I'm trying to think when was the last time I re-installed Linux. It's... ah... um... actually, never. Except for experimenting with alternate distributions, entirely my choice.
The single software package most often mentioned as a counter-example is Photoshop. If you're a professional graphic artist, you'll probably be happiest with a Mac.
Have you tried Krita? It has developed amazingly in the last few years, highly regarded by artists and considered competitive with Photoshop for digital painting. (Photoshop still has some functionality for general image processing that Krita doesn't.)
19% market share for an OS that has been free for a year is fucking pathetic.
Linux wishes it had that market share.
Linux (anthropomorphism?) has 80% of the mobile market which is considerably larger than the desktop market. That said, it's true, Linux still does want to be on your desktop, to liberate it from M$inions, to serve you, to give you back ownership of the hardware you bought, and generally to be sickeningly altruistic.
If all you're looking for is an efficient, yet capable eSports gaming card
eSPorts gaming card?? The inane desperation is strong in this one...
Whoops, you're sounding a bit out of touch there. Dota 2 International 6 prize pool now about to pass $19 million. More than 1 million online and playing right now.
The RX250 sounds like a candidate for passive cooling. As soon as I see one of those I will grab it, silence is a big deal, and 2.2 tflops is still a lot for my needs.
US ticket sales have been declining for years, masked by increasing ticket prices. Revenue is expected to soon turn south as well, as the home theatre experience continues to improve relative to cost. World wide theatre ticket revenue is still increasing, especially in China, but for how long?
Not only that, but a 70 inch screen 8 feet from the sofa appears larger than all but the frontmost seats of a large theatre. And surround digital sound with decent speakers is readily available at consumer prices. Cameron is just off base about the relative quality of the big screen experience. A private Imax theatre still beats it, sure, but that's a rare beast usually involving a long commute in a big city and more often than not somebody's hairdo will be included in the visual experience. It is obvious to everyone except old school Hollywood that the big screen is rapidly going the way of the drive-in theatre.
Market relief because sales collapse is not quite as fast as anticipated. Price back to a few bucks lower than three months ago. Downward march and continued loss of market share to Android expected to continue, this ends at zero net cash. Apple's problem: phones are overpriced and only your mom wants one. Apple's best bet for the long term is to introduce an Android phone.
Market relief because sales collapse is not quite as fast as anticipated. Price back to a few bucks lower than three months ago. Downward march and continued loss of market share to Android expected to continue, this ends at zero net cash. Apple's problem: phones are overpriced and only your mom wants one. Apple's best bet for the long term is to introduce an Android phone.
Your company, of all the companies around, have one of the best track records of working with cross platform compatibility until UT2004, then you pull the plug and even shit all over your old games by making them Microsoft only to newcomers despite the fact you're pissed at Microsoft?
What are you talking about? I just installed and ran the Linux port of Life is Strange. Unreal engine. Looks good to me. By the way, impressive game if you are into teen angst, which I am not but I'm still impressed.
Valve is not stupid. They have received a lot of flack for StreamOS and pushing linux as the future platform, particularly since, today, it only offers negatives (specifically, library support is small compared to winblows).
I would not say that Linux offers only negatives. Notice all the network lag issues that force Dota 2 tournament pauses on a regular basis. Just doesn't happen on Linux, network performance is consistently solid as a rock. And at the Manila Major last month one of the matches was stopped for 20 minutes because a Windows 10 "upgrade" started in the middle of the game.
No, the biggest problem with SteamOS is that it does not perform as fast as Windows. My GPU becomes less valuable in Linux.
Latest benchmarks indicate that situation is strictly temporary as driver quality has improved rapidly for all major vendors, including the fully open source drivers. And Linux native ports are already performing as well or better than Windows in some cases, as compared to the earlier crop of D3D wrapper games. Also, the move to Vulkan is happening fast because of the performance (check out the Doom demo) and the cross platform appeal. So Microsoft just won't be able to hold things back on that front any more.
Steam should be sponsoring WINE project, and start getting it stabilized for STEAM.
I would prefer that Valve continues doing exactly what it is doing: promoting Vulkan as a superior next gen 3D platform, thereby promoting native Linux ports. We're at the point where quality Linux ports are at least the equal of Windows. Linux networking is way more stable than Windows judging by the lag issues I observe constantly even in pro tournaments. I would not be surprise to see Valve start running big tournaments on Linux machines, because it just works better and that matters when a lot of money is at stake.
As far as content goes, there are way more good quality Steam games for Linux than I could possibly have time to play, including some solid AAA titles. And honestly does anything besides Dota 2 really matter? (Prize pool: $18 million and climbing.)
The Michelson-Morley experiment was experiment that turned up nothing, and lead to the development of general relativity. Perhaps this experiment will also turn nothing into something.
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I'm trying to think when was the last time I re-installed Linux. It's... ah... um... actually, never. Except for experimenting with alternate distributions, entirely my choice.
The single software package most often mentioned as a counter-example is Photoshop. If you're a professional graphic artist, you'll probably be happiest with a Mac.
Have you tried Krita? It has developed amazingly in the last few years, highly regarded by artists and considered competitive with Photoshop for digital painting. (Photoshop still has some functionality for general image processing that Krita doesn't.)
...they're OUR machines, we should be able to do whatever we want with them.
Not in Mordor.
This will all swap back around in September, when the iPhone 7 debuts.
Apple's annual product bump gets smaller every year, as Apple continues to lose market share to Android and even Microsoft. How much does that suck?
And apparently Apple has run out of ideas.
Apple's net income was $7.8 billion in the fiscal third quarter that ended June 25. So they still made more money.
Not by much. And Samsung is going up while Apple is going down.
My daughter works at MS and keeps getting promoted.
Wait, let me guess... HR department?
Do... Do you not test patches before you roll them out?!
And, dear Coward, after you notice the sneaky behavior, how do you patch the Microsoft patch?
19% market share for an OS that has been free for a year is fucking pathetic.
Linux wishes it had that market share.
Linux (anthropomorphism?) has 80% of the mobile market which is considerably larger than the desktop market. That said, it's true, Linux still does want to be on your desktop, to liberate it from M$inions, to serve you, to give you back ownership of the hardware you bought, and generally to be sickeningly altruistic.
Ah, bleah, RX 450...
Translation: games that were designed for lowest common denominator hardware (Intel GPU) will run super well with settings jacked far up on this.
You haven't run Dota 2 recently. A low end card gets you a retro experience.
One of the traditional differentiating factors between "sport" and "game" was the risk of injury.
Never heard of carpal tunnel syndrome? I recently saw a top Dota 2 professional put on a full arm carpal tunnel brace to play.
If all you're looking for is an efficient, yet capable eSports gaming card
eSPorts gaming card?? The inane desperation is strong in this one...
Whoops, you're sounding a bit out of touch there. Dota 2 International 6 prize pool now about to pass $19 million. More than 1 million online and playing right now.
The RX250 sounds like a candidate for passive cooling. As soon as I see one of those I will grab it, silence is a big deal, and 2.2 tflops is still a lot for my needs.
US ticket sales have been declining for years, masked by increasing ticket prices. Revenue is expected to soon turn south as well, as the home theatre experience continues to improve relative to cost. World wide theatre ticket revenue is still increasing, especially in China, but for how long?
Great, watching a movie to the sound of people munching.
Not only that, but a 70 inch screen 8 feet from the sofa appears larger than all but the frontmost seats of a large theatre. And surround digital sound with decent speakers is readily available at consumer prices. Cameron is just off base about the relative quality of the big screen experience. A private Imax theatre still beats it, sure, but that's a rare beast usually involving a long commute in a big city and more often than not somebody's hairdo will be included in the visual experience. It is obvious to everyone except old school Hollywood that the big screen is rapidly going the way of the drive-in theatre.
Microsoft is the new IBM. Apple is the new Microsoft. Google is the new Apple. Facebook is the new Google...
...Tencent is the new Facebook.
Market relief because sales collapse is not quite as fast as anticipated. Price back to a few bucks lower than three months ago. Downward march and continued loss of market share to Android expected to continue, this ends at zero net cash. Apple's problem: phones are overpriced and only your mom wants one. Apple's best bet for the long term is to introduce an Android phone.
Wow, AAPL fan(atic)s out with bitter mod points.
Market relief because sales collapse is not quite as fast as anticipated. Price back to a few bucks lower than three months ago. Downward march and continued loss of market share to Android expected to continue, this ends at zero net cash. Apple's problem: phones are overpriced and only your mom wants one. Apple's best bet for the long term is to introduce an Android phone.
Your company, of all the companies around, have one of the best track records of working with cross platform compatibility until UT2004, then you pull the plug and even shit all over your old games by making them Microsoft only to newcomers despite the fact you're pissed at Microsoft?
What are you talking about? I just installed and ran the Linux port of Life is Strange. Unreal engine. Looks good to me. By the way, impressive game if you are into teen angst, which I am not but I'm still impressed.
Valve is not stupid. They have received a lot of flack for StreamOS and pushing linux as the future platform, particularly since, today, it only offers negatives (specifically, library support is small compared to winblows).
I would not say that Linux offers only negatives. Notice all the network lag issues that force Dota 2 tournament pauses on a regular basis. Just doesn't happen on Linux, network performance is consistently solid as a rock. And at the Manila Major last month one of the matches was stopped for 20 minutes because a Windows 10 "upgrade" started in the middle of the game.
No, the biggest problem with SteamOS is that it does not perform as fast as Windows. My GPU becomes less valuable in Linux.
Latest benchmarks indicate that situation is strictly temporary as driver quality has improved rapidly for all major vendors, including the fully open source drivers. And Linux native ports are already performing as well or better than Windows in some cases, as compared to the earlier crop of D3D wrapper games. Also, the move to Vulkan is happening fast because of the performance (check out the Doom demo) and the cross platform appeal. So Microsoft just won't be able to hold things back on that front any more.
Steam should be sponsoring WINE project, and start getting it stabilized for STEAM.
I would prefer that Valve continues doing exactly what it is doing: promoting Vulkan as a superior next gen 3D platform, thereby promoting native Linux ports. We're at the point where quality Linux ports are at least the equal of Windows. Linux networking is way more stable than Windows judging by the lag issues I observe constantly even in pro tournaments. I would not be surprise to see Valve start running big tournaments on Linux machines, because it just works better and that matters when a lot of money is at stake.
As far as content goes, there are way more good quality Steam games for Linux than I could possibly have time to play, including some solid AAA titles. And honestly does anything besides Dota 2 really matter? (Prize pool: $18 million and climbing.)
Is Marrissa selling her assets?
The Michelson-Morley experiment was experiment that turned up nothing, and lead to the development of general relativity. Perhaps this experiment will also turn nothing into something.