Yes.: "I have been told by Epic that they are "working closely" with ATI to resolve issues with their Linux drivers. Presumably, an updated version of their drivers will eventually be available which will enable the playing of UT2k3 using a Radeon 8500. With the release of drivers from ATI and Xi Graphics, Radeon 8500 Linux users will have two ways of getting the 3D support required to play UT2k3. "
...and it's not really markedly different from UT2
Perhaps you didn't notice that UT2k3 is really Unreal Tournament 2?
Oh and maybe they'll support more drivers than Nvidia:(
It is not Unreal Tournament 2003's job to support drivers. It's the vendor's job to add the Savage texture compression support to their drivers. ATI, for one, is doing this for some of their cards.
This is the Kernel Cousin for the wine-devel and wine-patches mailing lists. Wine is a project to create a Microsoft Windows (tm) emulator running on Un*x platforms (including Linux, FreeBSD...). It is provided in two forms:
the emulator allows (on i386 class machines) to run directly Windows binaries under Un*x.
There are a wide number of games which are high selling and I think most gamers can agree _aren't_ fun (cough, Who Wants To be a Millionare cough). This is probably another one of thoses cases where your average RTS/FPS/et cetera fan won't be interested. I know I'm not interested, but then, you'd need a *real* Linux port to get me to play.
As in, something that's not a very slightly modified windows binary with a wine wrapper (and to play even the 'transgamers' have to purchase the distro).
This is _really_ silly when the codebase has been ported, twice. The first time without the polygonal parts, and the second without graphics whatsoever (if I recall correctly).
Indeed, it is a shame more program writers do not use it, and contribute back to it. Mostly, people seem to be misunderstanding how useful it can be for projects besides games.
Just because it seems far-fetched now, doesn't mean Windows emulation is a good idea. That's like saying the afterlife is so cool, so lets all kill ourselves, or something.
The open-source setup tool is the _perfect_ example of a GUI installer (which can also run fine in ncurses). It can install whatever libraries a user needs right along with the program.
Windows applications and Windows drivers can stay in Windows and watch their market dissapear if Linux achieves desktop goals. Windows application emulation is an ugly path that only supports the proven monopolist.
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This isn't Linux. This is Windows emulation.
Yes.:
"I have been told by Epic that they are "working closely" with ATI to resolve issues with their Linux drivers. Presumably, an updated version of their drivers will eventually be available which will enable the playing of UT2k3 using a Radeon 8500. With the release of drivers from ATI and Xi Graphics, Radeon 8500 Linux users will have two ways of getting the 3D support required to play UT2k3. "
It's up to the vendors to support the Savage Texture Compression. ATi will probably be fixing their radeon drivers themselves.
This sounds *really* fishy to me. I wounldn't be suprised if someone payed them not to mention that it's Linux compatible....
This is just totally false.
Perhaps you didn't notice that UT2k3 is really Unreal Tournament 2?
Oh and maybe they'll support more drivers than Nvidia
It is not Unreal Tournament 2003's job to support drivers. It's the vendor's job to add the Savage texture compression support to their drivers. ATI, for one, is doing this for some of their cards.
ATi is patching their newer radeon drivers, and will support S3TC some time in the future!
Eon Games has a number of great titles available for for the Zaurus. Including Pyrogon's excellent puzzle game, Candy Cruncher.
I know "ported" isn't quite the right term for this, but...
You're absolutely correct, it isn't the correct term at all.
Emulating Windows and profiting from uninformed Linux users is more appropriate.
2. Some of the sound enhancement were disabled like EAX.
You can't emulate EAX support in Linux sound card drivers. Creative needs to put this support in the live/audigy drivers before they'll be available.
" given that WINE is a virtual machine, according to its circular acronym ("WINE Is Not an Emulator")"
The maintainer of WINE refers to it as an emulator.
It is indeed an emulator. Even the kernel cousin for it refers to it as an emulator.
x86 binaries don't work on different architectures without cpu emulation, so, no.
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There are a wide number of games which are high selling and I think most gamers can agree _aren't_ fun (cough, Who Wants To be a Millionare cough). This is probably another one of thoses cases where your average RTS/FPS/et cetera fan won't be interested. I know I'm not interested, but then, you'd need a *real* Linux port to get me to play.
As in, something that's not a very slightly modified windows binary with a wine wrapper (and to play even the 'transgamers' have to purchase the distro).
This is _really_ silly when the codebase has been ported, twice. The first time without the polygonal parts, and the second without graphics whatsoever (if I recall correctly).
Not that any commercial games are compiled for IA64 yet.
You might try getting to know the facts before posting, even as a coward.
nvidia already has drivers out for Linux/IA64 with some of their higher end cards (quadro line).
they get 20,000 subscribers they'll release the slashcode!
It'd be really nice if games were ported/developed for linux.
Except they are.
Sure, lately fewer are available, but still some are being released.
Want to game in linux?
Except it's not.
It's gaming with the proven monopolist's API(s), and extending it's stronghold to Linux. Fun!
Indeed, it is a shame more program writers do not use it, and contribute back to it. Mostly, people seem to be misunderstanding how useful it can be for projects besides games.
Just because it seems far-fetched now, doesn't mean Windows emulation is a good idea. That's like saying the afterlife is so cool, so lets all kill ourselves, or something.
The open-source setup tool is the _perfect_ example of a GUI installer (which can also run fine in ncurses). It can install whatever libraries a user needs right along with the program.
Windows applications and Windows drivers can stay in Windows and watch their market dissapear if Linux achieves desktop goals. Windows application emulation is an ugly path that only supports the proven monopolist.
WordPerfect 8 is a native Linux app.
I believe the releases which followed used Wine, however.
they actually had ported their programs to Linux. I suspect we wouldn't be mostly using staroffice/openoffice if they'd done a native port.