Google’s Chrome OS started out as little more than a browser, but Google has slowly added more application support with Android and Linux modules. Chrome OS might be getting a lot more fun, too. According to a new report, Google is looking to make gaming on Chromebooks happen by adding support for Steam. The report comes from Android Police, which recently talked ...
It’s been some 18 months since Khronos announced the next-generation of OpenGL, and the final version of the spec, Vulkan, is finally ready for deployment. As of today, everything related to Vulkan — drivers, SDKs, and early software support is ready for launch. This is a change from Khronos’ usual practice, which is to announce a new version of the OpenGL API with vendor support following at a later ...
Over the past few years, Valve has built grassroots support and interest for alternate operating systems, including OS X and Linux, as well as its own version of the Linux operating system. Unfortunately, there are clearly bugs still to be worked out of the Linux variant, and a new problem can lead to Steam wiping all of a users’ files. Here’s the problem: when Steam installs itself, ...