Poll: Poll: Would you use a Linux Based OS if....

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A new Open Source Graphics API is coming, Vulkan promises to be an efficient low level API which rivals Microsoft's DirectX 12.

So the question is would you use an Open Source OS if Mainstream Games were to become available on them? They come in many flavours including:

Ubuntu ## Kubuntu ## SteamOS

Current backers include: Epic, Valve, Unity, Blizzard, DICE, Oxide Games as well as Hardware Vendors such as AMD, ARMH and Nvidia.

Chose one option.

#1 "I would NOT use an Open Source OS"

#2 "I use Windows only and would use an Open Source OS with Vulkan along side Windows"

#3 "I use Windows only and would switch to an Open Source OS with Vulkan only"

#4 "I use Windows and an Open Source OS, it will stay that way"

#5 "I only use an Open Source OS, it will stay that way"

 

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#4 "I use Windows and an Open Source OS, it will stay that way"

 

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Poll added.

Thanks

 

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Also, technically this shouldn't be in the GPU section.

Technically perhaps, yet all the gamers are in this room and Vulkan is about improving GPU and CPU performance as well as improving graphical quality in games.

Technically it could go in the Games room, the OS room, the CPU room or the GPU room.

Most of the members this is targeted at are in this room.

 

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hmmmmm

If there was an option of, "I use windows but would duel boot to an open source OS for games" Then I would tick it.

That would be #2

I use Windows only and would use an Open Source OS with Vulkan along side Windows

 

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A few years ago I was told that Ubuntu was the most user friendly distro of Linux so I gave it a go. It installed easy enough but trying to install addtional applications or go forbid update your graphics drivers was like having your teeth extracted with out a painkiller. Never again.

Yeah i understand this, like a lot of things OpenSource it can be fickle.

Ubuntu and its Windows 7 like brother Kubuntu in their original form have improved in recent years, GPU Driver instillation is now as simple as it is in Windows.

The other problem they had was application instillation, again because its OpenSource applications even when stated as for Ubuntu often needed you to compile before installing.

OpenSource doesn't have the Driver and Application certification that Microsoft has, thats the whole point, the down side is stuff thats sometimes not stable or just an allround pain.

Again Ubuntu gets around that now by having a Desktop Application Market Place interface, everything in it is approved by Ubuntu and one click install in the interface.
Its actually quite a good thing in its self.