist, but I'm done shopping for now). Any chance we can get some MP mayhem going on in BattleBlock Theater? For more players, I'd like to suggest War Thunder and TF2. In case you're in a cooperation mood (very Open Source-like, I might add), there's always Borderlands 2 and L4D2
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By Gobo, 2 July 2016 at 12:18 pm UTC
Quoting: SnevStrange while actually this has happened: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/07/linux-marketshare-reaches-2-percent

I was about to quote the same netmarketshare report and point out that it took roughly 8 years to double the market share. Let's see how the trend will work out after the free but forced Win10 migration wave.

Btw: I just spotted Liam down in the comments on OMG Ubuntu ;)
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By herycp, 2 July 2016 at 11:53 am UTC Likes: 5
in 3 year im using steam (in linux) never get this survey
The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
By TheRiddick, 2 July 2016 at 11:52 am UTC
Quoting: GuestAnandtech published an article saying AMD will fix it in their drivers.

I doubt a software patch will fix a fault with a dpm hardware issue on a microprocessor die! Unless they down-clock all 480 card (lol)
New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
By fabry92, 2 July 2016 at 11:48 am UTC
How can i hold my 144 hz in xconfig on nVidia strings? Every reboot i need to set it T_T
The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
By hidekin, 2 July 2016 at 11:44 am UTC
There is an analysis regarding the power issue there
View video on youtube.com
GamingOnLinux turns 7 years old on July 5th! We are going to celebrate in style!
By Zelox, 2 July 2016 at 11:37 am UTC
Quoting: wolfyrionSo you are saying that here is a chance to watch a steam controller or a keyboard landing on your head ? :P

Hmmm... sounds fun.. :D

I would bring a basket and a nice pair of comfy shoes. If it start to rain keys u have to be prepared :D.
GamingOnLinux turns 7 years old on July 5th! We are going to celebrate in style!
By Liam Dawe, 2 July 2016 at 11:33 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: wolfyrionSo you are saying that here is a chance to watch a steam controller or a keyboard landing on your head ? :P

Hmmm... sounds fun.. :D
Probably more direct than that, probably a mid-stream punch to the gut hah.
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By Zelox, 2 July 2016 at 11:32 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: liamdaweYou can see their Steam forum post here. They stated later they are now doing it as they have heard us. Mac apparently is a lower priority as Linux has been in higher demand.

That's interesting, and that's got to be a first for me at least.
Hopefully the demo can be solid.

I just get the feeling at first, they didn't have a linux machine, after gathering feedback, they find a spare pc in the basement somewhere cause they hade to look for something that could run linux.
And now "they have" a dev that's using linux.

Im joking, this is a good thing, and Im surprised that Linux is a higher priority then Mac.
And Im cool with them suddenly change there answers on Linux, there is probably reason they couldn't speak to mutch about it in the past, but now when the demand is bigger they can commit more to a linux port, instead of just making a linux port cause they just want to support linux or cause it was a kickstarter goal.
GamingOnLinux turns 7 years old on July 5th! We are going to celebrate in style!
By wolfyrion, 2 July 2016 at 11:28 am UTC Likes: 2
So you are saying that there is a chance to watch a steam controller or a keyboard landing on your head ? :P

Hmmm... sounds fun.. :D
New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
By IDNO, 2 July 2016 at 11:23 am UTC
[quote=IDNO]Linux games dont have bad performece on my linux gaming rig and i have modified xorg.conf so much so its even faster than windows :P but yeah quality of games thats true. :P

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "evdev keyboard catchall" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "evdev mouse catchall" "CorePointer"
Option "AutoServerLayout" "1"
Option "MaxClock" "1"
Option "DRI" "3"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "1"
Option "AutoEnableDevices" "1"
Option "TearFree" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "ColorTiling2D" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
Option "NoAccel" "false"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDP" "True"
Option "SwapbuffersWait" "false"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "G-sync" "true"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
Option "Tiling" "false"
Option "XvPreferOverlay" "false"
Option "MultiThreading" "true"
Option "AccelSpeed" "0.3"
Option "DPI" "91.79 x 91.79"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNonEdidModes,NoEdidMaxPClkCheck,NoMaxPClkCheck"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
Option "AccelProfile" "flat"
Option "HyperThreading" "true"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "false"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "evdev mouse catchall"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "mousedev"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event*"
Option "SampleRate" "1500"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Resolution" "500"
Option "AlwaysCore" "yes"
Option "AutoServerLayout" "yes"
Option "AccelerationThreshold" "12"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "N"
Option "DragLockButtons" "W X Y Z"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
Option "AccelProfile" "flat"
Option "AccelSpeed" "0.1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
Driver "evdev"
Option "keybdev"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "AlwaysCore" "yes"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbLayout" "sv"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev mouse catchall"
Driver "libinput"
MatchIsPointer "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "SampleRate" "1500"
Option "Resolution" "500"
Option "AlwaysCore" "yes"
Option "AutoServerLayout" "yes"
Option "AccelerationThreshold" "0"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "AdaptiveDeceleration" "1.5"
Option "AccelerationScheme" "predictable"
Option "AccelerationProfile" "2"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.22"
Option "ConstantDeceleration" "1.5"
Option "mousedev"
Option "keybdev"
Option "AccelSpeed" "0.3"
Option "Buttons" "N"
Option "DragLockButtons" "W X Y Z"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
Option "AccelProfile" "flat"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
Driver "evdev"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event6"
Option "keybdev"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "AlwaysCore" "yes"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbLayout" "sv"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
# In millimeters
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "AOC G2460"
DisplaySize 531 298
HorizSync 144.0 - 160.0
VertRefresh 144.0 - 600.0
ModeLine "1920x1080_144.00" 452.50 1920 2088 2296 2672 1080 1083 1088 1177 -hsync +vsync
Option "MaxClock"
Option "DPMS"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
Option "MultiThreading" "true"
Option "G-sync" "true"
Option "DPI" "91.79 x 91.79"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GTX 970"
Option "DPI" "91.79 x 91.79"
Option "G-sync" "true"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "MultiThreading" "true"
Option "HyperThreading" "true"
Option "Legacy3D" "false"
Option "XVideo" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "DRI" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "false"
Option "EXAVSync" "off"
Option "EXAPixmaps" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-3"
# Removed Option "SLI" "On"
# Removed Option "BaseMosaic" "On"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "{1920x1080_144 +0+0}, {FroceFullCompositionPipeline=On}, {viewportin=1920x1080}, {viewportout=1920x1080+240+0}"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "MaxClock"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDP" "True"
Option "HotPlug" "true"
Option "SwapbuffersWait" "false"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "false"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "G-sync" "true"
Option "Tiling" "false"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
Option "DPI" "91.79 x 91.79"
Option "XvPreferOverlay" "false"
Option "MultiThreading" "true"
Option "AutoRepeat" "1000 1"
Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNonEdidModes,NoEdidMaxPClkCheck,NoMaxPClkCheck"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select @1920x1080_144 +0+0 {FroceFullCompositionPipeline=On, viewportin=1680x1050, viewportout=1728x1080+96+0}"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "GLX" "Enable"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection

i still working on it but this is my most successfull :P Yeah i use g-sync and nvidia and 144hz screen but you see what i am trying to do here :P
The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
By nadrolinux, 2 July 2016 at 11:14 am UTC
The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
By Fenix2412, 2 July 2016 at 10:54 am UTC
It won't cause issues as even older cards draw more from PCIe slot after OC so it won't magically burn your MoBo.
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By WienerWuerstel, 2 July 2016 at 10:50 am UTC
Quoting: zimplex1I wonder if the positive experience/feedback the LED devs received had any influence on this decision?
Highly doubt that. It's just that enough Linux users asked for a demo.
Nightdive Studios are making a System Shock Linux demo after gathering feedback
By zimplex1, 2 July 2016 at 10:38 am UTC
I wonder if the positive experience/feedback the LED devs received had any influence on this decision?
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By lucifertdark, 2 July 2016 at 10:35 am UTC Likes: 1
I got the latest survey on both Linux & Windows, I refused the Windows one of course & went ahead with the more important one.

It's still not accurate, if they want it accurate they need to send it to EVERY single steam user all at once, then we'd see how well or badly Linux is actually doing & make the complete one Mandatory instead of optional.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows a rather insignificant drop for Linux
By wolfyrion, 2 July 2016 at 10:35 am UTC Likes: 2
That was ovious

20 Games Top Sellers, Only 5 Titles to Linux

Games like

DOOM,Rocket League,The Witcher 3,Dark Souls 3,Rise of The Tomb Raider etc

You think anyone who is a Pro GAMER etc,would switch to Linux?

For what? To play 2+ years old games and even with lower performance?

Like it or not thats the harsh true .

Linux still has a long road ahead and hopefully one day would be treated equaly in both new game releases and performance.
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