On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You say that you'd like to see more games (I assume in the caliber of Quake) > on Linux and that you are considering a career in game programming. I ask why > not Linux? Consider Quake - it's source is still hidden, but the binaries are > distributed. No reason that you couldn't develop games using Linux as the base > platform and port to Win95. I'd guess that the Win95 version would be much > more stable/bug-free than using MS development tools (considering the > stability of Linux).
Hmm... that's a good point. I suppose it depends on whether I can be bothered to spend a while porting - if those people working on the various PenguinPlay type projects get a decent API package like DirectX available then I'll be back :) I do have LinQuake installed, but what about Sin and Half Life and Total Annhiliation and Privateer 2 and .... I think I'll remove Linux and use just Windows on my home computer until Linux gets the games support it needs to attract more people like me. I will still be using Linux on my server at school - I just think that if you're interested in playing games Linux is not yet the OS for you. I think what I'll miss the most is the Gimp :( Thanks for all your help everyone... -- Charles
