An Attempt To Push Ubuntu As A Gaming Platform

[phoronix]

Phoronix: An Attempt To Push Ubuntu As A Gaming Platform

At the Ubuntu Developer Summit later this month in Copenhagen, a number of gaming-related development sessions are scheduled as Ubuntu developers try to push their Linux distribution as a first-rate gaming platform...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTIwNTY

[rudl]

yeah, and also network latency, could be a killer feature.

[devius]

Process clean-up actions seems important. I was left with a 640x480 screen several times in the past when something goes wrong or even when exiting a game normally.

[birdie]

That's funny - they almost verbatim reiterate a list of main linux problems ;-)

[F i L]

That's funny - they almost verbatim reiterate a list of main linux problems ;-)

Well it's good that (due to Valve, Humble-Bundle, and Unity) something's finally being done about it.

[rafirafi]

What ?

They're begining to try to solve these problems 7 years after launching ubuntu... okay, I'll begin to pay for ubuntu in 7 years too.

[AJenbo]

Well I have this thing called .. low-jitter kernel

Relay it to the ubuntu folks, I`m banned in their forum. I think I called someone gay or something.

Are you sure it wasn't for spamming?

[Tiger_Coder]

Well those are killer feature for me. I just hope their improvements are not meant for Unity only; KDE/Kubuntu also get the resolution reset feature.

[emptythevoid]

If they really make work on these points (especially on Unity), gaming or no, I think it'll be great.

[jakubo]

so theres hardly gonna be wayland adoption due to focus on integration of binary drivers in the next few releases...
I like that they take the issue seriously and that they dont want to dissappoint valves trust, though.
i guess browsing through bug reports and listening to the forums and irc will have to get a much higher priority.
I must say that i very much doubt that they will get their hands dirty on low level work.