[Wine] Re: Big test coming up: fallout 3

[dyzmani9]

tuxfusion wrote:
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> dyzmani9 wrote:
> >  Linux aint for gaming. And probably will never be, theres gonna always be new problems, I wish I am wrong though....
> 
> 
> ehem .. now this hurts !  linux *IS* for gaming
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> Games developed FOR linux are at least as powerful as their competition :
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> See etqw :
> http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/
> or americas army native linux client:
> http://americasarmy.filefront.com/file/AASF_Direct_Action_v25_Full_Install;48676#Download
> 
> Your statement is simply wrong because you are running a *native* windows game on a completely different operating system and you now blame the second operating system for failing to be windows , pretty funny  =)
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> This would be like starting the X server on Windows and blaming Windows that it can't run the linux X server ...
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> You as a customer should blame Bethesda for *NOT* developing a linux client and only them no one else , as soon as it will pay off for those companies to develop for linux too they will do it.
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> In the meantime it's either wine with thousands of running apps or dual boot for apps that are still at "garbage" state.
> 
> *lol everytime i write there is a falllout 3 commercial in our tv  , hehe*

Well, I guess youre right about this 'native' stuff, but it wont pay off for them to make games for linux as soon as I would like to...I just checked out wikipedia's 'Games for linux' section, most of them are old games, and half of the ports made by fans...