Fantastic news, it might be a tiny game but the first two are tonnes of fun.

Great work from the devs supporting Linux!

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Really miss Total Annihilation RTS days... FOSS too deserves support!

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Forgot about this one. Gonna try tonight, rather than a Borderlands 2 bender...

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Quoting: db369I actually did buy it, simply because I read it ran so well under wine. And it did! Until and update last October and I haven't been able to launch it since. A linux version would be wonderful.

Since you own it already, try Lutris! Got great configs for most games under Wine...

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The bug about preventing shut downs was a particular nuisance I'm really glad to see the back of.

Lol, that one has been bugging myself and my wife for some time now... Good job.

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That chump Phil Spencer is just trying to change the narrative at MS/Xbox...
Stay on topic; the XBOX is dead! Killed by their own hubris and distaste for consumer.

Microsoft are their own worst enemies, especially when left to their own 'devices' - geddit.

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Wow! This deal is stellar...is!

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Thanks to everyone for some of the feedback on AMD;
these AMDGPU-PRO drivers are definitely a step in the right direction! Excited to see where it goes...

Its true was buenaventura said that the AMD naming conventions are certainly weird, but all gamers should research before you buy anyway! I have my new setup, downloading some of the bigger games in my account in anticipation of a Merry Xmas!

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As an old AMD fan - I ask the question;
Is AMD ready to power my new gaming experiences on Linux?

History;
I used to be a huge fan of AMD, I swore by their K6-II and was one of the few people who had a K6-III before the Athlons came out (which I converted all my friends to using at ole LAN parties). However many years of work and a decision quite a few years ago that I would go full Linux for all my family eroded my support for my old love AMD!
I for one love the fact my next gen console -PS4 are AMD and Linux powered- but still have missed out on gaming that last few years. My wife has a 780 GTX and she shares my games with Steam Family (on Linux of course) and my old 6XX served me well for the last few years (I thought it was a 620 when I bought it but driver says 610) - plays WoW/old games well on WINE at least.

Question;
I don't have very high expectations when it comes to eye candy, just that it plays nicely like my PS4 does, but on my Steam PC games. I'm looking for the best supported AMD GPU model for the money for gaming on Ubuntu 16.04. (may get a AMD cpu/mobo too)

Any advice?

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Quoting: hurt138I have been a gamer on every platform since the Atari 2600 back in the 80s. I can say that games these days are much more cross platform than any back in the days of old. True it does suck when that game you really want to play is not on your OS or console of choice, but its up to the developer and always has.

The cost of console games costing more was mostly due to the cartridge days. No way to make that cheaper (back then). The issue I see with the cost of console and PC or even physical and digital these days, is the dev cost of AAA games. When companies put armies of staff and huge budgets on marketing that game, the actual media ends up being such a small fraction of the total cost.

Perhaps too, those were the only days when hardware compatibility was a actually real issue...

These days the only real reason to exclude any gaming community is 'the boardroom'. I am not upset by that, my point is that the more the gaming communities fracture from boardroom politics the increasingly important and relevant open-source platforms become. We need to be the shining light and an example to the world that the open-source community cares more about people, safety, freedom and choice than it does about money.

Trolling game developers, especially when things go wrong (and as I pointed out in previous posts - even AAA titles go wrong more often then you think) really does not help anyone.

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