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My one gripe about linux

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dmcfarland:
I have one gripe about Linux. It doesnt do well with games. I cant play SFC3 on my linux box. I could install WINE, but thats a mystery to me. It would be nice to see someone reverse engineer windows games and port them to linux. I dont know how hard that would be. Thats the only gripe I have.

H_TeXMeX_H:
Do install wine ... it supports 727 games and counting ...

Edit: ... actually don't install wine ... it blows

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--- Quote from: dmcfarland ---I have one gripe about Linux. It doesnt do well with games. I cant play SFC3 on my linux box. I could install WINE, but thats a mystery to me. It would be nice to see someone reverse engineer windows games and port them to linux. I dont know how hard that would be. Thats the only gripe I have.
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In the case of closed source games, you cannot port them. The developers have to do that themselves.
Most of the time, games aren't ported because it's either completely written in Direct3D (Half-Life 2) or the developer doesn't want to spend money on porting (Call of Duty 2).
Games like Unreal Tournament 2004 and Quake 4 have been ported to Linux, and I hope that will encourage other game developers to do the same.

dmcfarland:
Thats a real bummer. It looks like Im not able to play SFC3 on linux. One day.:nothappy:

H_TeXMeX_H:
What is SFC3 anyway ?

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