Meh, I don't see the problem either. Refugees can cause some problems, but also bring opportunities (think about Einstein, for example). I think that's a very good fit for a strategy game, especially in one where diplomacy has an important place.

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I like Arch, and I enjoy seeing more people jumping ship, but I have to warn that it's a bit technical, and you have to be prepared to deal with this sort of stuff (Antargos included).
Once in a while, an update breaks something, or can't be installed, so you have to fix it yourself. I had quite some trouble at some point after having my computer sit in a corner 6+ months without being updated; which caused some problems with pacman (I think it was a problem with yaourt, package-query and pacman, I had to uninstall package-query and yaourt).
I also sometimes have some problems with pip and pacman conflicting over a few files.

Other than these problems, it works great. I would however advise to go for Manjaro as a first step if you don't feel ready for "the real thing" :)
But I am only repeating what I know from earsay, as I never tried Manjaro myself.

And however scary my problems can sound, I've had worse on Windows, Ubuntu, Debian (and to a lesser degree, Linux Mint). Windows being the worst of the worse so far, of course :D

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Quoting: ArkonaThe main problem with Valve is they are too slow in everything.

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to :D

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If you are unsure and short on money, Victor Vran is already largely worth the minimal price, in my opinion.
I already own the Linux games, AFAIK, since I didn't miss many bundles in 2016 (just one pretty recently with sci-fi books, but eh, not a big deal). I am just stating that because I find that humble bundles nowadays lack Linux games. Monthly is barely worth it, but I think it still is. XCOM 2 next month, so there's that, at least.
I might buy the bundle for some friends, though.

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Maybe you should ask Pierre-Loup or another Valve Developer who is directly involved with the Linux cabal. IIRC, Gabe always tell people that there is more than one employee at VALVe to ask questions to :)

Quoting: gurvI'm a bit worried by Valve's current mindset tbh, they seem to be caught up in the VR craze (which I think it's painfully obvious that it has no future in gaming due to price, cumbersome, nausea, isolation from friends/family, you name it).

I wouldn't say that if I were you. That's a rather bold statement to make; and a lot of statements like this one don't hold up to the future. Let's wait and see :)

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Also liked:

QuoteQ: Wasn't there a movie (or a set of 2 movies) coming in that universe by Valve and JJ Abrams?

A: Yep. They're coming.

Edit: Damn, Valve, I wanted to get some sleep. UTC+1 here

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: ripper@liamdawe I'm noticing quite a few articles which are very similar to the ones Phoronix publishes (almost simultaneously). I'm wondering whether GOL is sourcing Phoronix, or Phoronix is sourcing GOL, or whether it's just a coincidence and both sites are following the same origin (in this case, mesa-dev list, git repo, etc)? Because none of the sites add a source to the other in any of the articles. I'm not trying to imply anything or mean something ill, I'm just genuinely curious.

More than happy to answer that!

Someone on reddit claimed i was "ripping off phoronix" so I decided to close that off once and for all and show a shot of it in my own personal inbox: http://m.imgur.com/a/bClKd

Public mailing lists are easy to follow.

Stop lying. It is a fact that you both have time machines and rip of each other's articles, to publish them even before the other publishes it. And since you delete your articles if they turn out to be wrong, the only stable configuration is the one in which you both publish an article that's ripped of the other, before anyone else is aware of it; probably even the patch author.

Isn't it blatantly obvious? </tinfoil>

Thanks for your articles :)

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Quoting: boltronicsI've got two Fury X GPUs. Been looking forward to this for quite a while. This news has made my month! :D

Meh. I don't mean to "cheer you down", but we also have to have games that support this feature. As far as I know, none does, as of yet (DOOM may, I am not sure, Ashes of The Singularity will probably if/when they do a Linux port). :)

(I'm jealous of your GPUs, btw :P )

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Quoting: numasanQuestion to you who are on the fence or don't care about VR. Have you tried it? I'm not talking about using a phone, but true VR with positional tracking. It really is a transformative experience, that reminds me of the early days of accelerated 3D graphics (GL-Quake) in difference. The moment when you forget that you have a helmet on and where you are is certainly unique. It is still a very young field, and personally I need a break after 20-40 min. "inside", but the potential is huge, and true immersive VR is something I think everyone should try atleast once. If you're still not sold on it after that, fair enough, but my personal experience is that everyone who tried it, even the sceptical ones, were truly impressed.

That said, my Oculus DK2 has been sitting in the box since the company backed out of Linux support, as I won't install Windows on my PC even for VR, and Oculus has lost me as a customer. The Vive is the better experience currently of the two anyway, and the one I'd want to invest in, especially now. Not that I can afford it (and a new PC) right now, but I still believe in VR as a medium, and a next-gen helmet hopefully comming out next year I'd definitely save up for.

Well, for my part, I more or less follow a "wait and see approach". I do not have unlimited funds, and this hardware is expensive; plus, we're among the first generations of hardware, no real hand tracking, and such. If I had a lot of money, why not? But I am afraid I would underuse it anyway (I do not play that much anymore).
Now, give me a full VR system like we have in Science Fiction (SAO, Matrix, etc), and I am sold, regardless of the price ;)

Plus, games are still getting the hang of the new input methods (sadly, movement is the worst part for now). This is beta hardware and beta software. It will probably get better in a few years :)

Edit: To properly answer the question, I only tried A google cardboard, and a microsoft HoloLens, so my experience with them is not exactly stellar, even though I almost backed up the oculus rift kickstarter, though I didn't, because of the not very explicit Linux support (I can't remember exactly).

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Hopefully this is the beginning of a long streak of articles highlighting the new features in both camps. Tools like these are useful for everyone. Thanks Andres Rodriguez, thanks Valve!

Edit: the license file mentions GPLv3, while at least some headers mention GPLv2+, do you know which is right?

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