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You can now pre-order the SMACH Z gaming handheld
27 Apr 2018 at 8:23 pm UTC

Is there a review or any info about SMASH OS other than it is linux-based?

Rise of the Tomb Raider tested on AMD RX 580
21 Apr 2018 at 5:57 pm UTC Likes: 2

I always assumed it is that Feral is just only interested on steam-only pulishing which is absolutely fine and I do not think these games would be published on other places anyway.

(Something about my opinion on DRM. I hate it but steam is not that bad at all. I could write more, I just mention for example that I prefer a lot more running steam than for example need to run a "genuine" cd.)

Drilling wells and selling oil, some thoughts on Turmoil and its DLC
12 Apr 2018 at 6:46 am UTC

Quoting: ColomboI am very disappointed in this game. I can't even run it and devs completely ignore it.
hmm, the game runs fine on me.

I like Turmoil. It is *perfect* in what it does. Steam already says I have played 242 hours! What it does? It is perfect when I want to go brain-dead for a little break. Essentially it is an alternative to playing solitaire. To recapitulate:

Simple rules: check
Not too challenging (it is played for leisure): check
Not too boring: check
Randomness: check
Simple goal and you know how much time will be spent, not too much time and also not too short: check

So Perfect! But it is what it is nothing less, nothing more.

Valve confirms their continued support for Linux gaming
5 Apr 2018 at 7:04 am UTC

Quoting: MohandevirPersonnaly, what I would like to see is
As for DRM... I don't know why you are talking about that. I have no opinion on the subject and I highly respect Valves' work for the Linux ecosystem.
God, I hate that TLA, but here it is good, it means Direct Rendering Manager.

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is out expanding the game quite a lot
16 Mar 2018 at 5:36 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestDid they ever fixed the fonts in the Linux version?
What issue? I didn't notice any font issues in my testing of the game + the DLC.
I had problem with missing fonts on kerbal and other games. I installed every font I could find and that solved it as I have not seen that problem again. I thought that was about Arch but Feda has ubuntu as an icon and mentioned it. strange. So it was not about Arch. Anyway, developers should never make hard assumptions about installed fonts. Such stupid dependencies should be regarded as bugs.

DayZ is not currently coming to Linux, but the developers are open to it
16 Mar 2018 at 4:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Guestnot a big loss considering the game runs like crap anyway on windows,it won't be much better on linux.there are mostly negative reviews of it so glad that it's not coming over.
I always hope for one game that will just happen (not by design) to run like crap on windows but be ported on linux and will run wonderful. That would be a funny PR success for linux.

GDC’s annual "State of the Gaming Industry" report is out, shows encouraging signs for Linux
26 Jan 2018 at 8:51 am UTC Likes: 1

I don't get it, why do they need name/company/etc just to download a report?

An interview with the developer of space sim Helium Rain who says ‘Linux gaming is alive and well’
3 Jan 2018 at 5:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

I would say, forget about amdgpu-pro.
focus only on amdgpu + mesa and randeon + mesa.
also forget about older mesa, focus only on latest mesa, everyone will get latest mesa eventually anyway.

see table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#Features_Overview [External Link]
at the bottom
/drm/amdgpu is supported on GCN 3rd gen and later.
/drm/radeon is for older gpus

if older than GCN 3rd gen can not be supported this will be quite bad but not totally unacceptable.