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Had it been 2 years back, it was impossible
for me to write about Linux and gaming together. Gaming back then was dominated
by, still is, three gaming consoles i.e. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo. Linux was
considered a plaything exclusively for coders and hackers. This scenario is
pretty soon going to change.
With launch of Steam OS, gaming was bought
at the door of Linux. Steam OS is developed by Valve Software, which gave us
big titles like Dota, Counter Strike, Half life, etc. Steam OS is debian based Linux
designed for their Steam gaming console. Steam OS was designed primarily playing
video games in living room. Users are able to stream games from their windows
or Mac consoles to one with Steam OS console.
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| Steam OS |
While Steam OS was not able to provide
better performance than windows, it opened a portal for Linux to enter gaming
world. Big gaming titles including valve titles are now available. Other than
Steam OS, even Ubuntu provides platform to gaming on a medium scale.
However, this is insufficient to surpass the
level to which these closed source companies offer. Nvidia realized it, following which it has
started development of a cool gaming Linux rumored to be called Nlinux. While
the father of Linux, Linus Torvalds literally showered fbombs over Nvidia over
past years because of its lack of contribution, Nvidia gave Linux updated
drivers for their tetra cards i.e. a hand for peace. Now it seems Nvidia are
trying more to gain trust of the Linux community by adding their own Linux distro.
Proof of this news is not yet clear because there was a reddit thread where a
photo of Nlinux was shared. It is being speculated that this rumored Nlinux
distro will be designed especially for gamers.
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| Nlinux screenshot was shared on reddit |
Though, it is quite unclear at this very
moment, Nvidia’s Nlinux Linux distro will certainly add a new dimension to the
world of gaming; at least in Linux gaming.
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