I'm going to go against the grain here and point out that many Windows users who get the survey decline it because they don't want to be bothered while almost every Linux user is ecstatic to receive the survey. And even despite this contrast, Linux numbers still seem to be shrinking.

Or does Valve's survey system account for people who decline by sending out a new survey until somebody accepts and "fills the position"?

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I really wish that either Steam client would go open source or that Itch would gain access to higher profile games.

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Oh boy! 2%! We're really reaching for the skies now!



But seriously, this is really great news in that the growth happened rapidly within the last ~3 years. I hope it continues.

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Quoting: ShmerlSome info about plans to open source the Vulkan driver, and amdgpu dkms module:

* https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4qfy9d/i_work_at_amd_the_time_has_come_to_ama_about/d4smlbt [External Link]

* https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/4qffn1/amd_radeon_rx_480_on_linux_benchamarks/d4sokbi [External Link]

* https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4pxt3o/what_you_need_to_do_to_your_linux_system_if_you/d4p0bjn [External Link]

Thank you for these links as I am currently in the process of graduating from Mint to pure Debian and I'm trying to figure out how to get AMDGPU instead of default RadeonSI.

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Quoting: tuubiYou might not have Valve's budget, but you really do an awful lot for Linux gaming.

Seriously. Ever since I switched, this has been the resource of Linux game news for me. The only others that even come close are LinuxGameNews and maybe Phoronix.

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I have a legacy x86 tower that I keep around as novelty but it runs Debian so I don't think I can participate in this survey. It would be sad to see 32 bit support drop but ultimately wouldn't affect anything important to me.

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So is powerplay enabled by default in kernel 4.6 AMDGPU? There should be preliminary support for Polaris in 4.6 and this determines how soon I can get a Polaris based card.

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Quoting: InspectorGidgetI though that if a game used Vulkan, we would just have it on Linux too... But that obviously isn't the case with DOOM.

If only we were so lucky. Vulkan only guarantees a level playing field, developers still need to explicitly target Linux.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismYou may be tempered by the cold realities of _life experience_ but don't let that take your joy away - look at the huge success Linux has had as a platform in the last couple years partially due to people baiting developers into promising "Linux Support".

Every one us us has made a impact by all our actions to help create a lightning rod and it's working. GOL has served as a gaming hub to centralize and perpetuate excitement, and we've started the avalanche.

25% of Steam Games on Linux or 2,500 games is an amazing accomplishment. If you could do one thing to help the future, a worthy cause would be protecting them from closed software systems (not applications) destined to lead to dystopia, greed and corporations forcing users to play their game with their rules their way.

It's a two way effort needed to crack the dreaded chicken-and-egg problem. Valve and others have done an excellent job in building out initial infrastructure for high profile games and we, as gamers, need to meet them somewhere in the middle. So pushing commercial Linux games has been a personal goal of mine. I initially went with Mint in part to help boost the numbers of the already biggest(?) distribution and have urged friends/family on board as well. That was back in early 2015 and just in that year alone I've witnessed growth that I couldn't ever have imagined.

If you (reader) are somebody who is still dual booting Windows for convenience, I urge you to go cold turkey 100% Linux and help us all.

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Last I know they filed for bankruptcy and the Desura site went on as a zombie service long after. Though now it looks like desura.com [External Link] is down RIP is still up but takes forever to load.

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