Linux Port For id's Tech 5 Graphics Engine Unlikely

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday August 23, 2009 @02:58PM from the sounds-like-they-need-some-encouragement dept.

DesiVideoGamer writes "John Carmack, the lead developer for id's Tech 5 graphics engine, does not plan on making a Linux port for the new engine. From his e-mail: 'It isn't out of the question, but I don't think we will be able to justify the work. If there are hundreds of thousands of Linux users playing Quake Live when we are done with Rage, that would certainly influence our decision.' One of the reasons for not making a Linux port was due to the fact that the new engine 'pushes a lot of paths that are not usually optimized' and that the Linux port would have to use the binary blob graphics driver in order to work."

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Re:Big news... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-08-23 15:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Linux users never pay for anything, so it doesn't even matter.
Re:Big news... by RobVB · 2009-08-23 16:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Right, because Linux runs on air and penguin droppings.

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