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AMD will be showing off their Zen CPU Architecture and letting people play with it on December 13th
7 Dec 2016 at 10:02 pm UTC

We need the AMD comeback! "Inteldia" is getting very expensive.
Meanwhile in Phoronix: The Rumor Is Back That Future Intel CPUs To Use Radeon Graphics [External Link]

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?
1 Dec 2016 at 10:07 pm UTC

Dream
All the greatest, AAA, gems, etc, old and new games available on GNU/Linux!

You might want to avoid the Nvidia 375.20 driver, Nvidia recommend downgrading
27 Nov 2016 at 6:18 pm UTC

Quoting: Comandante oardo
Quoting: Avehicle7887The drivers from the Nvidia website are safe to use, for over 2 years I've been installing them in this way and I can't say I've ever had any problems, so if you can't find what you need in the repo you might wanna give them a shot :-)
But, How to install the drivers from Nvidia website on Ubuntu 14 or 16???
The driver version 375.20 from the NVIDIA website also has the problem

How to install the .run on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install dkms
CTRL+ALT+F1
sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop && sudo sh /home/USER/Downloads/./DRIVER.run
CTRL+ALT+F7 or sudo reboot

Nvidia 375.20 stable driver released, increases OpenGL shader cache size and more
20 Nov 2016 at 4:14 pm UTC

I have a GTX 650 TI BOOST and I install the drivers manually. When I'm in a game and OBS, I got crash after some time of streaming with 375.20 version. I returned to the previous stable version 370.28, in which I have no problems.

Linux gamers are sweet-talking Aspyr Media again
1 Nov 2016 at 7:07 am UTC Likes: 2

OMG! I really want one of those penguins!

Using Nvidia's NVENC with OBS Studio makes Linux game recording really great
28 Oct 2016 at 2:13 am UTC

Quoting: Alm888... and the card needs to be no less then GeForce GTX 650.
P.S. Lucky for me, I have exactly GeForce GTX 650!
OMG! rly?! GeForce GTX 650 TI BOOST here

Dota 2 to add two more heroes, one of which is not from the original DotA
14 Aug 2016 at 7:05 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdaweI am thinking of gathering a bunch of people to play together, if interested add me on Steam.
GOL Team? :O

Dota 2 to add two more heroes, one of which is not from the original DotA
13 Aug 2016 at 4:40 pm UTC

"Be honest, how many hours do you have in Dota 2 now?"
2747 hours
"I wonder if we could get a big game going from members of the community to play against each other."
Hype

I have my own team with my friends. If you play with friends, you do not need to spend all day in the game, 3 hours daily playing intelligently is enough to play better and better. Also watch replays and tournaments helps a lot.

Today is the end of The International 6!!!
Lower Bracket Finals (Best of 3) Evil Geniuses VS. Digital Chaos
Grand Finals (Best of 5) Wings Gaming VS. ?

Livestreaming on Linux? Here's an essential tip you need on getting follower alerts to show up
12 Aug 2016 at 10:44 pm UTC

Using that tool for a long time and randomly makes no sound alerts