Does Linux Have Game?

kwpulliam writes "Tom's Hardware has an interesting writeup, discussing the difficulties in bringing games to Linux, and the dilemmas faced by the graphics card developers."

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Linux Drivers: The Real Problem

[hackus]

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Pick one, they are all the reason why Linux has poor driver support.

If ATI or NVidia would publish there specs on hardware, we wouldn't have a problem.

I for one think BOTH companies are pathetic and do more harm than good writing the crap they put out for Linux in the first place.

If they would open the hardware so we could get a register by register description of what is going on, far BETTER software engineers would be working on excellent drivers, far exceeding those WindowsXP currently enjoys.

If that would happen, then the only thing seperating the driver quality would be the OS implementation and Linux would kick Windows arse.

The biggest problem with these companies is that they are so full of themselves, they HONESTLY believe that they are THE BEST and the only people who could possible write video drivers for thier hardware.

The reality is they are probably the worst and write the software under duress of timelines and contractual intellectual property rules that prevent the highest quality drivers and people from working on the problem.

-Hack