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Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
8 Dec 2019 at 11:35 pm UTC
8 Dec 2019 at 11:35 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestSo no, it's not an easy task to switch to Wayland for Android.Not very easy, but pretty doable for someone like Google. I.e. turn Surface Flinger into proper Wayland compositor, problem solved. All this is not about technical difficulties, but about general care to avoid creating rifts and rather aiming for synergy. Google are doing a very poor job at this, likely because they very rarely care.
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
8 Dec 2019 at 10:47 pm UTC
8 Dec 2019 at 10:47 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestOh, and wayland + glibc, and a desktop interface in general, is really not designed for the requirements of mobile devices.That's bunk. Sailfish uses it for mobile devices just fine. Wayland protocol is very explicitly designed to be versatile and allow any kind of interface interactions, from desktops to kiosks and transport cockpit interfaces. Android developers could adopt Wayland once it became well established, but they never cared about synergy with desktop Linux stack, so they never did anything about it. And that was my point above about Google in general.
Quoting: GuestThat aside, Google's work on Stadia does bring the massive benefit of game developer experience with Vulkan.That's why Aaron's description fits here well. Best friend because it helps Vulkan adoption and Linux expertise. Worst enemy, because such developers still don't care about us, Linux users.
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
8 Dec 2019 at 9:18 pm UTC Likes: 1
8 Dec 2019 at 9:18 pm UTC Likes: 1
I don't think anyone assesses it wrongly. It's just another annoying thing from Google, who do this every time they deal with Linux. From Android (hello Surface flinger + bionic, where is Wayland + glibc?), to ChromeOS (hello some weird hybrid, where is normal desktop Linux stack?).
Now Stadia can be added to the list. I.e. hello backend targeted Linux releases, where is the benefit for proper desktop ones?
It's as if Google have this motto: "use Linux for our projects, but make sure to screw Linux users while doing it".
Now Stadia can be added to the list. I.e. hello backend targeted Linux releases, where is the benefit for proper desktop ones?
It's as if Google have this motto: "use Linux for our projects, but make sure to screw Linux users while doing it".
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
8 Dec 2019 at 8:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
8 Dec 2019 at 8:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
If it's such a standard stack, then releasing proper desktop version after all the Stadia work should be trivial.
I partially blame Google, for being "the best friend and the worst enemy" of Linux, like Aaron Seigo put it a while ago about Android [External Link]. Same applies here. Google could do a lot more to help Linux gaming through Stadia, but they don't care.
I partially blame Google, for being "the best friend and the worst enemy" of Linux, like Aaron Seigo put it a while ago about Android [External Link]. Same applies here. Google could do a lot more to help Linux gaming through Stadia, but they don't care.
NVIDIA presenting a talk at GTC 2020 about Linux drivers and possibly some open source news
7 Dec 2019 at 11:21 pm UTC
7 Dec 2019 at 11:21 pm UTC
Quoting: StenkaSteam no support amd mesa vaapi implementation, gaming on Steam link not playable, totally choppy software-rendered, in nvidia simply works.That's a Steam's problem, not AMD's or anyone else's. VAAPI is standard. OBS supports VAAPI just fine for instance. So use OBS if you need video streaming.
NVIDIA presenting a talk at GTC 2020 about Linux drivers and possibly some open source news
6 Dec 2019 at 9:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
From vainfo on RX 5700XT:
Personally, I'm looking forward to AV1 becoming ubiquitous everywhere. It should happen soon.
6 Dec 2019 at 9:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: StenkaAMD... No hardware encoder support for in-home streaming, no thanks.It has H.265 hardware encoder, but not VP9. That's annoying, but not a major issue.
From vainfo on RX 5700XT:
vainfo: Driver version: Mesa Gallium driver 19.3.0-rc5 for AMD NAVI10 (DRM 3.35.0, 5.4.1+, LLVM 9.0.0)
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProcPersonally, I'm looking forward to AV1 becoming ubiquitous everywhere. It should happen soon.
NVIDIA presenting a talk at GTC 2020 about Linux drivers and possibly some open source news
6 Dec 2019 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
6 Dec 2019 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
Good, if true. Nouveau replacing the blob will be very good for Linux desktop progress and Wayland adoption, that has been slowed down by Nvidia for years. But for now, I'm pretty skeptical about them actually working with upstream, given long standing Nvidia's reputation.
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
6 Dec 2019 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 1
6 Dec 2019 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: F.UltraNormally yes and it would indeed be very interesting to hear THQ:s side of this. Could be that normally THQ is not against the dev studio releasing also on Linux but that Airship is not interested. Could be that the Stadia port is not yet in good shape enough to be distributed as a stand alone version, could be that THQ as a small studio is already busy enough with them releasing it on stadfia+steam+xbox+switch, could be a million things.Yep, that's why I said it's good to ask them, rather than assume "market share" issue. Probably Liam writing them would have more weight for THQ to actually answer, than us, who are random users for them.
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
6 Dec 2019 at 7:16 pm UTC
So since developers made a version for Stadia, it should be natural to expect THQ to support normal Linux release in such case, which is a lot easier than making from scratch Linux release like they did in the past.
6 Dec 2019 at 7:16 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweSame answer as always, market share. Stadia has Google's backing and is a "single platform" in the mind of developers.Not from THQ. Current market share and even smaller one didn't bother them. They published a number of games for Linux, and even spent money on remaking old ones and released them for Linux. So they are clearly in a different category from legacy publishers, who ignore small markets.
So since developers made a version for Stadia, it should be natural to expect THQ to support normal Linux release in such case, which is a lot easier than making from scratch Linux release like they did in the past.
Creator of WebRTC now working on Google Stadia, Darksiders Genesis out plus more Stadia news
6 Dec 2019 at 7:15 pm UTC
6 Dec 2019 at 7:15 pm UTC
Quoting: F.UltraTHQ is just the publisher. Airship Syndicate is the studio behind Darksiders Genesis.And commonly such things are blocked on the publisher level. I.e. since developers already released it for Stadia, they shouldn't be lacking Linux expertise.
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