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Intel announce a new CPU with AMD graphics and HBM2 memory
6 Nov 2017 at 7:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TiedemannMaybe we get some nice Kodi boxes out of this :)
Isn't an Intel IGP good enough for Kodi? I feel this would be overpowered.

Intel announce a new CPU with AMD graphics and HBM2 memory
6 Nov 2017 at 7:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: stretch611By helping AMD, Intel keeps regulators off its back by avoiding being labeled a monopoly. (While the current US administration is unlikely to care about monopolies, the EU does tend to take a stronger stance against them, and of course there is a lot of CPUs sold in the EU.)
I don't think so. It's not forbidden not to have competitors - it's forbidden to abuse the powers that come with it.

Steam for Linux entered Beta five years ago today
6 Nov 2017 at 4:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: liamdaweIf my memory serves me correctly, it was not a hat, but something attached to your belt?
Well served: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Tux [External Link]

Intel announce a new CPU with AMD graphics and HBM2 memory
6 Nov 2017 at 4:06 pm UTC Likes: 6

Now this is wild and crazy. Just when AMD attacked them on the CPU front...

Steam for Linux entered Beta five years ago today
6 Nov 2017 at 3:17 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: ageresDoes anyone remember TF2 Tux hat?
Wasn't it the only incentive ever of Valve for Windowsers to try Linux? :)

Steam for Linux entered Beta five years ago today
6 Nov 2017 at 1:59 pm UTC Likes: 9

I had joined the beta in early Decembre [External Link]. At the end of Decembre, I wrote a blog post [External Link]. Citing:

Yesterday, for the first time I have bought a professional game for Linux. If gaming on Linux would establish itself, after all the time I used Windows solely as a gaming platform, I could finally delete my Windows partition.

Of course, this is illusory at the moment. There are about 40 games for Linux on Steam, and I don't even know most of them. But who knows... maybe, a start has been made.


I did delete my Windows partition at April, 8th 2014.

F1 2017 released for Linux as Feral Interactive’s first Vulkan-only title, here’s a port report
4 Nov 2017 at 9:11 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: BeamboomThe whole problem here is that we call these releases "ports", when they in fact are "wrapped". Nobody expects a game run in Wine to be on par with Windows performance. We should apply that same expectation on these games.

They are not ported, the source code is not "translated" to run natively. They have had added an extra layer so that they don't NEED to be ported. This is a crucial difference.

And from THAT perspective, these releases are pretty damn impressive. They are like Wine on steroids, with a 100% smooth experience and pretty darn good performance.

They just are NOT ports.
As long as there are no Windows binaries inside - and I never heard of that for Feral ports - you're wrong.
Using a source wrapper is still a port. While WINE uses Windows binaries.

F1 2017 released for Linux as Feral Interactive’s first Vulkan-only title, here’s a port report
3 Nov 2017 at 11:03 am UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: 0aTTYou and some others do not understand that not all people have the luxury to use several OS. I just have not the time and I'm very grateful to Feral now and again to get an AAA title for my platform that I have to use. Between 10 or 20% of the time I play maybe, the rest of the day I have to do something else unfortunately. And I need Linux for that. Sometimes I only play 15 minutes in between. I can not boot my entire working environment every time.
I'm glad because I've got the luxury to not use several OS nowadays, thanks to Feral and others.

F1 2017 is officially coming to Linux, releasing November 2nd from Feral Interactive
2 Nov 2017 at 3:09 pm UTC

Quoting: EhvisThis is where it was introduced for Linux:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/76394/en-us [External Link]
Thanks!
This might influence my next GPU - and monitor - choice.

Maybe you could write a GoL article about your experiences?