This is going to be what separates the men from the boys. The weak will accept their new restrictions because they are either ignorant to the bigger picture or just don't care.

It will be the same folks who support consoles by employing the logic of "Well, I want to have access to all games!".

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Quoting: ilcontegisIs it possible to install Minecraft on Steam?

Minecraft: Storymode is on Steam, and you can add Minecraft via "Add a Non-Steam Game to My library" option. Otherwise, no.

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Quoting: Dea1993performance decreased a lot on linux with this new update (on my notebook)

Quoting: apocalyptechthough it's a shame if OpenJDK stopped working with this update.

Embrace, extend, extinguish. I'll be using Minetest for my voxel block game needs from now on.

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Quoting: jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Quoting: jordicomaAs yesterdey's news, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Galaxy-S7-Launch-Event [External Link], the galaxy S7 at Mobile World Congress showed a demo with unreal 4 with vulkan on android.
Could this game have vulkan support for linux next year?

Yes, Unreal Engine 4 will support vulkan. I'm betting Unreal engine will have a vulkan demo in 3-4 months.

Unreal Engine 4 has already supported Vulkan since yesterday and shared a demo for UE4 Vulkan on mobile devices. [External Link]

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You may think that this article's picture is of their game but it is in fact a depiction of how Stainless Games is treating their Linux backers.

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Soldak have been recycling assets since ~2007. There is a reason it looks dated. I'm sure it's a fun game, though.

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Quoting: GuestAnd woah if they're not doing multithreading on vulkan, they might as well still be using OpenGL.

But there is still less overhead per frame. Multithreading is only a part of the equation.

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20:43 yikes I'm not seeing Crytek on that list.

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The author of this article is clearly thinking like a brainwashed console user. Exclusives will only hurt consumers in the end. It is a practice that must be stopped. You say that

"I think this is negative for SteamOS; without exclusives there's little reason for anyone to try and use SteamOS or Linux"

but just spent the previous paragraphs describing why there is incentive for people to try SteamOS. It sounds more to me like you want to be sharing this with Valve marketing and development, not existing Linux gamers. Television is a great place to advertise if you want to reach out to baby boomers and geriatrics but I think the target demographic for Steam Machines are people generally savvy enough to seek out their own information online. Valve shouldn't waste resources on anything TV related. Just make the best damn product they can build.

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