@commander dave Valve does actually care about open source, because it suits their business model. To that end they've helped improve Linux graphics drivers, given free access to their games to Debian/Ubuntu developers and even helped fund Mesa development if the latest news is correct. They are indeed a commercial venture at heart, but they're one of the more palatable ones I've come across in a while.

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Quoting: Anonymouswhile that might be in valve interests, it is not in alienwares. they put R&D into this machine and if they wait 6 months, their hw solution is more or less obsolete. alienware is just salvaging their investment

I second this. It's a natural thing to do for a hardware company.

Valve time? Yes.

Am I worried? No.

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Pfff sounds more like politics than cold hard logic, not unlike the spats you get between talented developers, each of which has a particular view on how things should be done. The St John article is just rubbish, the dying cries of an old hack trying to get some attention. He makes some valid points but overall the article reeks of bias and opinion. "Nearly twenty years later OpenGL still sucks for games", which is just plain untrue, if your drivers are solid (e.g. Nvidia). It's the PC ecosystem that's difficult to target due to the range of hardware, which is why Apple has such a narrow focus and benefits from this. Metal is IOS only...mobile not desktop, which is why it's such a low level API..duh!! We've come full circle because the mobile revolution brought us back to the beginning again - slower processors needing plenty of optimization techniques to get good performance...

Rich just sounds like he needs a breath of fresh air...and to go back to his favourite API, which is a purely subjective thing. Gabe Newell is a billionaire because he has vision. And currently his vision is SteamOS, and I find this very, very exciting. An OS that targets a huge range of hardware worked for Android and worked for Microsoft. It doesn't necessarily result in the most optimized or refined output, unlike Apple's walled (multiple concentric walls) garden, but it still succeeds, because variation and mutation ensures survival, just like in biology.

Still, sad that Rich has stopped working on VOGL, sounds like he did a great job.

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It's Estonian! Cool...didn't know that...

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Haven't tried it yet but just finished Witcher 1 on Wine with CSMT last night. Excellent timing!
Can I recommend to people Antimicro, a very excellent gamepad key mapper. I used it for Witcher1 and it worked perfectly. I ran out of buttons so I created a second profile that I triggered by pressing the start key on the gamepad (logitech f710).http://www.ryochan7.com/projects/antimicro/
http://www.ryochan7.com/projects/antimicro/ [External Link]

It was predictable that they were going to do a similar port to that of OSX (not fully native). CD Project RED are testing the linux waters, so let's give them some love instead of complaining. I've been enjoying reading about the the people here and on reddit that are giving away free copies of the game out of joy and support. That's the spirit! It's only a measley $4 in any case...

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Nice. I backed this project, the only Kickstarter I've ever given money to. John's been talking about how good the writing is in this project in his video updates...I hope this is the case. Looking forward to it.

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Well I'm Australian as well and we actually use British spelling. Any deviance from this is actually laziness or due to American influence (TV, books etc).

In case you had any doubts - http://www.defence.gov.au/ [External Link]

And I agree with Liam, tower defence is a genre, not a proper noun, so it can be spelt either way depending on your heritage.

The game looks good. Excited that more and more developers are turning to Linux (and glad we agree on THAT spelling).

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