But it's not just the games to watch, it's the support tools that Loki, specifically Sam Latinga, Loki's top kahuna developer, are developing. Video4Linux2 Standardized interface for video applications. Although not widely used yet, expect to see this specification take on more importance as video editing tools begin to make their way to Linux. A set of low level drivers that makes use of the Video4Linux specification. Besides, we need to watch TV while we work.
Graphic artists seem to be moving to digital cameras faster than ants to a picnic.
Linux had used the SANE interface originally for supporting a limited set of digital cameras, but then gPhoto popped up and we've never looked back. SANE Support for scanners. A must for any decent Gimp artist, SANE is both a package of drivers and a specification for how such drivers should be written. I'm not clear if the specification is actually all that good, but SANE by far included the largest set of scanner drivers. Mesa 3D OpenGL support, for free.