thewholecake
Well-Known Member
Hello all!
It no secret cake been away from the server for quite some time. About a year and a bit. Last time cake was here things were way different in industry.
Cake wonder what everyone thinks of the state of linux gaming now and if any of u lot have tried out the new linux steam. What everybody think of windows 8, and the ARM cpu's growing presence?
Couple of interesting facts that are different from just 18 months ago:
Who reckons this be the year of linux gaming? Or will it pass as a fad? Does anybody run windows XP or Windows 8 on their desktops?
Some trivia: There used to be ARM-cpu netbooks (full keyboard, screen, like small laptop) running Windows CE and featured a desktop/start menu etc etc with the Windows 95 GUI way back in the late 1990s. Then there was the Intel+MS monopoly which led everyone to use the i386x or x86 CPU and intel actually sold off ARM.
Cake has one of these relecs. The HP Jornada. 10 hour battery life, and instant suspend/resume. Applications loaded so quick u could piano roll down the keyboard and the apps would load up instantly. solid state storage too. sounds really modern doesnt it? cake bet it more responsive than ur laptops.
thoughts?
It no secret cake been away from the server for quite some time. About a year and a bit. Last time cake was here things were way different in industry.
Cake wonder what everyone thinks of the state of linux gaming now and if any of u lot have tried out the new linux steam. What everybody think of windows 8, and the ARM cpu's growing presence?
Couple of interesting facts that are different from just 18 months ago:
- Desktop windows finally running on the ARM cpu (last time full desktop Windows ran on non-x86 was windows CE and then Windows NT).
- Windows RT (the new Windows 8 for mobile devices) will be locked down in the windows kernel itself will not run programs not approved by Microsoft.
- some people say the new nokia windows phones dont suck.
- Android now everywhere and leeching into mobile gaming. (cake even develop apps. do a search for the whole cake)
- Tablets now everybloodywhere
- Steam for Linux being released, Valve making new console with Linux and Blizzard/Valve announcing AAA titles for linux.
- Doom 3 BFG edition source code released
- intensity of patent warfare, esp between microsoft, samsung, apple.
Who reckons this be the year of linux gaming? Or will it pass as a fad? Does anybody run windows XP or Windows 8 on their desktops?
Some trivia: There used to be ARM-cpu netbooks (full keyboard, screen, like small laptop) running Windows CE and featured a desktop/start menu etc etc with the Windows 95 GUI way back in the late 1990s. Then there was the Intel+MS monopoly which led everyone to use the i386x or x86 CPU and intel actually sold off ARM.
Cake has one of these relecs. The HP Jornada. 10 hour battery life, and instant suspend/resume. Applications loaded so quick u could piano roll down the keyboard and the apps would load up instantly. solid state storage too. sounds really modern doesnt it? cake bet it more responsive than ur laptops.
thoughts?