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KDE 4.9 Brings Fresh Stability and Performance to the Linux Desktop
PCWorld
The year of the Linux desktop may be the subject of never-ending debate, but few would deny that we currently seem to be in the midst of a week of Linux desktop news. Similar Articles: Get the Beauty of KDE on Your Tablet · Razor-qt: A New Linux Desktop ...
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Valve's optimizations make Linux port of L4D2 outperform Windows version
Ars Technica
In a new blog post that was published this week, Valve revealed that its Linux port of the popular title Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) now outperforms the Windows version of the game on a high-end test rig. The OpenGL-based Linux port of L4D2 runs at 315 FPS, the ...
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Ars Technica
Shadowrun Online Adds Linux and Ouya Support
MPOGD.com
With existing support for iOS and Android tablets as well as PC/Mac platforms, Shadowrun Online now also has announced plans to support Linux and Ouya, the new Kickstarter-backed Android-based console. Michael Paeck, Co-Founder of Cliffhanger ...
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MPOGD.com
Valve Gets Left 4 Dead 2 to Run Faster on Linux than Windows
Overclockers Club
Linux users will soon have access to Steam, as Valve is working tirelessly to get its service running smoothly on the open source OS. The first game that will be available is Left 4 Dead 2, and recently some interesting information was posted on the Valve ...
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Valve claims Left 4 Dead 2 runs faster on Linux than Windows
Inquirer
Valve announced its plans to port its Steam content delivery service and Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux just last month. The firm has already made astonishing progress, announcing that with various performance tweaks it has managed to get the Linux version of Left ...
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Valve Argues Linux PC Gaming Faster and Better... Zombies?
Bright Side of News*
As a lead off to the Valve initiative regarding Linux-based PC gaming, which has been in the works for quite some time and only recently came to fruition, we wanted to talk about Gabe Newell's recent statements about Windows 8 and his belief that it is a poor ...
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Valve: Games run FASTER on Linux than Windows
Register
Not only has Valve Software successfully ported the first-person shooter game Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux, but it actually runs faster on the open source OS than on Windows. Using high-end hardware, a version of the game running on Ubuntu 12.04 renders at ...
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Valve reports Left 4 Dead 2 on Linux runs faster than Windows version
Neoseeker
Valve is working to get Steam on Linux, and the first game for it, Left 4 Dead 2, already runs faster than the Windows version. An update on the Valve Linux blog details everything the team has accomplished so far to make Steam and L4D2 a reality on Linux.
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Linux beats Windows: Valve's surprising gaming tests
PC Authority
While working closely with Nvidia (who has something to prove after Linux creator Linus Torvalds publically dissed its attitude to Linux) the team has managed to polish up its engine so that Left 4 Dead 2 actually runs faster in linux than it does in Windows.
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Shadowrun Online Adds Linux, Ouya Support
Cinema Blend
If you thought Shadowrun Online was going to be just another PC remake, fusing new-school tech with an old-school concept, think again. Cliffhanger Productions plans on taking the project a step further and out of the comfort zone of PC territory and into the ...
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Is usability breaking Linux adoption?
IDG News Service
I have been a Linux (Linux in this article refers to Linux based Operating System) user for a quite a number of years, actually, since I owned my first PC about four years ago. All through I have been using Fedora Linux , and it has not been an easy ride all ...
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Valve takes interest in Linux for the source engine
DecryptedTech
As of late Valve has been running experiments with their successful source engine on Linux. Although it runs well in a Windows environment a relatively large gain has been seen using Linux. Valve used a system with an i7 3930k CPU, a beefy Nvidia ...
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DecryptedTech
Valve Says Their Games Run Faster on Linux Than on Windows 7
Geekosystem
Though Steam coming to Linux is a boon for any gamer who prefers free or open source operating systems, any OS X gamer will immediately note that just because Steam is on an operating system doesn't necessarily mean games will then follow.
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Valve says NVIDIA's the best, Steam and Left 4 Dead for Linux coming along nicely
Engadget
The godfather of Linux, Linus Torvalds, may think that NVIDIA is "the worst," but Valve respectfully disagrees. The company has been working closely with the manufacturer, as well as AMD and Intel, to boost performance of its hardware under the open source ...
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Left 4 Dead 2 läuft besser unter Linux als unter Windows
Hard Tecs 4U
Gabe Newell sorgte mit seinen sehr kritischen Aussagen über Windows 8 für Aufsehen, aber bei vielen Anwendern auch gleichzeitig für Begeisterung, da man eine bessere Unterstützung von Linux in Sachen Spiele in Aussicht stellte. Als wolle man dies ...
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Valve: L4D2 runs 20% faster on Ubuntu than Windows 7
TechSpot
With the advent of Steam landing on Linux drawing closer, Windows vs. Linux comparisons will become an inevitability. Although Valve's effort to port Steam over to Linux fans is still a work in progress, some onlookers may be surprised at the results thus far: ...
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TechSpot
ViewCast Supports Linux Open Source Community
Audio Visual News Network
ViewCast Corporation is supporting the open source community through its partnership with KernelLabs, a coalition of like-minded Linux software engineers whose primary goal is to improve the Linux platform for audio / video applications. ViewCast is ...
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First release candidate of Linux kernel version 3.6
The H
In the coming weeks, the Kernel Log on The H will cover these and numerous further new features of Linux 3.6. Provided that the summer holidays have no major impact on development, the next Linux version should be released in the second half of ...
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Valve says Left 4 Dead 2 runs faster on Linux than on Windows
Tech2
Valve had announced last month that they are working on porting their popular digital distribution platform for games, Steam, to Linux. The company was also all set to port Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu, because Steam would be a bit pointless if there weren't any ...
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Tech2
Left 4 Dead 2 on Linux is faster than Windows
iTWire
After much tweaking and testing using OpenGL, the initial 6fps (frames per second) displayed on the first installations of L4D2 on Linux, have yielded a massive gain peaking at 315fps! Valve, shocked and downright impressed, applied the same tweaks to a ...
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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Runs Faster on Linux than Windows 7
Hot Hardware
One of the prevailing theories as to why Linux isn't more widely adopted is because of games support. Sure, you can play games on Linux systems, and a good many of them when you factor in WINE and the such, but Windows is still more widely supported.
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Hot Hardware
GNOME needs to go to the Moon
ITworld.com
August 03, 2012, 10:38 AM — Even as the prospect of a another new Windows blunder and some new OEM deals have some wondering if this might be the time people start paying attention to the Linux desktop, disruptions within Linux desktop development ...
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Left 4 Dead 2 Runs Faster On Linux, Valve Continues To Gain Industry Support
Legit Reviews
It seems Valve isn't just doing a whole lot of talking, performance numbers are now emerging showing that Linux and OpenGL could prove to be beneficial to gamers. Working hard to optimize the Source engine for Linux, Valve has managed to get everything ...
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Legit Reviews
Richard Stallman slates Valve's Linux games plans
PCWorld.co.nz
Free software stalwart Richard Stallman has taken a cool view of the news that hugely-popular games developer Valve plans to make its non-free Steam platform available for Linux. John E Dunn | Friday, August 03 2012. Tweet. Free software stalwart Richard ...
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CME Group CIO - The challenges of upgrading an electronic trading platform to ...
ComputerworldUK
CME completed the migration of the entire Globex platform onto Linux boxes last year, "which has reduced our latency from seconds down to 4 – 6 milliseconds", Kometer adds. But the company's technology developments do not stop there. Kometer says that ...
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Blogs10 new results for Linux
 
[Phoronix] Linux 3.6-rc1 Kernel Released, Many New Features
Linus Torvalds notes in the 3.6-rc1 release announcement that the Linux 3.6 merge window only lasted twelve days and it's slightly smaller on changes than has been the case for recent Linux kernel cycles. Overall though, Torvalds seems ...
Phoronix
Looking into a Linux OS for my laptop...
By Phillip Baeza
Hi, I am totally new to Linux operating systems, but looking into switching from Windows to a Linux OS on my laptop. I have a Dell Studio 1536 with Dual Core AMD, Turion 2.6 Ghz processor. It has 4 GB of RAM and runs ATI Radeon HD (160 ...
Linux Forums
Introducing the Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro ...
By adafruit
Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits : Blog - MiniPOV SpokePOV Tools MintyBoost Gift Certificates AVR Development Arduino Useful stuff BoArduino TV-B-Gone Game of Life Propeller SIM reader Drawdio XBee Fuzebox ...
adafruit industries blog
Linux Gaming Moving Forward
By Dean Esmay
It appears that Valve, which is basically the hub of the PC gaming universe, is getting serious about Linux. If they are successful, I'm going to have to dial down my view that the PC is going to ebb, because one thing that's painfully obvious ...
Dean's World
GNU founder quizzes Valve over Linux move
By Onediversekid
GNU founder Richard Stallman has expressed concern over Valve's recent announcement that it will be bringing its digital distribution service, Steam, to the Linux platform. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell said the move was somewhat due to ...
Press2Reset
Announce: Cobra 2.0 - Linux Desktop (GUI Application)
By Nagappan
Announce: Cobra 2.0 - Windows GUI test automation tool. Highlights: * Java / C# / VB.NET / PowerShell / Ruby are now officially supported LDTP scripting languages other than Python * Approximately 130 APIs are compatible with Linux ...
Linux Desktop (GUI Application)...
Linux Outlaws 271 – 'orrible Linux (Page 1) / Linux Outlaws / Sixgun ...
By YOBA
Re: Linux Outlaws 271 – 'orrible Linux. Theru wrote: jezra wrote: Email: we don't need "innovation", we just need decent clients. I suggest Claws http://www.claws-mail.org/. Mutt. Hey, there's no call for that! big_smile. (Great that the show's ...
Sixgun Forum
The Linux Foundation (linuxfoundation)'s status on Friday, 03-Aug ...
The Linux Foundation. Win custom Linux skateboard w/ words "Linux is Not a Crime" across the bottom. Learn how: http://bit.ly/ONWJhW #linuxcon #cloudopen · about 2 minutes ago from web at San Francisco, California, United States ...
markus1234 and friends
Alexandro P. (notonspeedboy)'s status on Friday, 03-Aug-12 15:25 ...
By notonspeedboy
Alexandro P. (notonspeedboy)'s status on Friday, 03-Aug-12 15:25:57 UTC. Alexandro P. Linux , Saul Uribe. Indeed, vala is great! about 3 minutes ago from web in context · Help · About · FAQ · TOS · Privacy · Source · Version · Contact ...
linux timeline
boot - What does the linux kernel/initrd loading time depend on ...
By user1573870
I recently updated my Linux kernel from 3.1.10 to 3.5.0. Upon booting with GRUB, I noticed that this kernel (or the initial ramdisk?) takes a much longer time to load (~5-6 s vs. ~1 s with the old kernel) before the rest of the booting process ...
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