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[–] 95 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Linux gaming went from good luck to Windows is taking notes. That’s a pretty wild timeline.

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  • [–] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

    And it all started with a guy wanting to see sexy android ass on Linux

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    Single wizard made DirectX 11 translation to Vulkan because he wanted to enjoy his waifu. Then he made it to the point of Witcher 3 running.

    There was a problem tho - some models were broken because Vulkan didn't have some DirectX features. Then valve got involved and submitted proposal to Kronos for necessary Vulkan extension. Driver guys from MESA implemented it really quickly and suddenly almost all the DirectX 11 games became playable. Nvidia also added support.

    It's an insane story of one guy with Anime waifu in avatar turning the tides of history. AFAIK he now works full time for Valve.

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