Quoting: GuestI’d rather get a simple .tgz than an annoying installer.

tgz archives don't have a way to specify dependencies. If the game doesn't have any extra dependencies then tgz is good enough. If it does then you better have a proper package otherwise the user will need to hunt down dependencies which is a pain.

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This is the same as the System76 Oryx Pro laptop. I have it with the gtx 980m model, and it's great.

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Quoting: sarmadI was planning to get a Steam Machine then changed my mind at the last moment and got this instead:
https://system76.com/laptops/oryx

Obviously regular gamers don't need the extra non-gaming power in this machine, but I needed that extra power for work. So, Steam Machine manufacturers aren't the only ones who started believing in Linux gaming. It's nice to finally be able to pick up a powerful gaming laptop designed specifically for Linux. I am really enjoying Tomb Raider on this machine :)

System76 is go to Ubuntu OEM vendor for very long time.

Yes, but they weren't making any focus on gaming in the past as they are doing with the Oryx.

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I was planning to get a Steam Machine then changed my mind at the last moment and got this instead:
https://system76.com/laptops/oryx

Obviously regular gamers don't need the extra non-gaming power in this machine, but I needed that extra power for work. So, Steam Machine manufacturers aren't the only ones who started believing in Linux gaming. It's nice to finally be able to pick up a powerful gaming laptop designed specifically for Linux. I am really enjoying Tomb Raider on this machine :)

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Quoting: KryukoItaliaunixcomNo mac? Hype! :D

What do you mean by "No mac"? OS X is mentioned up there.

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Great news. I guess they skipped last year waiting for Vulkan to be complete and now that we have Vulkan they are back. Valve will probably try to push and promote Vulkan during this year's Dev Days.

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There aren't much local multiplayer games, so this might still be well needed.

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Quoting: maodzedunUntil the terrible performance difference is fixed, they can port the entire Steam library to Linux and it still won't matter. Drivers with equal performance to Windows. Not close, not acceptable, not almost - equal. And getting rid of OpenGL like yesterday. Until there is performance parity between Windows and Linux, nothing else matter. Still, that's a lot of progress compared to 4-5 years ago, I'll give you that.

nVidia drivers are already at equal performance to Windows, and has even surpassed it in some benchmarks. The bad performance you see is from games not optimized for OpenGL. And we already have a replacement for OpenGL with drivers also surpassing Windows in performance. So, the platform itself is ready, we just need game developers to target it.

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What concerns me isn't the fact that the sales are bad, what concerns me is that Valve is very quite about it. There is not even a word from them on whether they are still committed to SteamOS.

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I am using Unity Editor on Linux at work. It works, but with issues compared to the MacOS version (haven't tried the Windows version). The biggest annoyance is that it idles at 100% cpu usage! They know about this issue already but haven't fixed it yet. I am now downloading the new version to see if it resolves that issue.

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