EVE Online Coming to Linux, Mac OS X

An anonymous reader writes "Linuxlookup.com is reporting that CCP today announced a partnership with TransGaming to bring EVE Online to Linux and Mac platforms starting later this year. From the article: '"EVE Online has always ranked highly with our Linux users and there is significant demand for it among other platforms, including the rapidly growing Mac base," said Vikas Gupta, CEO of TransGaming Technologies. "As EVE takes place within a single-server persistent universe, it's vital that the game is identical in every way across different platforms. This challenge is what makes the partnership with CCP both important and rewarding."'

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Re:wine

[Ash-Fox]

Wine is usually a pretty piss-poor substitute for a native port.

Really it depends on the application.

Yeah a lot of stuff "works", but with little graphical glitches, significantly impacted performance

Yeah, WoW running faster on the same hardware under Linux is definitely a significantly impacted performance issue... Wait? What?

and an unexplained crashes.

I've had very little problem finding out what exactly was causing Wine to crash over the years (pretty much running a program off a terminal window and then looking at what was written there after it crashed was generally enough to figure out what had happened).

The experience wasn't the same. Like taking a rusted out old Corvette with flat tired and plastic over the windows down the street. Sure you're driving a 'vette, and it technically works; patch up the tires and you might even be able to do your daily driving in it. But pretending that it's nice to drive is just a fantasy.

My personal experiences with running games under Wine have been favorable. I could easily switch from fullscreen games to the desktop without having to wait at all for screen to go black.. do something then show me my desktop, it instantly gave me my desktop. Game playability was pretty much the same, I haven't noticed graphical issues in games I've played either.

When did you last try Wine by the way?

The Mac WoW client though (which IS native), runs simply amazing. I really wish Blizzard would come out with a native Linux version, and certainly applaud EVE Online for their effort.

The interesting thing is that certain applications, such as Firefox perform slightly better under Wine than they do under their native ports. That said, I tend to always prefer the native ports since they're better integrated with the system.