Quoting: lucifertdarkI'm using the 361.28 driver, that doesn't come with Vulkan I suppose? why do they make things so complicated?

I guess nVidia really wanted to be the first ones to deliver drivers out of the gate on Vulkan's launch, therefore they used their stable driver branch for the basis (at that time). Now they keep patching the old driver until it's stable enough to be patched into the mainline.
Lets hope that they have some good folk working on it and we'll get this soon... as of right now, I see no point in making workarounds like downgrading xorg or similar just to run 3-4 demos that nVidia has released. Though, should the Talos Principle release the Vulkan beta for linux - then I might give it a go.

Should anyone be interested in it on Arch, here's a good read:
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/464kw5/is_someone_working_on_vulkan_version_of_nvidia/ [External Link]
They have the PKGBUILD ready. Probably one would need to downgrade xorg and update the version in the PKGBUILD beforehand though.

Quoting: neowiz73I just noticed the Vulkan driver ppa for Ubuntu has a Trusty and Xenial build now. but they are still at the 355.00.26 version. should be updated soon I'd assume. makes me consider distro hopping to an Ubuntu flavor soon :P

Don't do that if you're already on Arch - no point. See the link above. ;)

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ARK's Linux support is so piss-poor that after 43h of playtime, I finally gave up when yesterday, I tried to log in and without success, due to Battleye. Thanks but no thanks.
The worst part is that the game got advertised (don't know if it still does) as FULL STEAMOS SUPPORT and FULL STEAM CONTROLLER SUPPORT!!! Nope, linux version is missing a hellova lot of features and optimizations when in comparison to the Win brethren. Also SteamController support is a joke - they simply implemented xbox360pad support and slapped the default config on it.
Very poor going from the devs in my opinion... but that's just my opinion. Rant's over. :)

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Quoting: khalismurActually, scepticism towards Windows 10 and it's bad reputation might be the single most positively influential factor in Linux gaming in this year.

I agree.
Fun side-fact - when it was revealed that Windows7 machines, running automatic updates, will receive Windows10 at a random patching date, even my gf started to ask around for the alternatives. :)

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These are truly great news. I guess my Batman refund will be finding its way into Mad Max's territory. :D

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Well then, a refund it is. >=(>

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This could be a pretty cool idea. I'd be interested in trying this out as well - got mic, got camera, got interest in it.
Gamer since the Pentium 166Mhz days and a linux user since, idk, 2011(?). :P

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They blocked you from their tweets? Seriously?!? Mwbhahahahaha, though. :D
Oh god.

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Next up - the INDYCAR challenge!!! :D

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Quoting: Beta Version

For the time being, Ori will only be available on Microsoft-owned platforms, such as Xbox, Win10, PC.

So now not only Mac OS and Linux is not PC. Win10 is not PC either. It is amusing that such stupid developers can make such a good games.

Hah, my thoughts exactly!
I'm pretty sick of people calling Windows OS running machines PC's and Linux/OSx machines, well, Linux and OSx machines. I don't exactly know where this stupidity is originating from, but when we look at what the term means, then we find that it is "Personal Computer", which basically covers all three major players. (Win, Linux, Mac)
In a way, Linux is the most PC out of them all as it allows for the greatest level of customization, hence personalization.

Ok, enough of my silly rant. Let's hope that Khronos guys can get their legal stuff fixed up soon and officially launch Vulkan. :P
Da hype-train-is-real! :D

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Can't wait to get a port report from you guys or an Xpander's video to compare the performance. :P

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