Linked by Steve Husted on Mon 13th Sep 2004 08:28 UTC
Linux gaming. Let's face it - it's terrible. Tux Racer? Please. Quake III, okay, I'll give you that. NeverWinter Nights? If you can get it to work. WINE? If you have enough hair left to pull out, WINE is a good choice.
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"and many a techie will point out that what Linux REALLY needs is native gaming, and WINE will allow many developers to be lazy "
SPOT ON!!! I've been saying this for quite some time now - we need native gaming in Linux. Wine is just an excuse for games developers to be lazy and do bugger all and reap the money in from the Windows platform sales. They argue 'no one buys Linux games'. I argue bulldust and fair pinklewinkles - if you don't give me the opportunity how the hell can I buy the damn games?
The only way they'll learn is to boycott the bastards. Don't buy their Windows ports. Write letters. Write nasty letters. Make a noise with your local MP. Give em hell. If enough people get off their lazy bums and actually do this sort of stuff and they lose sales they'll take notice.
Dave W Pastern