DX11 Coming To Linux (But Not XP)

gr8_phk writes "As reported over at Phoronix, the Direct X 11 API now has an open source implementation on top of Gallium3d which should ease porting of games to Linux with or without Wine. While still in its infancy, you can see where this is heading. All this while Microsoft hasn't offered DX11 for their own aging WindowsXP. Could it be that Linux may soon support this Microsoft API better than Microsoft itself?"

Comments

At Long Last

[TitusC3v5]

Microsoft has finally give us some cheese for our wine is not an emulator is not an emulator is not an emulator is not ...

Response to rampant speculation

[Tetsujin]

"Could it be that Linux may soon support this Microsoft API better than Microsoft itself?"

Yes. It seems very likely to me that an open-source implementation of a Microsoft API, and implementation "in its infancy", will soon surpass Microsoft's own offering.

I mean, if you're comparing DX11 support on Linux to DX11 support on XP - well, some support is better than none, right? So, OK, sure.

Re:Response to rampant speculation

[Anonymous Coward]

How do you manage to get so much tard into a single post?

Pimp my linux.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello sir, I have been told that you enjoy compatibility. I took the liberty of installing a Direct X compatibility layer on top of your WINE compatibility layer. Now you can have a compatible user experience while having a compatible graphical experience.

Wait, did I do that right?

Re:Phoronix

[Anonymous Coward]

100-x where x is the number of linux steam installations

In ten years

[Citizen of Earth]

In ten years, Linux will be a better Windows than Windows.

Re:In ten years

[psbrogna]

Which is convenient because in ten years that might be the minimum power plant required to support a PC running the latest MS O/S.

2011 is the year of the Linux desktop

[electron sponge]

nt

Re:Does this smack of a hidden agenda to you?

[retchdog]

Base 1.01 - when you need to make drastic improvements fast.

XP? Forget XP!

[Steeltoe]

I was die-hard on XP, but then I tried Windows 7 for the last couple of days and will simply NEVER go back to XP again..

Besides, if you're gonna do SSD, Windows 7 is the way forward. XP will be obsolete, like Red Hat 5 and Windows 98SE. Do you really want to risk your data or latest gadget to fail?

Win 7 vs XP:
* Better looking
* Fast
* More options, integrated backup, it's a big mess, but most of it works. Yeah, u know the drill by now, but it *mostly* works, most of the time, and then it's "good enuff"
* More integrated recovery tools. More chances of getting back up and running..
* More robust, flexible & userfriendly install. Not as good as Ubuntu, but better than last time.
* Support
* SSD support without all the headaches necessary on XP & Vista. If you're like me, you don't want your drive to die in its infancy..
* non-admin accounts works
* UAE security, and no, it's not as annoying as on Vista
* Better driver support than Vista, runs newer hardware without slipstreaming tons of drivers
* More native drivers available on Windows Update
* DX11

Not a quantum-leap, but Windows 7 fixes most nuances with Vista, and has more OPTIONS ;-)
XP is already obsoleted by Windows 7 IMHO.

Face it, XP is dying ;-)

Re:Does this smack of a hidden agenda to you?

[Anonymous Coward]

> ALSA is one of many OSS projects that makes me ashamed of OSS.

A little ambiguous, considering the context, don't you think... ;)