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http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/06/steam-linux-beta/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Delivers-Massive-Performance-Boost-to-Linux-Gaming-8ac.aspx
I can't quite figure out how I want to deal with this. I guess it all depends on how Windows 8 ends up being. They aren't going to want a digital store inside of their own digital store. I have a feeling that they are slowly going to try to phase out the desktop as a legacy item. It could destroy 3rd party businesses altogether.
I'll keep on Windows 7 until things pan out or until I'm forced to change. I'm starting to get the feeling that eventually I'll be using an Ubuntu box for gaming. It sounds nice to me, they will probably lose a lot of their market to people who don't want to use Linux though... which I'm assuming Valve has a plan for that under what everybody calls the supposed Valve Box.
This leaves me wondering what businesses are going to be using down the road. Is it possible to support everything that everybody needs to do on tablet-like platforms? Something is going to have to fill the gap... whatever does will probably support gaming as well, leaving this valve box obsolete?
Maybe I'm misinformed, but I can't wrap my head around it all yet.
Steam Linux beta client now available with 25-game library
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Comments 21 Omri Petitte at 10:04pm November 6 2012
Hopeful applicants of Valves Linux testing survey have much to rejoice today as a limited-access beta client for Steams Linux version awaits testing starting today. Valves official announcement states the studio received over 60,000 entries for its request for testers, and a slowly increasing group of players will receive access to the client going forward.
Steam Linux operates on Ubuntu 12.04. An overwhelming majority of beta applicants have reported theyre running the Ubuntu distro of Linux, Steam Linux team member Frank Crockett wrote. We intend to support additional popular distros in the future, and well prioritize development for these based on user feedback.
Team Fortress 2 leads the pack of two dozen games available for Linux users which is viewable from the client itself. Valve still seeks more testers for future Linux betas, so head over to the survey page if youre interested.
Meanwhile, GOGs Trevor Longino recently criticized Valve for supporting only one distro. While GOG doesnt yet have Linux support, Longino says we want to try to get it where the majority of gamers, if theyre on Linux, will be able to get a game and expect it works.
http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Delivers-Massive-Performance-Boost-to-Linux-Gaming-8ac.aspx
NVIDIA Delivers Massive Performance Boost To Linux Gaming
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
NVIDIA today announced the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® drivers -- R310 -- double the performance(1) and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system.
The result of almost a year of development by NVIDIA, Valve and other game developers, the new GeForce R310 drivers are designed to give GeForce customers the best possible Linux-based PC gaming experience -- and showcase the enormous potential of the world's biggest open-source operating system.
Available for download at www.geforce.com, the new R310 drivers were also thoroughly tested with Steam for Linux, the extension of Valve's phenomenally popular Steam gaming platform that officially opened to gamers starting today.
I can't quite figure out how I want to deal with this. I guess it all depends on how Windows 8 ends up being. They aren't going to want a digital store inside of their own digital store. I have a feeling that they are slowly going to try to phase out the desktop as a legacy item. It could destroy 3rd party businesses altogether.
I'll keep on Windows 7 until things pan out or until I'm forced to change. I'm starting to get the feeling that eventually I'll be using an Ubuntu box for gaming. It sounds nice to me, they will probably lose a lot of their market to people who don't want to use Linux though... which I'm assuming Valve has a plan for that under what everybody calls the supposed Valve Box.
This leaves me wondering what businesses are going to be using down the road. Is it possible to support everything that everybody needs to do on tablet-like platforms? Something is going to have to fill the gap... whatever does will probably support gaming as well, leaving this valve box obsolete?
Maybe I'm misinformed, but I can't wrap my head around it all yet.