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+ | ===== Reaction to: GoG rules out Linux support due to platform disparity ===== | ||
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+ | I've just read [[http:// | ||
+ | and I must say it sounds to me like a lot of bulls. Why? Because I have a port of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 for GNU/Linux which | ||
+ | still runs after all those years and it doesn' | ||
+ | So, please, don't tell me how impossible it's to support games on GNU/Linux. What? HoMaM3 isn't 3D game. I hear you. Hidden and Dangerous 2 then? | ||
+ | Seriously, stop it. | ||
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+ | Why don't you do it as Valve? Just clone [[http:// | ||
+ | I'm not exactly sure what else you were planning to do. Re-write all games to be native on GNU/Linux? I doubt it. | ||
+ | Again, why don't you do it as Valve? Just support one distribution. Which one? I'm sad to say, Ubuntu. That's where your user-base is most likely | ||
+ | going to be. And Debian will, or might, come along since Ubuntu is somewhat " | ||
+ | right? So, how came we have a lot of those years old applications which are still able to run nowadays. Strange, isn't it? | ||
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+ | There are ways how to do it. I understand it most likely isn't viable right now and would be rather a money sink hole for a quite some time. | ||
+ | Again, look at Valve. From time to time, there are news about Steam' | ||
+ | It could be caused by the fact nobody is going to reboot into GNU/Linux just to play Half-Life 2. I wouldn' | ||
+ | But don't bull people with poorly constructed excuses. You don't understand GNU/Linux, it's not viable/ | ||
+ | all fine and we understand. Just don't bull us. | ||
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