I did some research about the history of Linux gaming some time ago and played a bit of xbill along with other games to get some background footage.

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Quoting: drmothReally, one of the major reasons for not running 32-bit is RAM. Even if you have 4GB, your 32-bit system can only read about 3GB of it! Please upgrade people!

My system properties state "Memory: 5,8 GiB" as well as "OS type: 32-bit". My system is using all the 6 GB I'm providing it, isn't it?

It's just not possible. If you are in 32 bits you only have 2^32 possible memory adresses.

What's happening on my system, then? AFAIK, it's not using PAE or anything (I just learned of its existence last week).

It must be using PAE. Otherwise it's just not possible for your OS to address that much RAM.

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If you can get through all the traffic, the game is now on sale with a -75% discount on Steam.

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Quoting: AnonymousAt least back up a proof that nVidia actually said that idiot...

nVidia claim that they are working on Wayland

http://www.phoronix.com [External Link]/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTY0Njc

You can get your point across without without having to use the word "idiot". We are trying to be a friendly community here.

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I already have the complete edition, so I don't need it. Just trying to help us reach 200 comments.

If for some reason the RNG chooses me, then give the game to the person below me.

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Quoting: edoCivilization 4 is in my Linux library too. What does that means?

Either someone made a mistake or they've been working really hard with the Civilization series. Aspyr was also behind the Mac port of Civ IV so it's not completely impossible that they would port it to Linux too, especially now that they've already gotten familiar with Linux porting. So far we haven't heard anything so don't be too hopeful.

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Quoting: Mikeanychance of a GOL multiplayer?

My last game took me 5 hours (I didn't want a military victory, and the DLCs were not installed yet), on the smallest map, with the fastest speed. And the difficulty was not high.
I once did a game on the biggest map... it took me nearly 6 months!
But I never played multiplayer in CIV V (only CIV II), it may be different?

Sounds about right. That game I showed you on the video took me a total of 10 hours to complete. I could have gone a bit more aggressive and finished it in possibly 7-8 hours, but I wanted the nukes and eventually went for the science victory instead of domination.

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Quoting: xuwangThanks for the review! Glad to hear it is working well. Did you report the minor graphical glitches? Even though minor, they seemed very interested in fixing any bugs.

I'll try to replicate the bug while I play more of Civ 5 this week. If I can find a way to make it happen repeatedly and nobody else reports it I will open a ticket for it on Aspyr's website.

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I think I know what the next GOL Cast will be about... :D

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Quoting: scaineLooks like there's a film (1920) by the same name. Any idea if there's a relation?

I doubt it. We are talking about indie developers here and the dev hasn't mentioned anything about related films on Twitter. My guess is that it's just coincidence.

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