Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: devland

This does not include Android, even though it is Linux,

Android is not Linux. Linux programs don't work on Android and Android apps don't work on Linux.
Android uses a heavily modified version of the Linux kernel. That's it.

Linux is a Kernel, if it uses it, it is Linux. It's everything on top that makes it a desktop/mobile/server/whatever distribution.

Let's not split hairs over something silly eh.

Its because you are wrong. While Linux is the kernel, the desktops that you use (and SteamOS) are GNU/Linux since it is the GNU utilities in combination with the Linux kernel to make it all work. While Android may use a Linux kernel, Google uses their own software and it has no relation to the the "Linux" you talk about on this page which are the Arch, Debian, SteamOS, and Ubuntu distributions.

Here is a good read from the father himself: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html [External Link]

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For the user who made the Doom 3 comments, there is always rbdoom3bfg available in he Ubuntu 16.04 repos or playdeb.net. There were talks about Vulkan for this project, but it's been on hold: https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG/issues/317 [External Link]

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View video on youtube.com

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Hopefully when this hits GNU/Linux, Vulkan support in Unity3D is there as an option. GOL did a news post on it after all. :-)

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/unity3d-has-plans-to-support-vulkan-in-the-next-quarter.7251

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I use Unity for my every day stuff, but I like to boot into the SteamOS login [External Link] directly from the login screen when I feel like just playing games and bypassing all the stuff that loads in the background with Unity.

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If Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS (in favor of VR), what makes you think developers and publishers are going to spend the extra effort if Valve is losing interest?

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This game is complete trash: http://www.thejimquisition.com/mighty-no-9-review/ [External Link]

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It's a shame Valve won't at least try to get VR support via the Vive into SteamOS. Windows was already a much better platform for games and this unfortunately makes it even more appealing.

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I get 200+ fps on a 144hz monitor at 1080p anyways, but if this increases performance more, then I am all for it. I'm curious to see if/when this gets a proper Source 2 port with Vulkan support.

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I hate that the volume is always 100%, with no volume control via buttons in the interface or the media keys on the keyboard. I have to adjust the in-game volume so my ears aren't blown out when using headphones. Or I can just use Ubuntu where the keyboard's media keys work in-game like on the desktop.

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