Alessandro17 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming-new-hardware-coming-soon/ I hope it is true. It would mean the end of Microsoft arrogance. If Android (which as everybody knows is Linux) became the main OS for smartphones and tablet, why couldn't another Linux "distribution" become the main OS for PCs? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I doubt it People have made predictions for years on how Linux will take over the world of computing. Only geeks and nerds like Linux. If Valve is gonna release their own distro that takes care of all of Linuxes woes, that would be awesome, but I highly doubt that Linux is fixable for the regular joe (the mean folk) 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 So what about Android? Are people who use Android phones and tablets all geeks and nerds? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Android has significant commercial support Vanilla Linux does not Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Gabe Newell and Valve really believe this. They put a ton of work into SDL 2.0. Assuming everything is going to run via SDL (think of it as sort of a DirectX for Linux) if you have working sound and a video card with good OpenGL drivers then I don't see why not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Android has significant commercial support Vanilla Linux does not Who said that it is going to be "Vanilla Linux" ? (See Gringo Vermelho). And what is "Vanilla Linux" anyway? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Who said that it is going to be "Vanilla Linux" ? (See Gringo Vermelho). And what is "Vanilla Linux" anyway? What I meant by Vanilla Linux is regular Linux. Android is descended from Linux itself, but its differences pretty much put Android in its own category Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 SDL handles everything, sound, video, input, touch screen, rumble. By now they probably just throw some compiler switches and whatever they have works on Android, *nix, OS X and even Windows. Well, in a perfect world anyway. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swag Dog Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Hah sure. The day a Linux distro becomes a major player in the OS scene is when pigs learn how to fly. I would dualboot Ubuntu or other distro but none of them properly support my switchable graphics 6770M + HD 3000. Heck, atleast OS X can use the HD 3000, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE can't use any. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Looks like there is some support for switchable graphics: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics Unfortunately it doesn't work with proprietary video card drivers which, from what I've seen, are way better than the open source drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Linux has been "the future" of everything for more than a decade. 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 It's like they say about Brazil, it's the country of the future and always will be. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 It doesn't seem possible to start an intelligent conversation in this forum. It seems possible only to attract trolls. Topic closed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291934-gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming/#findComment-1946741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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