Quoting: wolfyrionA friend of mine called me that he had a logitech PS3 Wheel to give me for Free because he had no use for it.
...

Well with my friend we have a small friendly fight Windows Vs Linux every time we meet...
Anyway I invited him to come to my house so we can test the Wheel...

At the start he was teasing me
...
Anyway I pluged in the Wheel ...and launched the game

(He got confused and said , ehh ... arent you going to install any drivers ??? how the heck is going to work???)

.. everything was working perfectly in the game , even the wheel was vibrating,shaking, etc and without any configuration...

You had to see his face...

That Linux Boner you get when things work better than Windows or OSX.

✓ Oh shit, my GUI is locked up, no prob switching to TTY 3.

✓ Not having fatty iTunes gobble up 70% of the Ram and CPU.

✓ Tabs on File Manager

✓ $400 Free Office Suite that kills Microsoft Office - WPS.com (Only free on Linux)

✓ No glass ceiling to your IT skills, the more CLI you know the more limitless control you have on your OS.

✓ SSH connect to other Linux PCs on the LAN for SCP, Rsync, to issue installing updates, power on or off the machine remotely, etc..

✓ Get a New Motherboard, CPU, RAM -- looks like you're going to need to reinstall the Operating System! On Windows you get a BSOD, on Linux the OS boots up switching from LGA 1366 i7 940 to LGA 1151 i7 6700k. No hickups.

✓ That moment when you realize that the US government and Microsoft can come snoop in your files for no reason without consent or a warrant.

✓ Encrypted Filesystems, Encrypted .IMG of Filesystems on Encrypted Filesystems if you want that sorta thing.

✓ My games from 16 years ago will work 16 years later on Linux with minimal hackish fixes usually.

✓ Windows Games on Linux

✓ Better CPU and RAM performance

And in the Microsoft Operating System Camp this is pretty much it

✓ Works better with Specific Software, Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, 3DStudioMax, etc..

✓ When shit hasn't frozen up it usually doesn't inhibit your professional workflow and you can make $$$ not worrying about the OS needing attention

✓ When it works it works okay, when it breaks it breaks horribly and is usually unfixable without reinstalling Windows. (But hey, more License $$$$ to Microsoft, that's good for them.)

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Quoting: godlike

Quoting: neowiz73thank goodness for Android/Google pushing Vulkan because this will help the overall adoption of Vulkan into the mainstream.
can't wait to see ARK get a Vulkan update :D although it won't be anytime soon it would seem.

None should thank google for Vulkan. It's not a secret that they endorsed Vulkan quite late and that's because:
1. They realized that the alternative will cost them a few billions (in patents).
2. The alternative will cost in time (sort out patents).
3. The got pushed back by most GPU vendors.

I know what you're saying but you lost me at billions...

View video on youtube.com

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Thanks for turning me on to Voxels, it will make a nice addition to my Linux Install guide for my noob army looking to quickly learn about stuff that interests them on X.

Anyone remember what a hit Blockscape was? Oh wait that didn't happen the devs fled for the mountains, lol... In anycase its nice to have Minetest and Voxel, I wonder how close their codebase is in porting updates since it is a fork.

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I like the part where it looks complete and I give them $10 and get something cool.

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Here's my .desktop launcher if anyone wants it

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Unreal Tournament 4
Comment=Unreal Tournament 4
GenericName=FPS
Exec="/home/electricprism/Apps/Unreal Tournmanet 4/LinuxNoEditor/Engine/Binaries/Linux/UE4-Linux-Shipping" UnrealTournament -resx=1920 -resy=1080 -vsync -opengl3
Icon=applications-games-symbolic
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;Games;
MimeType=text/plain;

You can toggle opengl4 and opengl3 on the Exec line.

I also recall that I think I chmoded +X on the folder as the permissions from the archive wouldn't allow me to launch the game.

I would love to see a Linux client to keep it up to date, I have to manually download the whole thing every time there's a update.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Mountain ManI'm still of the opinion that this whole VR craze is going to be another short-lived novelty like 3D televisions and motion controls (other than the Nintendo Wii) once people realize that it doesn't meaningfully enhance their gaming experience. Professional applications, yes, but entertainment? I don't see it.

I'm still to hear this opinion by someone who tried a real VR device. Did you?

I demoed a Samsung VR unit at Verizon and it was underwhelming. Now maybe the make makes a big difference? But I find the technology itself not that interesting and few use case scenarios in which I would prefer strapping blackout headgear to my head over playing on the big screen with the lights dimmed or off.

$600-$800 is a lot to buy into this niche for me.

Now I will wait for others to do the programming, and technological improvements that may at some future date change my mind, but right now my reaction to VR is simply:

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That trailer was underwhelming, >_> <_< I can barely figure out what people are trying to sell me anymore, or even get a idea of what gameplay I can expect.

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Quoting: niarbehtI've been thinking that I'll be using a Polaris GPU as my passthrough for a Windows gaming VM. Okay driver support in Windows, and support the other (graphics) team? Sure, why not.

Which would require a extra monitor, I would love to do this but extra monitors seem to be too much clutter

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Better prepare my wallet I may need between 2 and 4 Polaris cards for gaming rigs.

As always with AMD, show me the stats, no trigger pulling until it's good enough the driver n gpu

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Hearing any game title beginning in "Rocket..." sets the bar of expectations pretty low after unmentionable disappointments of late ;)

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