https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc7PDqmtJC4

A day or so ago I started a thread titled "War is Over", an over sensationalistic title, for a mundane Linux topic.

But today is a bit different, I have something resembling proof that times are changing.
Oh and to that person who was trying to say that Nvidia is the way to go for Linux...


This video is from the Level1Techs guys (who are pretty big in the Linux scene), where Wendell talks about the Vega support with Linux.
In this he states that in some cases when using the open source drivers the RX Vega 64 can outperform a 1080Ti.
AMD and talented members of the Linux developer community have been hard at work on getting Vega, gaming and other workloads to work, and work fast on Linux.

One reoccurring theme in the posts of my last thread, was that Linux will never be able to overtake or live along side Windows.
But this video, I feel shows how hard, and how much progress the open source community are working behind the scenes to ensure that Linux is a viable option.

AMD engineers have communicated to the Linux community that Navi will receive better, support from AMD's driver team.
We will be reaching a point where AMD cards will be able to perform just as well if not better than on Windows in the next 5 years.

Linux is not desktop (mainstream) ready yet, but it is getting much closer.



In other "News":
Frostbite works on Linux in DICE labs.
HiDPI support is getting better.
Valve works on more than just; I honestly don't know what people think they do all day.
    But basically they are helping with drivers and VR related stuff.
Linux Steam usage was at 0.63% for August (probably due to PUBG).
GTK4 is moving along.
Bill Gates used an Android phone (Android is a form of Linux).
S3TC has expired and work is being done with it.

Even if it becomes better eventually people will stick with Windows because it is what they know.

Really?

Most people I know, I don't see them changing from WIndows/Mac OS.

Yes. I couldn't care less myself. If you have a bad experience in the past and then been using windows for at least 20+ years and does what you need why change?

I think that depends on how user friendly the interface becomes. If it's easy to use, it performs better and it's well supported, i wouldn't see a reason for people not to adopt it, especially if it's also cheaper.

Of course, it's easier said than done. But it's not impossible.

It isn't impossible. It will take a generation or two to swing it. Most peopel my age are set in their ways and don't care about money. We worked hard to get a decent paying job and a few $$ saved is no big deal.

The thing is, we are not the only market.
The west is very self obsessed, and it can be hard to look past the reach of your own hands: all humans seem to share this fault.

Rising markets such as the ones found in third world countries, who sometimes don't have the money to buy Windows for $100+ USD...
Well they deserve access to computers too; do they not?

Eventually the FOSS community itself will have to step up and start making the drivers themselves cause AMD or some big ass company like Valve can't keep doing this forever when one of the touted benefits of open source software is it's contribution model but obviously it's too hard when writing drivers requires paid professionals ...

I assume a lot of people there have pirated copies of Windows.