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Originally posted by LostinSpacetime View PostIt is indeed an exiting time and a big opportunity for Ubuntu and Linux. However, the performance regressions in 11.10 -> 12.04 -> 12.10 are disastrous as described in this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...iz/+bug/964788. There are many similar bugs affecting users mostly with nVidia hardware (https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1042167, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/988079, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...y/+bug/1005074, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/987304, ..) which is ironical since gaming is the main reason to choose nVidia. I imagine most people will just try one of the new, more demanding games and experiencing bad performance will be thinking it's the game's fault or linux's, while without compiz/unity everything would work just fine.
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Originally posted by d2kx View PostAs I've said times and times again on the forums, these performance issues are being sorted. Ubuntu 12.04 will soon get Unity 5.16 which fixes huge performance issues with the Unity plugin and will improve quite a bit. However, Compiz also has huge performance problems which are not going to get resolved with an Ubuntu 12.04 update. Few days ago, the first important update for Ubuntu 12.10 (development) has been pushed, based on Compiz 0.9.8 lp3319 and fixes major performance issues within Compiz. Compiz 0.9.8.0 is coming very soon including improved performance with Sync to Vblank enabled (which is the default anyway), and Compiz 0.9.8.2 with further performance improvements is already in development. The final release of Ubuntu 12.10 will probably have 99% of all performance issues experienced with Compiz & Unity sorted out once and for all. But with the forthcoming Unity 5.16 update for Ubuntu 12.04, many people will be just fine running that already.
It may be better to upgrade to 12.10. Unless 5.16 hits precise-proposed.
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Originally posted by Compholio View PostIf they tie Steam into the package manager so that updates to Steam games show up in the system updater then that would make me very happy
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Originally posted by LostinSpacetime View PostHowever, the performance regressions in 11.10 -> 12.04 -> 12.10 are disastrous as described in this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...iz/+bug/964788. There are many similar bugs affecting users mostly with nVidia hardware.
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Originally posted by disgrace View PostUbuntu is full retards. I hope steam will run on my god blessed Gentoo distribution.
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Gabe Newell confirmed on GT.TV that Linux support is being developed mainly for Smart TVs. Canonical is one of very few Linux distributors that aims for Smart TVs (Gentoo does not). However Valve has no interest in tying in with Ubuntu Software Center because Valve wants Steam to be the main source for all kinds of media (see recent announcement). Gabe said that Valve wants Smart TV vendors to choose if they want to build their Smart TV platform on Windows or Linux (he didn't say Ubuntu). That means apart from being ?certified? to run on Ubuntu, no technical Ubuntu tie in should be present. If I have to guess I'd say that Steam will have to be installed in the users? home directory to allow Steam to update itself and all games without asking for admin rights.
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