A quantum CPU could be a revolutionary solution to the need for more CPU power.

A quantum CPU could be a good way to get way more power out of a modern PC. Games and applications are becoming more and more demanding, as well as websites that run bitcoin miners in the background like Piratebay. But operating systems and applications would need to be completely rewritten to work on a … Read more

SuperTuxKart 0.9.2 Released

Linux gamers all over the world will be happy to hear that a new version
of SuperTuxKart is available. This should strike a nostalgic chord to people
who have used desktop Linux to play games during the past ten years.
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Google’s SwiftShader Released

Year by year, plain-old HTML 5 websites are becoming fancier, and right
now, the home entertainment world is buzzing about VR and 3D. But most
sites are missing the boat; they have no 3D content. Well, that’s
about to change.
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Sony Settles in Linux Battle

When Sony released its PlayStation 3 console in 2006, most fans were
excited by the enhanced graphics and processing power, but a
small (yet significant) group of buyers was excited about an entirely
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Nostalgic thoughts about computers and computer gaming in the old days compared to today.

I have been thinking about the future of computer gaming. Considering the size of the map in Far Cry 3 compared to the computer games of old. There are two massive islands connected by a very deep and blue ocean. That is a massive play area. I love piloting a boat across the ocean, and … Read more

Half Life 2 now available for Linux. Gaming on Linux just got even better.

This is game-play footage of Half Life 2 running on Ubuntu 13.04. There are native binaries of Half Life 2 for Linux; this means that gamers all over the world can play this game without using Windows or WINE. A good win for open source software; the Ubuntu distribution is the easiest to use Linux … Read more

New Alienware desktop released with the Ubuntu distribution installed. This will be one powerful beast.

The new Alienware X51 with Ubuntu preinstalled will be a good choice for anyone who wants a superfast gaming machine that is also very portable and relatively light. The fact that Steam is now available for Linux makes this perfect time to adopt the Linux platform for your gaming needs. Linux is perfectly capable of running … Read more

Steam client on Linux Mint 14 working perfectly well and the future of gaming on Linux.

The Steam client on Linux is working very well now; there are not that many games available yet but the ones that are available are great examples of gaming. The upcoming Doom4 game that ID Software are working on will be available on Steam as well as other top rated titles once they have a … Read more

Purchasing a new desktop computer in 2012. The technology has come so far.

The desktop computing platform has gone through a massive change in 20 years, with the climb in power between the 8088 and the Intel 286 computers of old with processor clock speeds less than 10 Megahertz to the multi-core i7 beasts that we have now; with more RAM than a 486 had hard disk space … Read more

Valve planning to release the Steam service on Linux. A good thing for *NIX gamers or not?

Valve are planning to release a Linux version of the online Steam service allowing users of the many disparate Linux distributions to play the many games available on the Steam service. Older games such as Doom are available for Linux, but the actual IWADs that allow you to play the original Doom, Ultimate Doom and … Read more