Posted April 09, 2016

pimpmonkey2382.313
You are obsolete. Delete!
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JDelekto
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Posted April 09, 2016
Post edited April 09, 2016 by JDelekto

P-E-S
I like games
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JDelekto
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P-E-S
I like games
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novumZ
Akash of Vishnu
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Posted April 09, 2016

And is, of course, DRM-free.
edit: misplaced apostrophe, I think

pimpmonkey2382.313
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Posted April 09, 2016

And is, of course, DRM-free.
edit: misplaced apostrophe, I think


novumZ
Akash of Vishnu
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kusumahendra
Outlander
Registered: Feb 2013
From Indonesia
Posted April 09, 2016

And is, of course, DRM-free.
edit: misplaced apostrophe, I think
Although it surely more suited to be put on console, or specialize hardware such as SteamBox. Because I would expect my pc to be used for many more than just gaming

pimpmonkey2382.313
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HereForTheBeer
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Posted April 09, 2016

And is, of course, DRM-free.
edit: misplaced apostrophe, I think

I get what you mean, though. Would be nice to have an issue-free OS that could deal with 40+ years of games on multiple platforms using umpteen OSes from over the years. Actually, considering those 40 years of technological march, things could be worse.

cogadh
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Posted April 09, 2016
In all seriousness, what you are asking for is prohibitively difficult at best, impossible at worst. First, the majority of games are developed for and using Windows proprietary software and APIs, so to get a "Gamer's OS" up and running you would either have to develop your own APIs or use open standard APIs, then convince the entire game industry to switch to your systems. Second, the hardware. Manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD only really produce hardware drivers for Windows and Linux (and Linux is mostly an afterthought), so you would also need to convince them to produce a third driver branch for an OS that no one is likely to be using because of my first point. They aren't even the only ones you would have to convince: manufacturers of hard drives, network cards, sound and controller chipsets... really every internal component of a machine. Lastly, the basic functionality for a brand new OS is not something you can just whip together, it would take probably years of development, testing and a massive financial investment before it was even remotely usable (see [url=HTTPS://www.reactos.org]ReactOS[/url] for an example of this. 18 years of development and it's still in alpha). This is all before anyone can even start making games for the OS. Even Valve, with all its market power, funding and apparent free time (since they aren't working on HL3) has so far failed to get its gaming system, SteamOS, into the mainstream, and they took the shortcut of building it on Linux, eliminating most of the issues I listed. So really, it's a nice thought, but just a pipe dream.

pimpmonkey2382.313
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Posted April 09, 2016
The GOG OS is also protected by LensLok.

JMich
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Registered: Apr 2011
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Posted April 09, 2016
So you're basically asking for XBox One and/or PS4 OS?

novumZ
Akash of Vishnu
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Posted April 10, 2016
Cogadh.
I'm thinking GOG OS; like what Valve did with steam OS more or less. So yes; based off of Linux OS (no need to start from scratch).
-Games DRM Free Baby!
I'm thinking GOG OS; like what Valve did with steam OS more or less. So yes; based off of Linux OS (no need to start from scratch).
-Games DRM Free Baby!