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Quoting: Aryvandaar

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI don't believe in dual boot. I prefer to have the things separated. That's why I have two steam accounts.

Nope, I saw what you wrote about having two machines. :)

I stopped dual-booting as well, but just cause W10 was being a little bitch when I upgraded from W7. Instead of fucking around with the booting I just bought a new ssd for Linux and took out the Windows ssd. I ordered a 2nd ssd mount for my Windows ssd. If I have to use Windows I have to shut down the computer and plug in power + sata, which would encourage me not to use Windows cause I cba to.

Can you get a Case with a disk dock on top?.. eventually?
My case is a very generic one, (The pic is not mine, but the case is the same)
Is very useful when I have to exchange backup drives between both machines... Or If I need to do an emergency Linux boot on the windows machine for my own Linux vs Windows game comparatives.

I assembled the Windows 7 machine recently, in September of 2016, after the end of the forced Windows 10 upgrade period.
I didn't want to install Windows 7 during the Free Windows 10 upgrade, because I was afraid that the crappy upgrade will be installed against my will.

Meanwhile I am writing this post with my Ubuntu machine, on my Windows 7 machine I am downloading the 10 hours trial of Mass Effect: Andromeda...

Spoiler, click me

The EA "Origin Access" feature is the best idea from that company.. Is amazing to be able to play a lot of full games and trials of EA exclusive games for just 5 U$D per month... Valve MUST take note about that.

I am doing some tests on my Linux machine, and I can see that Metro Redux use all my cores and the load on each core is more or less the same, never 100%.... meanwhile with Life is Strange, only 2 cores are used with a load of about 100% each core.

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In theory, due to the amount of core/threads, the ryzen 5 1400 and the 1500x are the equivalent rivals to the Intel core i7 4790K...
Let's see what happen in the real world.

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Quoting: Aryvandaar

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf You switched from Windows for never come back, the best way to support Linux is to forget about the Steam account from your windows era, open a new Steam account and buy the games again.

I fail to understand your reasoning here. If you buy a game on Linux and play it on Linux it counts as a Linux sale. Why do you need a new account only for Linux?

It seems that you missed the part of my post were I said that I have TWO machines: One with a legit Windows 7 and another with Ubuntu...

I don't believe in dual boot. I prefer to have the things separated. That's why I have two steam accounts.

Quoting: finaldesteven Microsoft are now starting to allow Xbox players to play on PC as even they see the benefit of cross platform play.

Maybe because the Xbox One IS a Windows machine?... Obviously "Cross platform" play between Windows 10 and Xbox ONE will be easy.

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I agree on paying for Linux games when you already have the Windows version in your steam library, because is the only thing that makes the gaming on Linux a serious business and is the best way to track Linux numbers...

And publishers should get a higher cut from the Linux version than the cut they got from the windows version, if Valve want the success of Steam OS... Example: If We want big publishers like Activision or Bethesda releasing their games on Linux, Valve must give them an offer that they can not reject: a higher cut than Windows and consoles.

I disagree with those who want to get the linux version as a DLC of the Windows version they bought years ago, because that is to treat Linux as a residual of Windows.

I disagree with those who thing that Steam is a platform.
Steam is an store and a DRM; the platform is the OS where the Steam client and the games are running.

Licences must be per OS if we want to attract publishers, Developers and porters.

To want that a licence of a game from the Windows platform must be valid on the Linux platform, is like to want that a licence of a PS4 game platform must be valid on the Xbox one platform.

I don't understand why Feral, publisher of the Linux ports they make, don't list their ports apart from the windows version.. They are loosing a lot money, because a lot of people are playing their ports for free, due to the Steamplay.

If You switched from Windows for never come back, the best way to support Linux is to forget about the Steam account from your windows era, open a new Steam account and buy the games again.

In my case, I have two machines; one with a legit Windows 7 and another with Ubuntu (the one I am using for to write this)
For to support Linux, I created an steam account just for that [External Link] and I re-bought a lot of the games I have on my windows steam account [External Link].

I support the gaming on linux so much, that some games like Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Mad Max, Alien isolation, Shadow of Mordor and a few indie games are only present in my Linux Steam account...

(sadly there are windows games in the linux steam account, because they came bundled)

I am thinking about to do the same with GOG.

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I like what they did.
If You want to play the game on Linux and support Linux as a gaming platform, pay for it and don't play it for free like if it were a residual of Windows...

This is THE BEST way to track Linux numbers, is the best way to support the Linux platform and should be an standard for all publishers from now and then.

I'm very sure that Bohemia will get a higher cut from the sales of the Linux version than the cut of the Windows version...
and that is the way to go if Valve want to make SteamOS/Linux a viable business platform.

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Virtual Reality was a commercial failure in the past and is a failure in the present and will be a failure in the future...

I don't understand why they waste time and resources with this..:huh:

Virtual reality will be a success only if we manage to hack the human brain with a non-invasive method, stimulating the parts related to the five senses... And that is science fiction, for now.

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Has been solved the problems with Alan Wake?
I have mute cinematics..

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Too bad that the Linux version of both Metro Redux are not available on GOG... :><:
And I don't blame GOG for this.

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Quoting: natewardawg

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoCan you do the Vulkan and the OpenGL benchmarks under windows too?
I want to see the difference between Vulkan-Windows vs Vulkan-Linux and OpenGL-Windows vs OpenGL-Linux.

Yep, here you go. I put them all here again for easy reading :)

Vulkan (Linux):
Ultra: 41.6
Medium: 158.3
Lowest: 419.3

Vulkan (Windows):
Ultra: 42.6
Medium: 166.8
Lowest: 387.7

OpenGL (Linux):
Ultra: 36.5
Medium: 101.0
Lowest: 263.2

OpenGL (Windows):
Ultra: 36.3
Medium: 101.2
Lowest: 343.5

D3D 11 (Windows):
Ultra: 45.6
Medium: 172.6
Lowest: 355.2

So, the numbers are about the same for Vulkan between Ultra and Medium, with it doing fairly better on Linux for Lowest settings (which is neat to see). OpenGL is almost exactly the same for Ultra and Medium, but doing significantly better on Windows (which I personally find interesting). Also, all tests were done with 1920x1080 resolution.

Thank you for the info. :)

Sadly, this is the exception to the rule, because Croteam are the exception to the rule..
They are true developers..
You can see the passion in their work and the evidence of that are the continuous upgrades and improvements in a game that is more than two years old...
The Linux version of The Talos Principle is not a port of a Windows game; is an in-house developed Linux game and that should be the standard of Linux games...

But, I don't see porters like Feral, VP or Aspyr following the path of Croteam in matter of upgrades..
Games like Tomb Raider, Life is Strange, Mad Max, Deus Ex Mankind Divided will benefit of an upgrade to Vulkan, but that won't happen because is Feral...
Maybe the future linux port of Rise of the Tomb Raider will use Vulkan from scratch..Who knows.

Games like both Metro Redux don't need Vulkan upgrades, because they are in-house Linux games with a performance that is close to the windows versions. The only update they need is to add a resolution control in the graphics options and Physx by GPU, but I don't think it will happen because those games are abandonware.

I purchased the game twice; one for my windows account and another for my Linux account.
I give Croteam 9 of 10

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