Expert Opinions On Linux Gaming's Future

jg21 writes "Following on from yesterday's Slashdot coverage of the idea to launch a games-based Linux distro, LinuxWorld Magazine has held a Gaming Round Table involving Chris DiBona, Ryan Gordon, Timothee Besset, Gavriel State, and Joe Valenzuela about where Linux currently stands and how it will one day become a premier gaming platform. 'It became perfectly clear to me that most of the technological issues are already solved, and that the others won't take too long to fix once the game publishers really get into the mix,' reports Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Gaming Industry Editor for LinuxWorld, who coordinated the round table. Well worth reading."

Comments

Yay!

[GFLPraxis]

Games on a stable and free OS! My dream come true!

The gaming industry needs to change first.

[zaunuz]

Well, first of all, game developers will have to focus more on other platforms than windows, since many games still rely on windows internals (anarchy online for one). There are many who code their games to fit with both Linux and Windows, but i wish there would be more, since games such as Anarchy Online are some of the few reasons why I dont remove my windows installation completly.

Yawwwnnnn

[Anonymous Coward]

The reason gamer are not moving toward Unix/Linux is that there aren't any game. Linux/Unix as a whole is for tinkerer. Consumer doesnt want to muck with the OS, they want shrinkwrap software that they can go to the store and buy it and bring it home, shove it up the CD/DVD and install then play. They dont want to go all over the net to find some glib library to install it. Not only that, their previous game under 98/DOS should run. I highly doubt if any Window98 game will run under Linux - and probably count out those fancy joystick gear. Probably Linux doesnt have that either. The next problem that Linux/Unix going to find problems - there are tons of software out there already. Why the hell would you want Linux to be a game platform