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Nvidia Doubles Linux Driver Performance, Slips Steam Release Date
leppi writes "Nvidia has announced a huge increase in Linux gaming performance for their GeForce R310 drivers after almost a year of development alongside Valve and other game developer partners. Nvidia's announcement also indicated the Steam beta for Linux should be out today. Quoting: 'Available for download at www.geforce.com, the new R310 drivers were also thoroughly tested with Steam for Linux, the extension of Valve's phenomenally popular Steam gaming platform that officially opened to gamers starting today. ... Comparing 304.51 driver performance of 142.7 fps versus 310.14 driver performance of 301.4 fps in beta build of Left for Dead 2. All tests run on the same system using Intel Core i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 8 GB memory, GeForce GTX 680 and Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit.'"
Update: 11/06 21:00 GMT by S : Valve has gone ahead and announced the Steam for Linux Beta. They've sent invites to a number of people who filled out the application, and they'll be inviting more as the test goes along. The beta test is available for installation on Ubuntu 12.04, with support for other distros to come: "We intend to support additional popular distros in the future; we’ll prioritize development for these based on user feedback."
Nope, because installing NVidia driver on Linux stills requires a shitload of configuration until you can use something other than a text-based interface. And the average user doesn't want that.
Oh, and I forgot the most important one:
User reports a bug or makes a feature request - in regard to a really glaring, obvious issue or shortcoming.
Developer response: WIll not fix. It's more boring than developing new features. (or) it's open source, fix it yourself!
Yeah, brilliant marketing there. Way to win friends (for Microsoft and Apple) and influence people (to go back to proprietary OSes)
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Well, as long as h4rr4r (612664) says Linux on the desktop works fine I don't see any reason why we should listen to what the 99% that don't use Linux think. Clearly they're all wrong and h4rr4r is right.
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