The S3TC is set to expire on the 2nd of October, joining MP3.
This is pretty big news for Linux as it should allow greater compatibility when using WINE and such.

Sure there are newer and better texture compression algorithms (that already work fully on Linux) such as ASTC.


Side note: the Switch supports ASTC on a chip level, and advantage it has over the older PS4 and XOne.
And just look at the test results shown by Nvidia.
bpp stands for Bits Per Pixel.

S3TC and MP3 alone would not be enough to warrant a "War is Over" title.
But I think with the adoption of Vulkan, Valve's work behind the scenes, AMD's increased support... ect.

Linux is day by day becoming a more viable ecosystem.
Someday soon we can all leave Microsoft behind for greener pastures freedom.

They are plenty green, that is how they trap you.

Good, good, but not groundbreaking (at least as far as I can see). At least the situation does look good for a change.

Average user/gamer doesn't care for Linux...never have, never will.

Just let me know when Linux systems reach 2% of the Steam stats... or even come back to 1%.

Linux is the main phone platform.  Unix is the main console platform. 

No idea how is that relevant...this is about (as I understand it) about Linux taking over MS domain...PCs.

Will do.

It helps Linux get support from the people with real money.
Linux is king in the super computer and server markets too.

"Someday soon we can all leave Microsoft behind"

I'd say someday in the distant future... We had this song and dance for decades when it comes to Linux vs Windows. Some new Linux improvement comes along and some dude says, hell yea! Soon, everyone will switch to Linux!

In reality, most people are just happy using Windows and while Windows 10 has a lot of urks, it is still my main go to OS because apart from privacy concerns, there is nothing about it that is super terrible in my experience. And of course, it's familiar and blah blah blah.

Linux continues to be great as a back-end OS or as a mobile OS. But as a consumer Desktop OS, it won't get attraction for decades to come. Idk what Linux specifically needs to do to become that but until it does, it won't come close to replacing windows for most people.