Linux faces far more challenges to become the gamer platforms than it was mentioned in that article. Linux is still the 'geek's' domain and until Linux grows to support end-users the way Windows does, normal users, who are generally multimedia oriented people who play games, watch movies or listen to music and do other human stuff. Even now, installing a software on Linux isn't a plain double click. Although the power and customisability options are higher, they are still not what the 'human' users look at.
Anyway, even if a Gamer gets his hands on a Linux box, emulation is his only way out. With very few game developer companies even thinking of Linux, namely say Epic Games and virtually no developer using standards like Open GL in place of the proprietary XNA/Direct X, Linux seriously doesn't seem to have a bright future here. Its like trying to replace mp3 with ogg vorbis... a practical impossibility...
So I read this neat article or should I say a blog post lately from an Indian kid which highlights thoughts on Linux and its storehouse for our gamers...
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Linux faces far more challenges to become the gamer platforms than it was mentioned in that article. Linux is still the 'geek's' domain and until Linux grows to support end-users the way Windows does, normal users, who are generally multimedia oriented people who play games, watch movies or listen to music and do other human stuff. Even now, installing a software on Linux isn't a plain double click. Although the power and customisability options are higher, they are still not what the 'human' users look at. Anyway, even if a Gamer gets his hands on a Linux box, emulation is his only way out. With very few game developer companies even thinking of Linux, namely say Epic Games and virtually no developer using standards like Open GL in place of the proprietary XNA/Direct X, Linux seriously doesn't seem to have a bright future here. Its like trying to replace mp3 with ogg vorbis... a practical impossibility... So I read this neat article or should I say a blog post lately from an Indian kid which highlights thoughts on Linux and its storehouse for our gamers...