Knowing that the Linux kernel maintainers don't allow two drivers enabled for the same hardware at the same time (from what I understood), there's going to be a battle between RADV and AMD if they open source their Vulkan drivers...

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Right now I'm not sure there's enough game-only news on Linux, but as time goes on, if the amount of game news increases significantly, maybe it would be nice to have these technical news on LifeOnLinux...

LifeOnLinux is like the newer, better Phoronix (or at least I wish that it is what it would become ;) ), and this is the kind of news that Phoronix covers.

But all in all, on GoL or on LoL, I don't really care, I'm following both (though I need more and more a Google+ page for LoL :/ ) and as long as the news is on one of these websites, I'm happy ^^

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Just wanted to thank the GoL community to be so awesome.

I've read the Phoronix comments on Unity 5.6 release and it is just depressing AF, fighting over open vs close source...
https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/942445-unity-5-6-released-with-vulkan-support-updated-particle-system

I like that you guys are more positive and pro-active!

Edit: @natewardawg I also sent a message to the linux devs ;)

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Do you think we should all regroup and talk to Valve about this problem?

I mean, I've played the game more than enough to not be able to get a refund, but in the end I can't play the game although I bought it!

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A friend and I actually already pointed that out back in December:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/108200/discussions/0/152393186492272320/

I am really concerned about that. Dropping a platform is, from the beginning, unacceptable. But not even noticing the users is simply beyond my comprehension...

I love Days of Wonders, they made almost all of my favorite tabletop games, but this behavior toward Linux is completely intolerable.

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Very interesting interview indeed! I rejoin my fellow penguins in saying that Feral has been a very important part in making the Linux platform a viable gaming solution, so thank you very much for that (and for Alien: Isolation :D )

I would have asked one more question: as Feral improves the launcher and the port of their games, how much the old games take advantage of these improvements? For instance, can I hope for a patch for A:I that would improve the performances, etc?

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Quoting: artvandelay440It seems more and more games are releasing earlier and earlier in the development cycle. To what end, I have no idea, but bugs are now expected in a paid product far earlier and with more acceptance than they ever have, or so it seems. Am I the only one noticing this trend?

With the usual trend, making a game basically means "getting no money for at least a year, often more, and hope that the final product is good enough and people will like it".
When you have no money, this business plan is quite hard to live with, and with the rise of the indie scene, maybe that's why we're seeing more and more different business models popping up. The idea being to have a small income of hard cash while you're developing your game.

That's my editorial at least ;)

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Quoting: liamdaweFor me it will attempt to generate a world, fill the loading bar up and just sit there forever. I reported it months ago and it hasn't been fixed, so I've mentioned it again today.

I have the exact same behavior! I thought it was because I was using the mesa drivers and not the latest one (mesa 13.0 with llvm 3.8 and kernel 4.9).

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this behavior, but this worries me a bit if the bug also exists with the NVIDIA proprietary drivers...

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Quoting: jaguaris it time to go AMD route for our next graphic card? (almost same perf than nvidia closed + open source driver)
is it possible to run the latest AAA with the open source driver?

I personally own a RX 480 and I'm quite happy with it. My kind of games are Dota 2, Cities: Skyline, Civilization (all of them :D ), Alien: Isolation, ...
I'm sure an NVIDIA card would perform better for the same price, but I like the fact that with AMD it is plug and play thanks to the open source drivers, and also that each new release of Mesa bring a ton of improvements!

Quoting: GuppyI'm curious - under what circumstances would you need HDCP with linux ? I mean there is ( AFAIK ) no licensed BD player for linux so we don't really have a source of HDCP content or am I missing something here?

Maybe I'm wrong, but for what I understand HDCP isn't a feature, it's a mandatory API that has to be implemented if you want to connect devices using DVI, HDMI, DP, etc... A BD player needs it, but your display needs it also. So, no HDCP, no image basically...

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Quoting: MadeanaccounttocommentPhoronix has already run tests. Loading times in Deus Ex MD have been drastically reduced but most other games tested didn't show much results. However that there have been no negative consequences makes this is a huge win even if it's only beneficial for a few select games.

The results also show an FPS increase which is weird because from what I've gathered this feature shouldn't improve FPS. Someone on forums mentioned it has something to do with the benchmark restarting itself but honestly I don't quite understand the explanation given.

For those who don't know which article it is: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeonsi-shader-cache&num=1

The increased FPS is simply because there is less stuttering due to shader compilation in between two frames. The number shown is an average after a few minutes of gameplay. Mainly you won't see an increase, but you will feel that the games stutter less (from the second time you launch them)

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