Re:Valve: Linux More Open Than Windows 8 for Gaming
by hdra on Monday October 29, 2012 @12:22PM
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Sadly, for those people building their own computers, driver problems are going to be even worse... I have never been able to get my ATI/AMD graphic cards to work properly under Linux...
Re:Valve: Linux More Open Than Windows 8 for Gaming
by gnufied on Monday October 29, 2012 @12:55PM
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Which is okay. I am huge fan of Valve games and know that Nvidia drivers can run games quite well on Linux, so if AMD/ATI do not want my money, it is fine my me.
I know that one might say but majority of users do not know this, but from what I can tell from participating in gaming communities, these guy do proper research before buying a new rig. I can totally see lot of people who solely play Valve games (TF2, L4D, Dota2, CS:Go, CS) will try Linux if their games work on Linux.
Re:Valve: Linux More Open Than Windows 8 for Gaming
by w1ntermute on Monday October 29, 2012 @12:56PM
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There are issues with the ATI Linux drivers, but there are a lot of gamers with NVIDIA cards, and those work quite well on Linux. We don't need to get everyone to move to Linux, just a good number, and just those on NVIDIA will be more than sufficient.
This is true, especially among the subset of gamers who build their own computers. They are particularly ripe for experimentation with Linux, and would represent the Innovator/Early Adopter stage in the TAL [1]. Get those guys on board and the rest may see it as new and cool and follow.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle*