Quoting: operaNot sure if GOL really needs to cover that kind of low level implementation details of graphics drivers.
I agree that the scope of driver functions is very interesting but the actual size of particular driver cache is a little too deep from my point of view.

In principle I agree with you, but...

I am thinking that probably as long as this kind of news are not too great of percentage of total news, it is more simple and better to not doing such filter so _really_ interesting news will not go unnoticed. On the other hand if this is getting out of hand I would say news should be filtered more.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI am a huge Civ fan, but it's honestly not a game I'd play multiplayer. Turn-based games and multiplayer don't mix very well IMHO. Still good to see this implemented for the people who wanted it. :)

Turn based games that have relatively small turns and players can do their turns concurrently (still turn based) can be pretty good for multiplayer. Civ5 is surprising good in multiplayer in my experience. Many things I do not like on Civ5 on single player (oversimplifying turns) and make me nostalgic for older civs in fact are doing multiplayer better. I do not have Civ6 but it could also be good for multiplayer.

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Cossacks ages ago has been my favorite historical themed RTS. I loved it more than Age of Empires (and I liked a lot AoE). I have a huge backlog now so I do not see spending €20 any time soon (a huge discount may trigger me though).

I remember they had said in March so if they make it before the end of the month is it really a delay or just a stretch?

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyOnce NVIDIA is pushed? Don't hold your breath. They're not "in any rush to compete" because Linux is 1-2% of the market and so they'd quite likely rather lose big chunks of the Linux desktop than expose any of their secret sauce. AMD does care a bit about Linux because they're scrambling for every tiny scrap of market share they can get.

nvidia clearly does not care about linux marketshare. But I think that they do care about linux as a technology. (Also do not forget that nvidia is leading on Android). I have absolutely no sense what AMD has in mind.

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Quoting: TheRiddickMost gamers on Linux are using NVIDIA cards, I can't remember the exact percentage but its pretty high. So saying open-source drivers are the most important thing for Linux gamer is kinda misleading given that fact.

Basically its the most important thing for YOU, but the rest of the world just wants a good gaming experience under linux and could give a crap about open/closed drivers.

Gamingonlinux statistics are saying 75% are using closed drivers. I am not saying people should avoid nvidia and closed drivers. In fact I am actually using them on my desktop that for some reasons is not my main machine. But people should care about having choice. Open source are not important to me to be better in every way but it is important to be viable choice. Having choice is good so if nvidia drivers would stop existing somehow that would be bad (unless of course mesa had become better in every way). But not having mesa would be terrible much worse. So while I am not against nvidia drivers, in this sense I say mesa is more important than nvidia.

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I have just seen this http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=8-march-radeonsi&num=1 [External Link]

Although mesa is still behind nvidia it seems it is finally competing as equal.

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An other way to put it is that there exist practically two type of drivers, open source (mesa) and close source (nvidia).

There are pros and cons but generally mesa is better for desktop and nvidia is better for games.

If someone wants close source drivers, he should definitely choose nvidia gpu and if someone wants open source, he should definitely avoid nvidia.

Open source drivers on nvidia gpu do exist (nouveau) but are worse than amd and intel and nvidia should be avoided if someone wants to avoid close source drivers.

Amd is also ...complicated... but it is generally best to just stick with open source drivers. If someone wants to go with close source he should just had nvidia.

Mesa although still behind from nvidia for gaming is getting better with every release and is already very competitive.

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The statement is very vague so I do not know. Of course we do not want another standard, we just want vulkan to win here. It is that simple. But if the 3D Portability Initiative is just a name for projects like HLSL -> Spir-V these are obviously good projects that will help everyone. So I do not know if that obligatory XKCD is relevant. It depends what are their goals and the statement is unclear.

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Quoting: liamdaweUpdate: It turns out, someone at Paradox ticked the Linux box without checking and it is in fact not coming to Linux [External Link]. I was told the system icons were a 'placeholder'. Helpful, really helpful.

I am very disappointed. :( I was not that interested on that particular game but Paradox was supporting linux on every recent game...

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Quoting: nateIs this another "RTS" without base building? I don't like it when games without base building are described as being "RTS." It just seems like the "RTS" genre has been massively dumbed down during the last 10 years or so (with a few exceptions, like StarCraft 2 and some indie titles).

Yes If there is no base building, it is a very different kind of game, so these details matter or we do not know what we are talking about, but a game is not dumbed down if not having base building! A game may just focus on different strategic and tactical elements and base building may also get in the way of these and dumb it down. "RTS" can vary a lot to the point of that they should get different category but a different category does not mean worse or better.

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