If only there was a way I could find ou… Oh, yeah! There is ) Poll-tal But has the earthquake left an indelible mark in the habits of users? How many Linux gamers still dual boot with Windows specifically for gaming, whether out of necessity or habit? Such a big ground shift in such a short time. Many new, top-tier games arrive with Linux support at launch, and games studios continue to work through their (expansive) back catalogs to bring retrospective ports of their most popular titles. Today, the successes of the Humble Bundle and Steam for Linux have weakened the ‘need’ to keep a pet Windows partition loitering around, while Linux graphics drivers have improved immeasurably. “I dual boot with Windows…but only for gaming!” – Linux Gamers, 2011 Humble Successes Steam for Linux changed the rules Heck, you may have even uttered it yourself at one point! You’d see it stated (usually with a hint of defensiveness) on forums, blogs and social media. A year or two back it was a phrase synonymous with Linux gaming. When compiling a list of some - and emphasis really does fall on ‘some’ - of the biggest Linux gaming news stories from the past few weeks I remembered an old phrase, one I don’t hear as much as I used to. Before Tux went fragging we’d mine for jewels

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