Re: [PLUG] MS strategy and linux

[Rich Freeman via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 2:40 PM Rich Mingin (PLUG) via plug
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
>
>  A paranoid mind would say they are doing that to more tightly couple the gaming interface into the general OS code.
>

Maybe.  With Vulkan and so on it seems like graphics APIs are going to
become less of an issue going forward.  If anything I'd say NVidia has
been more of a problem in this space than MS.

A big advantage here is that AMD has been largely a proponent of more
open APIs (in part because they're trying to sell that as an advantage
of the NVidia/MS way), and AMD also tends to be more involved in the
console space.  That said I have no idea what APIs the new XBox
consoles/etc use these days.  As I understand it Vulkan also better
aligns with the graphics hardware so it should be able to perform
better, and I believe it is a first class citizen in all the FOSS
linux drivers/etc.

If I'm wrong on any of those details please let me know.  I don't
pretend to follow this stuff super-closely, but it is something I've
tried to monitor.

-- 
Rich
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