Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th May 2009 19:06 UTC
We all know them. We all hate them. They are generally overdone, completely biased, or so vague they border on the edge of pointlessness (or toppled over said edge). Yes, I'm talking about those "Is Linux ready for the desktop" articles. Still, this one is different.
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Member since:2008-11-18
What are you talking about? A program that works on Linux through an emulator or virtualizer is a program for another platform. Tell games made for Linux, not emulated.
Repeat after me and everyone else: Wine Is Not An Emulator! WINE is a compatibility API.
My personal favorite is Wolfenstein Enemy Teritory, the game that made it possible for me to not do dual boot several times per day. And guess what? It is not emulated, not virtualized and not run trough a compatibility layer.
(BTW: Most games that are properly designed and intended for release on PC's and game consoles are run though compatibility layers, as in WINE equivalents)
Why not the other way around... Games for Linux and then compatibility for Windows?
If you want to believe that games are designed for Linux, let me tell you, you are living in Alice in Wonderland.
And stop bashing me, the truth is easy to look at. I am aware of Linux situation and I am looking for ways to make it better. Believing that Linux is fine the way it is, is completely absurd:
More than 12 years later, a free product, and no one uses it on the desktop. Big companies like IBM and Oracle are driving Linux to the server and enterprise, changes made in the kernel reflects that.
But Linux was supposed to be for Personal Computers, not for servers, not for enterprises.
But if you really believe Linux is fine, and wonderful.. Then Why nobody uses it?
Member since:2005-11-11
If you want to believe that games are designed for Linux
He never claimed that. Nor is that his point.
It doesn't matter whether games are "designed" for Linux. The end user only cares whether games run on Linux. Compatibility layers are entirely acceptable as long as they give the user what he wants.
Edited 2009-05-20 09:36 UTC
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2009-05-19
What are you talking about? A program that works on Linux through an emulator or virtualizer is a program for another platform. Tell games made for Linux, not emulated.
Repeat after me and everyone else: Wine Is Not An Emulator! WINE is a compatibility API.
My personal favorite is Wolfenstein Enemy Teritory, the game that made it possible for me to not do dual boot several times per day. And guess what? It is not emulated, not virtualized and not run trough a compatibility layer.
(BTW: Most games that are properly designed and intended for release on PC's and game consoles are run though compatibility layers, as in WINE equivalents)