WineX and the Future of Linux Gaming

SQLz asks: "I'm a Linux user and an avid gamer but unfortunately for me, I have a very limited selection of games to play without having to reboot into my 'Xbox partition' (a Win2k partition with only games). To supplement my aging collection of Loki titles, as well as UT2003 and a few Q3A mods, I use WineX to play titles like Battlefield 1942, SimCity 4, and Homeworld Cataclysm. Apparently this is bad, as many people in the community feel that Transgaming's WineX is discouraging developers from creating native Linux ports. Does anyone have any real proof of this happening? Do developers really point out WineX as a alternative to doing a native Linux port?"

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[Sevn]

Up until a little while ago, you could grab the winex source from cvs. They do appear to be discouraging this now. I know they flipped out on the Gentoo guys for having an easy ebuild to install it from cvs. I know the cvs server is practically unusable. It took me 4 days with a slick cron job to get the source from cvs a few months back. For the time being I have a "Windendo" partition also. I think it's going to take a few years before companys start following the ID example in larger numbers. You think more game companys would realize the dedicated fan base they get from doing multiple OS releases. It's like instant geek points. Makes them look more technologically advanced. I wish Sierra released Linux games. I'd kill for some NOLF style fun under Linux.