Where I'm from bloody isn't a cuss word, if we could just drop the classist barrier intentionally created by the rich and poor to segregate people by their speech that would be great.

Hell, It's about fucking time.

(This story has a funky smell to it, either the replyer is braindead or just CYOA)

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I converted another person this week to Linux, the expansion continues.

I also bought a RX 480, I'm doing tests on it right now to see if it can suit my gaming and work needs. Hopefully.

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Quoting: nepoThanks for sharing your experience! I've considered to test Steam OS, but I'm very unsure now - are there any benefits over a "normal" Linux install, say Linux Mint for example? What distribution do you prefer for a pure gaming system? What system deliver maximal performance? I'm not a Linux professional (so I fear Arch Linux ;)) - but also I'm not a total beginner (don't want to start a 'distro war' here of course, just hoping for a few tips for the next fresh install).

Arch Installs aren't so bad, I've done probably 30. Here's the Steam Arch Install Guide [External Link] that I use. It's been heavily drafted - throw up a virtual machine, if you have questions or suggestions leave a comment.

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Quoting: GuestWell, it’s Unity 3D… All the games that use the Unity engine from nov. 2015 or more recent crash here (or at best have no sound) unless I disable the Steam runtime. IIRC it’s related to Valve providing libpulse when they shouldn’t. But most non-Unity 3D games work fine with the Steam runtime. So it shows they don’t care much (both Valve and Unity) if games work or not on Linux.

That reminds me of Steam on BSD where they had no sound, maybe no correlation but my followup impulsive question is are you using BSD?

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Boo... Boo...
Boo...

Well since it came free with the controller I'll try it out but my expectations are dirt low and I bet it will be a shiznit port too with teribad quality - a big fsck you to the linux community.

On the off chance its not shiznit I'll be like eh ok. But man they really screwed up and are terrible at time management and persuing goals

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I'm not sold yet, if they can swing one way and back they may come to their senses.

Releasing on Linux isn't only about including ever piece of the pie or capturing a cult market for PR, SEO, or entering a market with little competition to dominate a genre, it's also about immortalizing your game.

How you gonna play a N64 cartridge on a Nintendo Wii or even a Windows 98 game on a Windows 10 computer? Linux though? If you want to immortalize your game so it runs forever Linux is a sensible thing to do.

Hindsight is 20/20 - if I knew Windows or Mac was going to burn down in advance I would GTFO instead of spend the night there. If I knew a massive earthquake was going to strike I would GTFO. My professional knowledge of the computing scene has red alerts and fire alarms going crazy since Windows 8, it's time to go folks if you value your freedom and privacy and rights and have any sort of self respect.

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Quoting: Duck Hunt-Pr0

"Linux is the future of gaming" - G. Newell

View video on youtube.com

"An open platform for innovation" - G. Newell

View video on youtube.com

That was a great watch thanks! :)

It's been a amazing, exciting and turbulent takeoff these last few years in the Linux sector of gaming, but hot damn It's incredibly exciting - In the future I will be proud to tell others about my personal efforts to persuade developers and overturn misinformation and beat down trolls showing plainly why Linux is the future to onlookers on the fence.

We all deserve commendation for all of our efforts thus far, we're snowballing now and the avalanche is coming next, so buckle up we got a few more trolls to plow through and developers to entice and pull with us, we're booming and the Linux Industry in general is booming.

LinuxIsTheFuture™

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Why is Arch the sensible linux distro for gaming? Well because we have pacman of course!!

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Quoting: ShmerlGood. RX 480 seem to be always out of stock. By this rate, I'd probably wait for Vega cards already.

This is where i'm at with it, I had no idea the product would be so slammed with buyers since it seems like the bitcoin miners have passed to custom hardware.

You good sir do you happen to know what time frame Vega is coming?

I just had 2 system builds for Linux users this week and unfortunately Zen hasn't dropped yet so I had to select a Intel combo instead of AMD APU :\.

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