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NVIDIA driver 415.22 is out for Linux, finally adding Transform Feedback support
7 Dec 2018 at 6:29 pm UTC

Yay, I was just thinking about sending them a heads up to get an update and then I see this.

Ethan Lee to put FNA into 'maintenance mode indefinitely' while working out a deal to work on Steam Play's Proton
3 Oct 2018 at 4:35 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: ScooptaMaybe it's just me and maybe I'm just synical but I read this a little differently. I read this as a developer who has been actively working on porting games natively to Linux is now moving to proton which is the exact opposite of what I hope to see. Proton shouldn't replace native titles it should merely be a stop gap till we get more.
Improvements in audio and .net support for windows games will trickle down to native ports as well.
Agreed, I think at this point Proton is the way to go simply to increase adoption rates. With adoption rates comes demand, and with demand comes financial justification to "actually" support linux.

Ethan Lee to put FNA into 'maintenance mode indefinitely' while working out a deal to work on Steam Play's Proton
1 Oct 2018 at 10:01 pm UTC Likes: 12

Better .Net support would be HUGE for Wine, it's the bane of any linux user's winesperience. That and old windows kernel-level DRM, anyway.

Valve officially confirm a new version of 'Steam Play' which includes a modified version of Wine
22 Aug 2018 at 3:39 pm UTC Likes: 2

Been playing with this for a little over an hour, and so far I've had very good results overall. I've only really tried older games so far (smaller downloads, this just came out after all).

The not great:
  • Crazy Taxi: Loads, but crashes after pressing start.

  • Chip's Challenge 1: Does not load at all. Not surprising, I seem to recall this game requiring .Net 4+.

  • Learn Japanese To Survive Hiragana Battle: No graphics, it's possible desktop settings could fix this (compositor, etc). Plays blind w/ music.


The good:
  • Dead Island Definitive Edition: Plays great, mouse is slow in the main menu.


The great:
  • C&C Red Alert 3: Plays perfectly.

  • Duke Nukem Manhatten Project: Plays "perfectly" with nixon quotes. Takes like 30 seconds for the window to show, THEN plays perfectly. I'm not sure if it does this in windows too.

  • Sam & Max Season 1 Ep 2, Situation Comedy: Plays perfectly.

We've teamed up with GOG for another fantastic giveaway: Surviving Mars & Iconoclasts
14 Jun 2018 at 4:08 pm UTC

garret@Luigi ~ $ iconoclasts
iconoclasts: command not found
garret@Luigi ~ $ sudo giveaway iconoclasts
[sudo] password for garret:
You wish! 
garret@Luigi ~ $

DoomRL or 'DRL' as it's now called has gone open source
7 Dec 2016 at 2:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

It's just copyright law, they have to defend it whether it's competing or not unfortunately.

Hotline Miami 2 Released, Doesn't Work On Linux For Some
11 Mar 2015 at 5:15 pm UTC

I'm going to take a completely random stab at this and guess that it's related to which compositor is in use. The ones that use acceleration tend to cause input problems in OpenGL games.

Zotac Announces A Proper Steam Machine With SteamOS (Updated)
5 Mar 2015 at 2:55 pm UTC

Seems a little steep on price, though Intel NUCs are always on the expensive side -- and this one blows them out of the water, so pricing in that sense is about right.

Pair this with Kodi (formerly XBMC) and you'd have a pretty slick HTPC.

Aspyr's Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remaster Is Real And It's Out, We Have Keys For You [Key hunt is over]
29 Jan 2015 at 2:25 pm UTC

My favorite horror-thriller is definitely the movie Event Horizon for several reasons. My not-yet girlfriend wanted to watch a scary movie with me way back then for obvious teenage reasons. It was the scariest movie I'd ever seen at the time, so I figured why not give her a thrill. We've been married for 10 years, and it took almost as long for her to even watch Jurassic Park again because of Event Horizon (Sam Neill). Interestingly, I found out just a few months ago that my dad won't even watch Event Horizon, because he can't sleep if he does.

Honestly, I have it on my shelf and love the story about the movie more then the movie itself. I've never watched my blu-ray of it, and I'm not sure I ever will.