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Article #694711Re: Linux still sucks for gaming
From: Werner Punz
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:15
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:15
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Am 14.11.15 um 17:59 schrieb Tim O: > Valve getting heavily involved now along with the newest builds of > Linux allowing software updates from the GUI (this is huge even though > I haven't tried it) are the first big things that have happened in a > long time. The problems with Linux run deeper. The driver model bound so heavily to the kernel simply is nightmarish and braindead. For every driver update you have to recompile the kernel or at least the driver against the Kernel. There is no stable driver API and never will be, due to Thorvalds being dickheaded about it. Then there is the whole X-Windows mess and believe me it is a mess. AMD never managed to bring out stable drivers by following the rules and NVida only because they replaced lots of parts of X-Windows by their own code and breaking the rules. X-Windows will be replaced in the long run, but the next generation graphics system for Linux has been overdue now for five years and still no end in sight til it is finished. To sum it up. Linux simply is a miserable platform for games and in my opinion generally a mess. > I believe the PS4 operating system is also Linux based, > though heavily customized with Sonys own Direct X type of environment. > Actually Sony uses a FreeBSD derivate with their own gaming API which is comparable to DirectX12/Vulcan/Mantle. One of the many reasons why the PS4 performs so much better than the XBONE.
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