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Valve to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' to help developers with networking, Steam not required
27 March 2018 at 12:37 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LeopardI still can't believe so much hostility towards Valve.

Until they did that, Steamworks was a very practical lock-in. Why would you expect anyone praise such things?

Valve to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' to help developers with networking, Steam not required
27 March 2018 at 12:21 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoteand it won't require Steam

That's very good for a change! Nice for Valve to unlock such things.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 11:46 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardWhen you use your monitor with dvi to vga adaptor or a similar one ; it won't be able to detect your monitor res. ( Windows detects it correctly btw )

Good luck with that. I saw enough horror stories with monitor detection on Windows, when you use analog ones (VGA). If you want to save your sanity, don't use VGA to begin with.

Quoting: LeopardIf you have a Realtek wi fi chip , welcome to the world of terminal.

Realtek chips are quite poor in general, even on Windows. Use Intel.

Quoting: LeopardScreen tearings everywhere?

Sure, don't use blobs (hello Nvidia users). Problem solved.

Quoting: LeopardYou have to configure your gaming periphals?
Quite a minority case, most don't have any such peripherals. And gamers who have, are ready to configure them as needed. Gaming on Linux is a special case, we were talking about average Joe, and that doesn't mean gamers.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 10:45 pm UTC

For most cases you don't need that. Linux works out of the box for the "average Joe".

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 10:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LeopardWindows is there today , strongest. Why? Because of it's apps.

Nope, you missed it right there. For the vast majority of users, Windows offers nothing that Linux can't. That doesn't stop Windows from being most used. It's most used because people are programmed to use it, by PC manufacturers bundling Windows everywhere by default, and people buying what's installed. That's about it. Cases of people needing Windows only stuff that doesn't work on Linux are a minority.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 10:13 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardSo you're basically saying as long as you don't have to use , you're willing to feed your hated Windows market?

I'm saying that as long as you are using Windows, you are feeding the Windows market. Then, if you buy recent Windows only game - you are not expressing interest in Linux version for that developer. That's why I personally avoid it. But that's not what's feeding the Windows market. Usage of Windows does.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 10:03 pm UTC

Quoting: jensSorry, your discussed quite well till now, but this is just nonsense ;). There are valid reason for dual booting and valid reasons for wine. Both usages should be debatable without excluding one due to the other.

PS: According to his profile @Leopard does not dual boot ;)

It's not so much about reasons, as about critics who don't use Wine, but dualboot. if @Leopard doesn't - good for him.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 10:00 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardI'm not a dual booter?

That doesn't need to apply specifically to you, but to anyone who doalboots. They have several options. Either find replacement for what they use on Windows natively, or if they can't, run it in Wine. The worse one is to continue dual booting. Ditching what they use there is another option, but not always practical.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 9:54 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardNo , it is not. There are many people out who use Windows partition for only Photoshop like programs and gaming on Linux partition and buying Linux only games.

So ; Wine users are mostly much more worse than dual booters.

So, we'll disagree. As long as you dualboot, I also don't see your criticism of Wine as valid even according to your approach. Start with replacing dualbooting with Wine for everything that you have exclusively on Windows, and ditching everything that doesn't work otherwise. Then you can start criticizing Wine as something worse than native approach. Otherwise you are losing forest behind the trees.

DXVK, a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine
26 March 2018 at 9:45 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: LeopardProblem is not the dual booting , problem is feeding Windows market.

The major step there is to stop using Windows for good. That automatically reduces Windows market. So dualbooting is way bigger issue if you are concerned about reducing Windows market. By using Windows you are paying money directly to MS.