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Live CD for PC Games?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-not? dept.

Onion asks: "Can anyone inform me why games developers don't put out games on a 'Knoppix' style live CD? This would negate coding the games for different PC platforms. Provided the hardware detection routines were up to scratch, the game could be coded using GNU/Linux for development and would run on any PC machine, regardless of OS. Only major drawback I can see would be the need to 'reboot' each time to play. Any thoughts or views on 'why not' ?"

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  1. It's a PC. no worry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    " Only major drawback I can see would be the need to 'reboot' each time to play."/I.

    No need to worry about rebooting: it's a PC, and as such it is likely to crash and reboot during game play anyway.

  2. Here's what you're looking for... by Ruis · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go buy a game console.

    Gamecube
    PlayStation
    XBox