Nvidia GPU-Accelerated PhysX Now Available On Linux

Quoting: DiogoSDIf this do not matter for you, I don't care, but it matters to me, and I say the same: it is an option to use Windows instead of Linux whenever I please, my choice is derivative by the free will that I have. That's why I think: if I need to use closed software them I will use it on the best scenario possible where I'll be must pleased.

I don't feel right using and advocating for an open platform and them contradict myself by not supporting it. I only recommend Linux to Intel users because they are the best on Open Drivers, but if anyone wants to try it with AMD or NVidia closed solutions, doesn't matter to me, it matters to them. But, I'm really looking forward for the new open driver strategy AMD is doing right now, hopefully NVidia follow its steps soon enough, and them maybe I switch to LInux full time.

I guess the happy medium would be to say that proprietary stuff on Linux is okay, so long as it doesn't limit people who want to use open source stuff exclusively. I guess one part of that philosophy of freedom is the ability to opt out of something entirely if you don't like it, and continue using your OS as you have been previously.

QuoteAnd PhysX is just bad for all industry. Seriously, why the hell would anyone ask developers to close their eyes to the rest of the market when there are alternatives to it? Don't you want choices on your future? This doesn't makes any sense to me and I don't feel like discussing about this right now it is a bit late now.

Peace.

I'm honestly surprised that PhysX and CUDA are still around. Not because they suck, they're both actually pretty good, but because single vendor stuff tends to fall by the wayside more often than not.

I guess they're still around because no one's bothered to make a just as good, if not better alternative for them yet. CUDA does have some competition from OpenCL, but I don't know how widely used it is in comparison yet. And PhysX? There's nothing else like PhysX out there. It's either it, or nothing.

It'd be nice if there were. Cuz I don't want to feel like I'm being hobbled some way if I decide to grab an AMD card in the future.

I hope, we `ll see PhysX in Borderlands Presequel

this is great news!!!! how do you enable it??? what do i have to install, or is it in the new driver?

this is great news!!!! how do you enable it??? what do i have to install, or is it in the new driver?

this is great news!!!! how do you enable it??? what do i have to install, or is it in the new driver?

Quoting: sevI do not need all the ssoftware on my Linux rig to be free, especially in gaming. If NVidia wants to keep PhysX and their drivers closed source, so be it, as long as they continue to support Linux...which so far they have done fairly well (better than AMD/ATI anyway). So I'm happy about this news.

I wonder how anything could run better than the open source amd drivers on my archlinux system.

Not going to try out a nvidia on my main gaming righ tho ;)

I like complaining and mentions like: "O, this is closed source, we do not need it!"
So what the problem? You may ignore buying games with PhysX. And even more, you can ignore all selling games, because almost all of games are closed source.

WHY DO YOU PREFER GNU/LINUX ?

That's the question.

If it's not for the ideology, why ?

Quoting: DeformalI like complaining and mentions like: "O, this is closed source, we do not need it!"
So what the problem? You may ignore buying games with PhysX. And even more, you can ignore all selling games, because almost all of games are closed source.

Again, the problem is not closed source vs. open source in this case.
It's the vendor lock-in coming with PhysX and CUDA.
This has prefectly nothing to do with it being closed source.

Quoting: Armand RaynalWHY DO YOU PREFER GNU/LINUX ?

That's the question.

If it's not for the ideology, why ?

I am not prefer Linux, but I like it. And I want to play on steam os in the future. And I want equals of all platform.

Quoting: sub

Quoting: DeformalI like complaining and mentions like: "O, this is closed source, we do not need it!"
So what the problem? You may ignore buying games with PhysX. And even more, you can ignore all selling games, because almost all of games are closed source.

Again, the problem is not closed source vs. open source in this case.
It's the vendor lock-in coming with PhysX and CUDA.
This has prefectly nothing to do with it being closed source.

If developers can`t include PhysX in game, I see no reason to port it on Linux. If developers can include PhysX in game, I see no problem.
And I get an idea, why we wait for Metro Redux on linux. Maybe, they want to add PhysX in Linux version.