I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it has been known to save the day with modern titles, too. But to have it as the agreed-upon way to how you play video games on Linux is completely unacceptable for several reasons, both technical and moral.
The simple fact is that code quality tends to improve as you move between platforms... non-obvious bugs on Windows become VERY obvious in the Linux p… - Ryan C. Gordon
The simple fact is that code quality tends to improve as you move between platforms... non-obvious bugs on Windows become VERY obvious in the Linux p…
- Ryan C. Gordon
The real threat to Linux adoption is Apple, not Microsoft. If you didn't know, now you know. - Ryan C. Gordon
The real threat to Linux adoption is Apple, not Microsoft. If you didn't know, now you know.
I find if you're targeting Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X right from the start, your code will probably work anywhere else that you might try it later.… - Ryan C. Gordon
I find if you're targeting Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X right from the start, your code will probably work anywhere else that you might try it later.…
What I do for a living is somewhat like mercenary prostitution. I spend a lot of energy trying to find games to bring to alternate platforms, like Li… - Ryan C. Gordon
What I do for a living is somewhat like mercenary prostitution. I spend a lot of energy trying to find games to bring to alternate platforms, like Li…
What does NOT work best for anyone, though, is being forced to keep a Windows partition around just to play video games. The best operating system fo… - Ryan C. Gordon
What does NOT work best for anyone, though, is being forced to keep a Windows partition around just to play video games. The best operating system fo…
I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it has been known t… - Ryan C. Gordon
I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it has been known t…
I can find lots of examples where a game won't make you rich, but I can't find a reasonable case where a Linux port doesn't have at least a small, po… - Ryan C. Gordon
I can find lots of examples where a game won't make you rich, but I can't find a reasonable case where a Linux port doesn't have at least a small, po…
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