nedkelly Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 HiThe development of the game looks great can hardly wait, even worse than waiting for Christmas I have search around in the forum, and from what I can understand the game will also be available on Linux, is this right?? And will it be out on the same time as the windows version?Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 It will be available on Linux (and, if there aren't unexpected problems, OS X) - some of the programmers here are Linux users, and are making sure the game and all the editing tools work properly.I would hope all the versions can be released at the same time, though we don't currently have any plans about that. I expect it'll be harder to release things on Linux than on Windows, since there's a lot more variation in libraries and services and drivers, but we'll try to make it work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menganito Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 AFAIK you want to keep it closed-sorced, so porting it on linux will not be that easy, otherwise you could just release source code in a tarball, compilable on any distro of linux... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 (edited) putting the code in a tarball doesn't mean one can compile it... the make and config scripts is where the magic happens, and that doesn't even take in account the obvious differences between all the platforms, for which the actual gamecode has to be tuned to get things to work. Edited October 20, 2007 by Breepee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menganito Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Ywhen I wrote "compilable on every disto" I meant it shold ve made compilable, not tha it would be compilable by it's nature as a source code... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belisarivs Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Keeping something closed sourced doesn't mean that it would be hard to port. In fact there are many such projects. Namely Opera and Skype (well, I hate it, but as example it serves well).Porting on Linux is done directly by developers and as long as Dnas is member of developing team and OpenGL is used, I'm not worried.I got Unreal Tournament working smoothly on Linux. We even played it on multiplayer (well, I was beaten ), so even though it wasn't ported, I'm not afraid running it in WINE.What makes me somewhat disappointed are reasons why to keep it closed. Not that I would try to enforce opening as it depends on creators but reasons against opening suggest that there is something darker hiding behind. But this is my personal feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espiesior Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Since Linux is my primary OS also, I am quite impressed with your efforts to achieve compatibility with it and OS X (you say it is more difficult with OS X?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den404 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Yay! If this game would go on linux then you guys would rock!! i love the game screenshots Btw, i use Ubuntu myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramus Crudelis Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 ubuntu, linux, suse, mac...WHY if you can have Windows XpOk I admit Vista really blows but XP = ownage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den404 Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Man! Windows is full of viruses!!! Linux has just about None!!! and can you imagine the scripting for the viruses on linux??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramus Crudelis Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 the viruses is not windows of microsofts fault, it's those idiots fault who make them solely for windows, I hate those ****** But quite recently more and more viruses are coming out for mac and linux too, sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkelly Posted January 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) ubuntu, linux, suse, mac...WHY if you can have Windows XpThere is many reasons why I use Linux (Ubuntu), safety/security, usability/configurability and lower system requirements. On top of that, I'm a student, who does not have much money, and Ubuntu is free, and so is almost every Linux program. Also I have a problem with a company has a de facto monopoly on what software, one run on ones computer. I like diversity Edited January 26, 2008 by nedkelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_a_guy Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 ubuntu, linux, suse, mac...WHY if you can have Windows Xp XP, Vista, mac... WHY if you can have GNU/Linux ?Every one can use GNU/Linux, it cost from about $0, so even if you are poor as I am, you can get it! Microsoft Windows is really expensive, even if perhaps you think it's free because some swindlers force you to buy it when you buy a computer. In addition, a lot of people prefer use GNU/Linux which is more effective and easier to use. After try it, they can't imagine to use Windows again.I don't understand why people like you don't want to let people using the software they want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramus Crudelis Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 uhm yeah I'm not poor so I can actually afford stuff and I use Ubuntu and Suse on my other computer, for important stuff like files that must be protected (because there aren't as much viruses for Suse and Ubuntu)but for decent games, Linux etc. just blows, you gotta admit that (except for 0 A.D. though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_a_guy Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) uhm yeah I'm not poor The question is not to be poor, the question is why do I would give money to Microsoft when I have already a very good software to do all what I want ?but for decent games, Linux etc. just blows, you gotta admit thatI don't understand : are you saying that games designed for Windows work better with windows than with GNU/Linux ?Yeah, but first you have to admit that Playstation games don't work on Xbox... And ? Edited January 27, 2008 by just_a_guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramus Crudelis Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) To do all you want? Well, I want to play games with very good graphics, something linux at the moment can't provide for me. Thats my point, no reason to get upset here. Edited January 27, 2008 by Ramus Crudelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_a_guy Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 There is only one question you have to ask: when a game doesn't work on GNU/Linux, is it because GNU/Linux doesn't want you play your game, or is it because the game was made to not work on GNU/Linux ?Is it the same problem as when you go on a Web page and it work only with IE 6 but not with Firefox... Is it because Firefox is a poor software which doesn't know to read Web pages ?But, in addition, if you go here, you can see a test (in french but you can read the graphics I guess) which shows that some games work better on GNU/Linux than on Windows... So I disagree with you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramus Crudelis Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) I don't say GNU/Linux is no good at letting you play the game, I know the companies just refuse to make the game for GNU/Linux, but that doens't take away that there aren't alot of (graphically) good games for all OS's except windows and I wish it was different but it isn't. Oh and by the way I read that article (I know some French, I live near France)and yeah, they're right but still Edited January 27, 2008 by Ramus Crudelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belisarivs Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 the viruses is not windows of microsofts fault, it's those idiots fault who make them solely for windows, I hate those ****** Actually, those viruses are solely Microsofts fault. Viruses abuse errors in Windows. And there are many due to fatal errors in design. They failed to effectively separate admin and normal user.In Windows it is impossible to not to be logged in as admin and install important software. Vista introduces this finally (something what is in Linux and other UNIXes for ages) and many programs have problems with it as Microsoft learned creators of such programs to do their work wrong way.These fatal design errors force users to be logged in as Admins and therefore all they do, they do it with high privileges. Including running viruses.In Linux (and others) you cannot log in as root. You can swith to root just for time needed for necessary operation. Any virus attempting to break your system would have to pass through this secured system.Yes, virus can erase your user data (which you can delete accidentally, anyway), but it still won't be able to cause any harm to your system. When you use more accounts and secure access rights, you are pretty much secure from any virus.But quite recently more and more viruses are coming out for mac and linux too, sadly Really? Could you send me link for download? I' gladly help with betatest I've seen some viruses for Linux. Looked basically as:!#/bin/shrm -rf ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudied Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Really? Could you send me link for download? I' gladly help with betatest I've seen some viruses for Linux. Looked basically as:!#/bin/shrm -rf ~ LOL !!!! Man you made my day ! This is the best reply of the year so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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