Linux still sucks for gaming

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From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:22

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Big shocker, I know... nothing much to see here.  But when I look back
on all the conversations with people I've had over the last 25 years
about the future of Linux as a desktop operating system.

Seemed like SteamOS was it's last great hope as a gaming OS.  

Fail.  Just fucking fail.

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/218039-steamos-ubuntu-or-windows-10-which-delivers-the-fastest-game-performance

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/11/ars-benchmarks-show-significant-performance-hit-for-steamos-gaming/

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