TL;DR: Linux gamers should not pre-order, kickstart, pay to be allowed to beta-test (EA) or in any other way support projects or developers if/when it's not certain that this actually benefits Linux as a gaming platform and thus themselves as Linux gamers. Don't trust a developer until they have shown their ability and will to deliver. It's too early for us to take anything as a given.

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Quoting: HunterZIs there a forum thread or something to read words written by these guys? Just posting a link to a barebones PPA gives me no context, and thus no assurance that I'm not installing crap.

You can see that the PPA is owned and maintained by Canonical employees and there's a mailing list thread here [External Link] as linked in the first GOL article on the subject. I don't know if it's official in the literal sense of the word though as the whole thing is very much a work in progress still.

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Quoting: tuubiNot really. Fully agree on the idiocy of early access, but investment implies expected profit for the investor. I'd say crowdfunding is the bastard child of pre-orders and misplaced charity.

Implies expected, yes. Implies you're going to GET it? If you believe THAT, I've got some nice sea-side property on the Florida coastline...only a bit wet and a few gators on it. Make for good beachfront housing. >;-D

Uhh... One of us is having trouble with the language if that's how you read my post.

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@Shmerl: Oh all right, you're not wrong. I guess getting burnt on absolutely every single one of my "investments" might have soured me on the concept a bit too much. Still, I doubt I'll ever take part in one of these campaigns again, especially if it's for something as unimportant (gasp!) as entertainment.

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Quoting: ShmerlCrowdfunding is investment, early access is paying for beta testing (which is weird).

Not really. Fully agree on the idiocy of early access, but investment implies expected profit for the investor. I'd say crowdfunding is the bastard child of pre-orders and misplaced charity.

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Quoting: OlliC$ mpv --version
mpv 0.8.0

Yeah you probably need a more recent version. I got 0.9.2 from mc3man's trusty-media PPA. You also need a recent version of youtube-dl. You can always get the latest one with pip. (The package is called python-pip in Ubuntu.)

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroDead Island and Dying Light are fun games, but their stories were written by 10-year-olds who have had no exposure to anything other than GTA their entire lives.

Like most AAA games and (Hollywood) movies. Anything with a story that isn't dumbed down and doesn't appeal to the lowest common denominator gets hailed in the press as the best thing since sliced bread but it's the easily digested stuff with pretty graphics that brings home the big bucks. Happily - as you said - they can often still be fun to play.

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Quoting: adolsonNot the first time Motorhead is in a game. Lemmy himself starred in Brutal Legend - also available on Linux.

Hey, don't forget this one [External Link], released in 1992. Also playable on Linux with UAE. Lemmy himself is the protagonist, kicking butt and riding his hog, sometimes simultaneously. Brutal Legend was fun though.

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The videos now seem to be available for your viewing pleasure:
Vulkan on NVIDIA GPUs [External Link]
NVIDIAs Linux Graphics Debugger [External Link]

The other NVIDIA siggraph talks can also be found here [External Link].

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI dont really see this move as "deserving praise" as I feel that since Ubuntu is one of 2 supported Steam distros. I feel that having proper nVidia drivers is their duty to their users. Still it's good news, but it's like praising an employee for doing the job they were hired to do.

Except that it is technically Valve who supports Ubuntu as a platform for their product, not the other way around. I doubt Valve actually pays Canonical to support Steam users.

Regardless, I agree that Ubuntu should have provided an official source for proprietary display driver updates for current (and LTS) Ubuntu releases ages ago. For hardware support if not for gaming.

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