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SteamOS Update That Drops AMDGPU-PRO in Favour of Mesa Has Left Beta

posted by n1 on Friday June 09 2017, @08:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the update-to-freedom dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

The big SteamOS beta update that Valve shipped last month has now officially been released into the stable updates branch.

This is a very large update. It includes a new 4.11 Linux kernel, and updated drivers for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics hardware. This update also switches SteamOS from the proprietary AMDGPU-PRO driver to the open source mesa driver. Debian 8.8 and security updates are also included.

Source: GamingOnLinux

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday June 09 2017, @09:31PM (4 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday June 09 2017, @09:31PM (#523276)

    About 300 Million [idc.com] non-iOs smarphones shipped in last quarter alone.
    I'd call Linux mainstream, even if most people don't notice.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @10:15PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @10:15PM (#523306)

    Obviously Android does not function as a Linux distro; it does not give users appreciable, well-defined control over the operating system.

    • (Score: 2) by julian on Friday June 09 2017, @11:29PM (1 child)

      by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 09 2017, @11:29PM (#523323)

      Sure it does. You just have to seek it out. Most people don't, and in fact don't *want* that level of control.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 10 2017, @01:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 10 2017, @01:56AM (#523352)

        Durrrr durrrrr (see title)

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday June 10 2017, @11:55AM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday June 10 2017, @11:55AM (#523467) Journal
    This sort of confusion is why one should refrain from referring to GNU as "linux."

    Android (ab)uses linux, but it doesn't provide any of the benefits of GNU-linux to the user, it's entirely for the convenience of your owners.

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