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Linux Port For id's Tech 5 Graphics Engine Unlikely

Posted by Soulskill on 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."

2 of 461 comments (clear)

  1. Re:You heard the man by ion.simon.c · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What did you think of Mass Effect?
    Best moments?
    Worst moments?
    Overall opinion?

    What ending did you and your friend take? Also, did the Paragon and Renegade meters have any affect on the gameplay?

  2. Re:Big news... by node+3 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You don't need a "plural." A singular positive anecdote is enough to disprove a categorical negative assertion.

    Not really, except in an overly literal sense.

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! is not disproved just because one prescient sod expected it. But once expecting the Spanish Inquisition becomes even mildly common, only then is the initial assertion proved false.

    So, will that be the five minute argument, or the full half-hour? :)