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On 07/23/2012 02:21 PM, Daniel Robinson wrote:
I play games, it's the main reason why I use windows 7 today.
For years I've wanted Linux to be my OS of choice but it was this whole
"games are made for DirectX" issue that has kept me using Microsoft Windows.
If game developers used an open platform for writing their games
on I'm pretty sure most gamers would use the open platform.
Most of my gaming friends for instance all use the same hacked copy of
Windows 7 to play their games on including myself and I'd think people
would prefer to have free software on their PC as opposed to hacked-ware.
I don't know why more work isn't being done to create a better platform
for games within the community. If anything... I blame Cadega!!!
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 20 July 2012 18:50, Roland Tarver <roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 07/20/2012 04:01 PM, paul sutton wrote:
All the more reason to make sure we keep plugging the
alternatives and
the advantages of freedom, the fact steam is being ported to linux
(while controversial ) is a good thing for gamers and something
to tell
people if they mention games, First instance its being ported to
ubuntu, but hopefully then to other distros.
Paul
Indeed. A am not a gamer (mainly due to time and other things of
greater interest), but what do gamers think....
Could linux be a good platform for games? (using less system
resources?, leaving a greater proportion for the game itself?).
Are proprietary games on linux good for floss? good for linux? I am
not certain the answer is straight forward. What do you think?
Cheers roly :-)
Hi Daniel,It will be interesting to see, say in 5 years time, what the gaming situation on linux is. With steam coming I wonder if others will follow and develop the linux proprietary gaming ecosystem.
Which I think might be good for floss in the short term? and perhaps even the long term. Of course, the ideal would be to get more good quality floss games...
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