AMD to port Mantle to Linux (PC World)

[krumme]

What is the status of the steam machine?

 

[(sic)Klown12]

What is the status of the steam machine?

Delayed into 2015 due to ongoing work on their game pad.

 

[zlatan]

Delayed into 2015 due to ongoing work on their game pad.

Or due to implement Mantle ...
I like Valve but if they really want a gaming OS, than they must implement a developer-friendly API. I have talked many devs (mostly my friends) about this, and the number one barrier to make a Linux port is OpenGL.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Or due to implement Mantle ...
I like Valve but if they really want a gaming OS, than they must implement a developer-friendly API. I have talked many devs (mostly my friends) about this, and the number one barrier to make a Linux port is OpenGL.

Seems unlikely valve would delay their steambox for something amd hasn't even started working on.

 

[BrightCandle]

Seems unlikely valve would delay their steambox for something amd hasn't even started working on.

And neither has Valve started working with Mantle, their games are still openGL based and we have no announcements suggesting they are going to change that.

 

[zlatan]

Seems unlikely valve would delay their steambox for something amd hasn't even started working on.

Well if they want big Triple-A titles on SteamOS, than they must beg AMD to create a Mantle implementation for Linux. Probably they are already doing this with several other developers.

 

[Genx87]

What a total waste of engineering resources.

Eh given AMD's track record. They wont divert much, if any engineering resources. Just tax their marketing department to make more power points touting someday in the future Mantle will be ported to Linux. Years from now people will still be wondering when Mantle will be ported.

 

[zlatan]

And neither has Valve started working with Mantle, their games are still openGL based and we have no announcements suggesting they are going to change that.

Nobody want OpenGL. It's a broken API, with broken tools and broken support.
If Valve won't bring a usable API for Linux, than most games will run on eON/Wine layer, and not natively.

 

[Atreidin]

What is the status of the steam machine?

As a result of Valve's corporate structure, everyone who was working on it lost interest and stopped because someone brought in a really cute dog and everyone wanted to play with it. They announced a series of games based off of the dog, but rumor has it that someone in accounting just got a new moped so maybe that won't be finished either.

 

[krumme]

As a result of Valve's corporate structure, everyone who was working on it lost interest and stopped because someone brought in a really cute dog and everyone wanted to play with it. They announced a series of games based off of the dog, but rumor has it that someone in accounting just got a new moped so maybe that won't be finished either.

Lol. Then i understand why tf2 is so damn crazy and funny.