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GOL Asks: What Was Your Favourite Linux Game Release In August?
2 Sep 2015 at 2:32 pm UTC
2 Sep 2015 at 2:32 pm UTC
Shadowrun Hong Kong. Haven't played Sat Reign yet, but that also seems my cup of tea.
Alien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It
9 Jul 2015 at 8:46 pm UTC
9 Jul 2015 at 8:46 pm UTC
yay, hiding-under-table simulator 20whatever is coming to linux. totally tubular.
New Linux Gaming Survey For June
1 Jun 2015 at 7:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
1 Jun 2015 at 7:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
Funny thing: I've got a PS Vita, but I use it more for surfing the web around the house than for playing games. I'm also planning on buying a Pandora soon, and I'll try my hand at writing a review, if it hasn't been done yet.
Linux Drops Below 1% On The Steam Hardware Survey
6 May 2015 at 6:20 pm UTC
6 May 2015 at 6:20 pm UTC
GTA V doesn't affect my usage at all, Pillars of Eternity got me gaming natively for a little bit, but in the end I keep going back to wine for good old Dark Souls.
New Linux Gaming Survey For May
1 May 2015 at 4:14 pm UTC
1 May 2015 at 4:14 pm UTC
"Did you exclusively buy Linux games last month?"
"Yes/No"
How about "I didn't buy any games last month"?
Unless activating my copy of Pillars of Eternity counts, which I backed way back when.
EDIT: Also, a number of games run better under Wine then natively on my system, take that for what it's worth.
"Yes/No"
How about "I didn't buy any games last month"?
Unless activating my copy of Pillars of Eternity counts, which I backed way back when.
EDIT: Also, a number of games run better under Wine then natively on my system, take that for what it's worth.
Zowie Gear EC2-A Gaming Mouse: A Linux Gamer's Review, Initial Impressions And Early Performance
25 Apr 2015 at 3:00 pm UTC
25 Apr 2015 at 3:00 pm UTC
My Sharkoon Drakonia also works out of the box without having to do extra configuration, it has 7 buttons and a switch to increase or decrease the mouse sensitivity. What I like is that the 6th button (a button on the lower left side of the mouse) by default functions as double click, which will probably help me avoid carpal tunnel in the foreseeable future.
The GOL Nouveau Experiment – Conclusion
2 Apr 2015 at 6:29 pm UTC
Funnily enough I switched to OpenSUSE because when Arch rolled to... 3.14 I think (maybe 3.16?), even simply watching a video under the OS drivers would cause a kernel panic. While before that I had no problems whatsoever.
EDIT again: So many people having good experiences with the OS driver, maybe my card is simply cursed or something. There should be more lists of what hardware works well under Linux and what doesn't.
2 Apr 2015 at 6:29 pm UTC
Quoting: FutureSutureI see that you use openSUSE. Is that openSUSE 13.2 or openSUSE Tumbleweed you are using? I hope to not sound condescending by saying this, but open source graphics drivers on Linux benefit from the latest Linux and Mesa updates. Do you have the latest version of Linux and Mesa?Well, I dualboot OpenSUSE and Arch and both have the same problem, so unless I should switch to Arch testing or use the KOTD in OpenSUSE, I don't think updating will make too much of a difference.
Funnily enough I switched to OpenSUSE because when Arch rolled to... 3.14 I think (maybe 3.16?), even simply watching a video under the OS drivers would cause a kernel panic. While before that I had no problems whatsoever.
EDIT again: So many people having good experiences with the OS driver, maybe my card is simply cursed or something. There should be more lists of what hardware works well under Linux and what doesn't.
The GOL Nouveau Experiment – Conclusion
1 Apr 2015 at 5:32 pm UTC
1 Apr 2015 at 5:32 pm UTC
As someone with an AMD card believe me, the OS driver isn't nearly as good as some people claim it is.
X-COM:EU/EW locks the GPU. Anything even remotely taxing will run like a car with cubic wheels.
EDIT: For who is curious: AMD Radeon HD 7770 Cape Verde.
X-COM:EU/EW locks the GPU. Anything even remotely taxing will run like a car with cubic wheels.
EDIT: For who is curious: AMD Radeon HD 7770 Cape Verde.
The GOL Nouveau Experiment
16 Mar 2015 at 4:56 pm UTC
16 Mar 2015 at 4:56 pm UTC
Running OS drivers on my Radeon HD 7770 is terrible, X-COM:EU keeps locking up my CPU after about 30 minutes of gameplay. Happens both under Arch and under OpenSUSE 13.2.
Why Are We Still Dual Booting?
12 Mar 2015 at 6:08 pm UTC
12 Mar 2015 at 6:08 pm UTC
I'm a Linux user before I am a gamer ( but neither is #1 for me).
That said, I have had terrible experiences gaming on Linux (X-COM locking up my GPU, wine updates breaking compatibility with Dark Souls, DS2, Fallout:NV and Drakensang, Unity3D games being horribly buggy messes on release, distros without good multilib support not having access to PCSX2,...) so I'm debating setting up a Windows drive under QEMU for some peace of mind.
As long as ZSNES and PCSXR keep working properly I can keep gaming on Linux, though, and I'm slowly starting to experiment with PlayOnLinux which seems promising.
That said, I have had terrible experiences gaming on Linux (X-COM locking up my GPU, wine updates breaking compatibility with Dark Souls, DS2, Fallout:NV and Drakensang, Unity3D games being horribly buggy messes on release, distros without good multilib support not having access to PCSX2,...) so I'm debating setting up a Windows drive under QEMU for some peace of mind.
As long as ZSNES and PCSXR keep working properly I can keep gaming on Linux, though, and I'm slowly starting to experiment with PlayOnLinux which seems promising.
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