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Well, not long after someone reported the issue to Valve from my benchmarks, the performance penalty of using Vulkan with the Steam Overlay seems to be mostly fixed.
Beta changelog:
Nice to see my benchmark prompted Valve to push this issue a little quicker. See their release announcement here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Beta changelog:
QuoteGeneral
- Fixed game install failing with “Content still encrypted”
VR
- Fixed VR keyboard over-aggressively popping up on library page
Steam Overlay
- Improved rendering performance with Vulkan applications
- Improved stability of Big Picture overlay with Direct3D 10 applications and above
Nice to see my benchmark prompted Valve to push this issue a little quicker. See their release announcement here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: wvstolzingThough seriously, why is it spelled with a 'k'?
Well Vulkan is also the German word for volcano, maybe they think it sounds "badass"? *shrugs* By the way the window manager from gnome is called "Mutter" which is the German word for mother....
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LinuxGamesTV Apr 15, 2016
Quoting: LeerdeckQuoting: wvstolzingThough seriously, why is it spelled with a 'k'?
Well Vulkan is also the German word for volcano, maybe they think it sounds "badass"? *shrugs* By the way the window manager from gnome is called "Mutter" which is the German word for mother....
Not all things comes from germany. Mutter (englisch) = Murmeln (german).
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I got a feeling the time of when the VR sets will support Linux will be related to Vulkan.
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