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  1. The Cabal has arrived.

    Monday, 04-Apr-11 23:23:56 UTC from web
    1. @thatonestocking 2013 is apparently the year of the Linux gaming desktop. If only I wouldn't have heard "20XX is the year of the Linux desktop" so often I would've maybe believed it.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:48:17 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    2. @thatonestocking your icon is wonderful.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:52:09 UTC from web
    3. @datponygotvtec I'm using Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, planning on switching to Gentoo :P

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:54:08 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    4. @thatonestocking 2009 (and the years after that) was supposed to be the year of the Linux desktop. This time it's apparently the Linux gaming desktop.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:55:07 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    5. @thatonestocking With all due respect, Linux can get way better gaming performance than Windows even with the crappy drivers we have currently. My phone battery is rather low, so I can't give you a link, but VALVe posted a blog post about how they had several times more FPS on their Linux version of L4D2 (which was barely optimised) than under the thoroughly optimised Windows version.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:58:26 UTC from MuSTArDroid
      1. @omni I was under the impression that was a DirectX/OpenGL performance difference, though...?

        Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 17:22:40 UTC from web
        1. @redenchilada They didn't give Windows OpenGL stats (although that would've probably given Windows users some more FPS as well) but I recall them talking about how the more efficient Linux kernel could've been a major cause for the performance difference.

          Wednesday, 02-Jan-13 09:56:30 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    6. @datponygotvtec 2013 is too early :P

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 16:58:43 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    7. @datponygotvtec ATI tries but fails, NVIDIA just uses their Windows drivers. I use nouveau myself, though.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 17:00:08 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    8. @thatonestocking Linux supports more OpenGL stuff than MAC, though. But yes, I see and agree to your point.

      Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 17:02:32 UTC from MuSTArDroid