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posted by n1 on Monday March 31 2014, @02:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the year-of-the-linux-gaming-pc dept.

keplr writes:

Phoronix, a 10-year old linux-focused tech website, has benchmarked the latest Nvidia GeForce drivers and compared the results under Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 8.1. The Ubuntu driver actually performed slightly ahead in a few tests. While Intel and AMD are considered better citizens in the FLOSS community, Nvidia has enjoyed a lead in technical performance with their proprietary drivers.

With increasing support from hardware manufacturers, and big names like Valve backing Linux, one of the last remaining pillars of Windows dominance on the desktop continues to be chipped away.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Monday March 31 2014, @02:47PM

    by Foobar Bazbot (37) on Monday March 31 2014, @02:47PM (#23703)

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding what "LAN server" means, but it sounds like something that doesn't need X, and if it does, would be served fine by VBE. We have a standard interface to video cards for a reason...

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