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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: SpeedsterAlso is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?

Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.

Interesting, what's the second 'O' stand for?

Oops just saw followup, guess it is typo after all, probably one of those things where your fingers just prefer to do the wrong thing -- I get that with programming variables that other people pick sometimes ;)

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: SpeedsterAlso is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?

Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.

FOOS = Free Ond Open Source*

Doh! :D
FOSS... Wrote it twice... That's a shame!

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: SpeedsterAlso is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?

Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.

FOOS = Free Ond Open Source*

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Quoting: SpeedsterAlso is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?

Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.

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Quoting: MohandevirJust a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?

I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.

Just out of curiosity, what does being a Dell have to do with Catalyst installation?

I don't know if it's true for all DELL Laptops, but for my Inspiron N-5110, even on Windows' original installation, you have to use the DELL videocard drivers. You can't download a driver from AMD and think it's going to work. I never had any success that way. Catalyst won't install.

I may be wrong but I think it has something to do with the DELL homemade BIOS.

At least with Kubuntu 14.04 ans the FOOS driver, everything works out of the box.

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Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?

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Quoting: MohandevirJust a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?

I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.

Just out of curiosity, what does being a Dell have to do with Catalyst installation?

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Cheeseness will probably like this game. ;)

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Quoting: GoCorinthiansOk. got it sometime ago on my library but never tried out because no sound under OpenSUSE but now its ok. SteamOS is fine too.

After 200hrs on Rust lets try another zombie game.

JAVA? what hell! nothing is perfect...

Rust is not a zombie game, it's a human cruelty simulator

lmao....yep Garry removed zombies...

DayZ i have it in my library but didnt reached 1 hour playing it...

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Quoting: GoCorinthiansOk. got it sometime ago on my library but never tried out because no sound under OpenSUSE but now its ok. SteamOS is fine too.

After 200hrs on Rust lets try another zombie game.

JAVA? what hell! nothing is perfect...

Rust is not a zombie game, it's a human cruelty simulator

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Meh, hardly an eve online replacement. Eve has far more to it, in every respect from what I can see so far with the exception of the UI the player uses. Hell, for all the hype it's just another air combat game set in space with spaceships..whoop-t-doo. Fine if you like that sort of stuff, might as well play team fortress and save yourself some cash though.

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Quoting: MikeThis is something that will iron itself out. Developing on OpenGL is getting easier and easier with big names like Valve also highlighting its advantages. The migration will be something that happens in time but exponentially (due to the network effect), when the Linux/Mac market shares keep growing and devs realise that rather than developing on DirectX then porting to OpenGL, it's much easier and cheaper to develop directly on OpenGL for all 3 platforms. This will happen with indie devs first, but will eventually make its way into the big names. I don't think it will take long for devs to realise that the extra step in moving from DirectX to OpenGL is pointless, considering most new games now are multiplatform (PC/Mac at least) it doesn't take a genius to realise that spending months creating imperfect ports of games is an unnecessary hassle.

It seems like the end to the Microsoft monopoly will never come, but these are changes that happen very suddenly. Just remember how 6 years ago Internet Explorer still had 80% of the market, but now it's relegated to insignificance or people who just don't know how to change their browser. The same will happen to DirectX and maybe someday Windows itself. Technology is no longer at a point where it makes sense for one company to impose its standards on everyone else.

Perfect post, it's my view too.
The question is when, no more an "if".

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Very true Mike, very true.

With mobiles especially like phones and tablets, you have more startups going to them rather than Desktops too. Which is another nail in Microsoft's coffin considering their phone and tablet sales are abysmal.

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This is something that will iron itself out. Developing on OpenGL is getting easier and easier with big names like Valve also highlighting its advantages. The migration will be something that happens in time but exponentially (due to the network effect), when the Linux/Mac market shares keep growing and devs realise that rather than developing on DirectX then porting to OpenGL, it's much easier and cheaper to develop directly on OpenGL for all 3 platforms. This will happen with indie devs first, but will eventually make its way into the big names. I don't think it will take long for devs to realise that the extra step in moving from DirectX to OpenGL is pointless, considering most new games now are multiplatform (PC/Mac at least) it doesn't take a genius to realise that spending months creating imperfect ports of games is an unnecessary hassle.

It seems like the end to the Microsoft monopoly will never come, but these are changes that happen very suddenly. Just remember how 6 years ago Internet Explorer still had 80% of the market, but now it's relegated to insignificance or people who just don't know how to change their browser. The same will happen to DirectX and maybe someday Windows itself. Technology is no longer at a point where it makes sense for one company to impose its standards on everyone else.

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Just a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?

I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.

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What seems more strange is:

Why AMD just release a low level api just a few weeks before the next-gen pc based show up...

Could it be that developer from consoles extract always most of hide powers from hardware and AMD/Nvidia already know about it and now couldnt more hide that...then releasing a revolurionary before consoles show that they(AMD/NVIDIA) are PC's Heroes...

Weird enough

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Wait*

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Wiat old issue "Lagg after playing games for a while" is not on solved list nor on "Open issues"

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Ok. got it sometime ago on my library but never tried out because no sound under OpenSUSE but now its ok. SteamOS is fine too.

After 200hrs on Rust lets try another zombie game.

JAVA? what hell! nothing is perfect...

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looks fun. Will sure get it for at least a couple of months.

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QuoteIt seems odd for them to not yet support Ubuntu 14.04 yet

It is very odd, especially considering it's an LTS release. I'm on the 14.3 beta drivers in 14.04 on my 2nd machine still, will hopefully update them in a bit.

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The drivers work on 14.04, so the "support" is there. Official or not.

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Ryan is a god

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This game looks like serious fun, as soon as I saw it in Greenlight I voted for it.

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The game is broken for those using the proprietary Nvidia driver. I am experiencing from this on my Nvidia 690.

The game barely runs on my AMD 8550G with a lot of lag. (APU)

Gonna try it on my Intel 4000 HD in a minute.

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Pretty cool. I like designing things that have practical uses, rather than just aesthetics

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Niice <3. I love Portal!

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Quoting: STiATThat looks ... so great. I could bite my a** I didn't pledge.

You can, here.

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I am impressed that they pulled it all the way through! Way to get the job done! My money well spent :)

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That looks ... so great. I could bite my a** I didn't pledge.

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