Comments on: Linux Gaming, an Overview: What You Can And Can’t Expect

By: Robert Backlund

Robert Backlund — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:00:54 +0000

What we need to be pushing for would be for the game developers to stop using Microsoft only technologies one of the biggest is Direct X. If they instead used Open GL and Open AL and used code that is cross platform it would be fairly easy to port games or any program for that matter to any of the desktop OS’s because everyone is using the same hardware. I just do not understand why they only use Microsoft only tech including their SDK’s. As much as I would love to see more and more games on Linux there is one issue I would like to see happen universally in the gaming industry and that is stopping the trend for using more and more draconian DRM in an futile attempt to stop piracy. It is proven that the only people that are inconvenienced are the companies real customers who have no problem paying for the content that they use. The people who download a pirated version that are always available from Bit torrent on the games release date are not and will never be a customer.

By: owen420

owen420 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:45:22 +0000

the whole point people turn towards linux is better performance, but if your emulating windows under linux your not gonna get better performance…

it seems kinda pointless

dual booting is the only way to go if your running it on a gaming rig.

By: Aaron Chung

Aaron Chung — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:28:50 +0000

Hope gaming in UBUNTU would be easier soon!!

By: Chris Hoffman

Chris Hoffman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:02:08 +0000

Yup, that’s the reason gamers (and most people) use Windows — compatibility with existing software.

By: Chris Hoffman

Chris Hoffman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:01:20 +0000

Very true. The market is smaller, but there’s less competition — a developer supporting Linux won’t have to compete against as many other games and will have lots of grateful Linux users.

By: Chris Hoffman

Chris Hoffman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:00:30 +0000

Yes, it’s a chicken-and-egg problem, but Microsoft has given game companies a reason to start moving with Windows 8.

By: XxLordxX

XxLordxX — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:07:19 +0000

There’s a game called Heroes of Newerth which is like a Dota for Linux, try it :D

By: Sebastian Cork

Sebastian Cork — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:30:08 +0000

I would like to understand your point but I struggle slightly. Linux is not mature, in which way do you express? Linux (built on Unix) has been around for ages. It’s constantly developed and many of the most powerful web services we’ve come to know and love wouldn’t be around if not for Linux OS. Apple’s own OSX is a Unix-based operating system. Linux is very mature in many ways, I’d have to say—just not in the gaming sector. As this article suggests, that’s not entirely the fault of the Linux community. Microsoft has kept a hold on the multimedia industry for over a decade now. Software companies were pressured to follow suit. No one wanted to be the first of few to invest in Linux for gaming or anything else non-system admin related. That’s all starting to change now. Here’s a to an upcoming revolution.

By: Sean A

Sean A — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:26:20 +0000

I didn’t know about steam I will look into that

By: Boni Oloff

Boni Oloff — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:02:06 +0000

I think games not very popular in linux not only because there are little people using it, but also the system itself is not mature enough to make great games maybe.. That’s just my opinion.

By: Boni Oloff

Boni Oloff — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:58:28 +0000

Linux don’t have a big money to support their development.
But if they are as easy as other operating system they will get more attention i think. But for every people who trying to migrate to Linux, most of them just get a more frustation better than an excited..

By: themainliner

themainliner — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:11:45 +0000

For cutting edge gaming Linux can’t hold a candle to Windows. This is ultimately nothing to do with the viable of either platform for gaming, it is a simply a matter of which platform the vast majority of games are written for.

Games written natively for Linux are just as good and perform just as well as games written for Windows do on that platform. If you want to run games written for Windows on Linux then expect to make some compromises.

I run World of Warcraft 5.0 with Wine 1.5.17 and it’s very, very good. But I cannot have the settings all the way to Ultra or have DirectX11 water effects or sun shafts. This has little or no effect on my enjoyment of the game.

If game developers would release native Linux ports of their games then we’d see which, if either, platform was better for gaming.

By: Ryan Borja

Ryan Borja — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:00:44 +0000

I see. That’s great!

By: Ritwick Saikia

Ritwick Saikia — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:39:22 +0000

I wish that the gaming companies recognize the Linux community for what it is, people who play games and are willing to pay for them. Had read somewhere that the indie game bundles on linux on an average get paid more than those on Windows.

By: gpvprasad

gpvprasad — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:03:35 +0000

I think they didn’t create because
1. GPL