Close to tray! \o/

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2016 was a great year for us Linux gamers. Let's hope 2017 is even better!

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Quoting: Luke_Nukem

Quoting: Mountain ManAMD has really done a disservice to the Linux community with their poor support. If it wasn't for Nvidia, Linux gaming wouldn't be where it is today.

That's true. But you can certainly lay part of that blame at the feet of ATI before they were bought by AMD. I used ATI once over a decade ago and Linux support was atrocious - sure it worked, but very poorly. Seems this has remained true right up to the last year or two (depending).

ATi's Windows divers were never that great, either.

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Quoting: throghThe thing is: Most computers (including desktop and mobile) have only UEFI within as standard implemented. I won't buy a machine which has no alternative for a free BIOS like Libreboot or Coreboot! And using NVidia as practible standard: AMD is more than good with the MESA-drivers, not really open but it's a way forward while NVidia goes more closed with their signed firmware. Complete proprietary hardware? No way, thanks! :)

It would be great if Nvidia was more open, but that's just not the way major hardware and software companies do things. The sad truth is that if you want things completely free (as in speech, not beer) then your options are going to be severely curtailed.

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Quoting: pete910

Quoting: Mountain ManAMD has really done a disservice to the Linux community with their poor support. If it wasn't for Nvidia, Linux gaming wouldn't be where it is today.

Don't talk utter crud.

Nv drivers have been reasonable on linux since what, the 90's. !

Why has it taken this long? And to point out, the games that were on linux prior to steam worked fine on AMD too. as both camps was generally beating the windows version on several games.

So the real force that catapulted linux gaming???? Valve/Steam end of.

Valve certainly deserves the lion's share of the credit, but AMD/ATi drivers have always been crap. Do you think Valve would have even bothered with Linux if games couldn't run with acceptable performance? That's why I say that if it wasn't for Nvidia, Linux gaming wouldn't be where it is today. But maybe that's too strong. Perhaps I should say that it probably wouldn't be where it is today.

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AMD has really done a disservice to the Linux community with their poor support. If it wasn't for Nvidia, Linux gaming wouldn't be where it is today.

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Sounds like Train Fever all over again: a high-concept game full of bugs and poor optimization.

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They may not always get some of the most-wanted games by Linux gamers, but preserving classics is important.

Preserving classic games by making them playable on modern operating systems was the genesis of their business. It's why they used to call themselves Good Old Games.

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I'm still not sure what the hang up is. Are they talking technical feasibility, or financial feasibility?

All I know is that if this was in the hands of Feral, we'd probably be playing it already.

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Quoting: AdinimysI might be dreaming but could it help Bethesda realise that a port would be interesting for them ?

I wouldn't get your hopes up. But seriously, I would buy it they did.

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