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Gamecenter on Linux and Gaming

Posted by Hemos on from the because-it's-saturday dept.

Ant was among a number of people who alerted us to the latest Gamecenter feature Linux and the Gaming Community. It's a bit sparse but attempts to bring the gaming community up to speed, and what it's good for.

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  1. MS and open source by irishmex · · Score: 3

    Anyone else notice the line: "Whatever the reason, more companies, Microsoft included, are jumping on the open-source bandwagon."

    All MS had to do was invite ESR to speak, keep anouncing that they're "thinking about" opening up Windows, and invest in an open source project that focuses on the Windows-only version of Perl and now they're beginning to be included in all of the good press that open source is getting. And this article is really just about games on an open-source platform and MS still gets some good press.

    All hail MS PR.

  2. Linux and Gaming by Fantus · · Score: 3

    It's good to see Commercial Games coming to the market. I know a lot of people cringe at the word Commercial, but it's a fact of life that most "quality" games have commercial roots, and for good reason. The cool thing about Linux is a Game can be commercial, but developers from different companies can all work on the same open source API's and drivers. They can even delve into the Kernel if they need to. So yes, the game engine and graphics and story line are all proprietary, but the framework that talks to the computer and its devices can all remain open source, and benefit from it too.

    On the lighter side... I asked my father 17 years ago for an Atari, and ended up with a computer. I was devastated, but in retrospect, it was the best damn investment he could've made. Although he must of cringed when I was going to Radio Shack every week spending his money on upgrades. Games are important to me. Even though I don't use Windows anymore, and don't want to, I sometime miss some of the Games I use to fire up after going buggy (pun not intended) from coding after 6 or 7 hours...

    Long live Linux Games....

    Fantus