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Getting Linux running properly on Apple M1 Silicon has begun with Asahi Linux
8 January 2021 at 12:20 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: BumadarGreat if they get it working but as apple is not intrested in this (although could be a good market for them, just bare hardware) this will always lag way behind because of the amount of work that reverse engenering takes, apple will be on the m3 by the time the m1 will be up and running 100% (cpu, gpu, network) with linux.

But lets hope i am wrong 😀

It's always a good idea as it will provides a longer life to those products once Apple will leave them into the dust.

YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi
21 December 2020 at 6:27 pm UTC

Quoting: denyasis
Quoting: SpykerI still wonder why there isn't a gaming market on Raspberry Pi yet, considering the million devices already sold.

ARM. That's my guess anyway. Not even all the linux distros target or can when run on a PI without issues, mostly due to hardware limitations.

It is probably too much of a hurdle for commercial games at this stage.
I don't see that as an issue.
From my point of view the RPI is a platform of its own.
It has an official OS with capable OGLES 3.0 drivers (it even supports Vulkan now).
It could perfectly run a lots of indie games. It should be easier to target than a regular Linux PC because it has a fixed hardware and an official OS (you don't even have to target other distro).

YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi
21 December 2020 at 2:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

I still wonder why there isn't a gaming market on Raspberry Pi yet, considering the million devices already sold.

Valve updates Steam with more Linux improvements, new game properties UI
11 December 2020 at 12:12 pm UTC

I also noticed the issue with shaders compilation and Nvidia drivers since the 455.x series.
Hopefully Nvidia will manage to fix that, because on some games it's very annoying.
The Elder Scrolls Online for example randomly crashes on the connection screen since the 455.x series.

NVIDIA plan to support Linux with GeForce NOW using Chrome
25 November 2020 at 10:17 am UTC

So, for Nvidia, Linux is not a "major platform enough" to get the same dedicated app as Windows and MacOS. Thanks for the effort though.

Streets of Rage 4 is now officially available for Linux, along with Vulkan support in FNA
12 November 2020 at 7:35 pm UTC Likes: 2

I bought it along with Superliminal.
Two great games this week on Linux, and they are quite cheap :)

Steam Play Proton 5.13 gets a Release Candidate, Valve working on new Vulkan extension
10 November 2020 at 12:00 pm UTC

This 5.13 update has been really rocky for me. I still have to deal with a lot of regressions, like my optimus laptop not working anymore with proton titles, even when I come back to 5.0.10 now it seems broken (probably a mix-up with runtime libs as weel). I really hope they get it squared out soon.

Collabora expect their Linux Kernel work for Windows game emulation in Kernel 5.11
28 October 2020 at 10:49 am UTC

I can't wait to see the fruition of this work next year :)

Explore a nightmarish world of twisted religion in Blasphemous - now available for Linux
21 September 2020 at 7:23 pm UTC Likes: 1

I just bought the game, and so far I like it. The pixel art is gorgeous and the gameplay very close to Castlevania :)

The Linux market share appears to continue rising with Ubuntu winning
2 July 2020 at 12:16 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: Alm888
QuoteStill not clear what's driving this big uptick in Ubuntu users on their statistics…
Hmm… WSL2?
This is netMarketShare, I can't believe people would use WSL2 to surf the web when they simply can do it from windows.