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Quoting: Naib( I explain distro's to windows users as people only applying certain kb)

That sounds like a very inaccurate explanation. It implies the biggest difference is the amount of security you get.

Lots of things are inaccurate... From a windows user perspective "there are thousands of distro's, what do people target"

There are hundreds of distro's but do you know what? at the core they are all the same. Once you reach the zen of Linux distributions you realise all they are are at different patchlevels compared to each other and different defaults.
Couple that with linux's extremely consistent api going backwards and well if you get something working for one you can get it working for another.

So if my "layman's" explanation to a windows user, in terminology they understand as to why it doesn't matter that there are hundreds of distros... WHAT do you suggest?

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cute... so what does it use to determine minimum system requirements?

Looking at the screenshot, it is just saying that your distribution is not supported.

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cute... so what does it use to determine minimum system requirements?

You're fine mate, just that they tested against the distro they nominated as the minimum. Can you imagine the amount of distros that exists and all their different versions? There's no way they can QA all those permutations/combinations.

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.4 with Linux 14.16.3 with Mesa 18.0 with a GCNv1.1 R9-290X and it is working perfectly, fluidly on Very High!

Quoting: nattydreadLooks good, however I played this in 4k on the PS4 pro.

I wonder how the framerate holds up in 4k with an expensive gfx card?

Oh I know my sys would be fine, just wonder what they used to determine the system. I understand why they only provide support for Ubuntu and it sort of makes sense EVEN if the zen of linux is all distros are essentially the same, just different configurations/patch level ( I explain distro's to windows users as people only applying certain kb)

the game does QQ if even one core is not set to performance schedular (I have a CRONJOB that runs every minute to detect if a game is running and sets the governor accordingly... there was a bug and it missed one core...)

pgrep -f "SteamLibrary|HoN" && ( for c in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0..11}; do echo performance >$c/cpufreq/scaling_governor; done) || ( for c in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0..11}; do echo schedutil >$c/cpufreq/scaling_governor; done)

Runs VERY VERY smoothly :) my only complaint is a black screen via SteamLink but this might be due to resolution mismatch so ill look into that

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cute... so what does it use to determine minimum system requirements?

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*sigh* unzips wallet

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I read up a bit more about this and this does look good. Now it is just about when because I am definitely buying tips and spreading the word

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added to wishlist

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This would be great.
What would be even better is... if this is real (and there must be some form of closed-beta going on...) that the 1st wave of open-beta was Linux only (with those who had close-beta as well). This would help push push linux as those desperate to try would install linux. It would also give an indication of those willing to try linux but availability of games holds them back

Sure if it had lacklust response then push full open earlier but well :)

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Interesting.
Also... when is CSGO moving over to source2 (or whatever the engine dota2 uses). There was talk this would be out the summer gone

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Well I might just grab it... its on sale and it is showing support for linux.
Plus it gets another random game in my catalogue that my kids can pick (they are getting the hang of switching to steam link from the TV)

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I keep meaning to try this as bits of it remind me of cannonFodder but well ... disappointment is always a risk

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