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Old 8th March, 2010, 08:03 PM
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Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal and Steam Coming to Mac in April
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Old 8th March, 2010, 08:32 PM
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Great news for Mac users...But what about Linux!!!
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God help us all !!! Wot about linucs?
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Well as soon as Linux can play most games windoz is finished...I know your looking forward to that! ":O}
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The day that linucs will support most of hardware accelerated games it's the day I am gonna do a massive review WINDOWS vs LINUX gaming performance! And if Linucs can stand a chance I will reconsider
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How trilling for you! ":O}

However Linux already plays many games every bit as well as windows...surprising that this doesn't interest you more...":O}
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about time, You'd think if it can run on Mac it can run on Linux cause they are both Unix driver right?
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about time, You'd think if it can run on Mac it can run on Linux cause they are both Unix driver right?
Yeah, OS X is more or less based on Unix.
Also, there is this:
BBC News - 'Console killer' OnLive to launch in June

But, no mention of Linux there, which seems crazy.
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Isn't Direct X the main issue with games and operating systems?
If Direct X complied their program for Linux then would games actually run great?
I have read some articles on Wine... how it emulates Direct X with opensource code (I think) but most Windows games require it....
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Direct X belongs to Microsoft, so they're not likely to release it for Linux.

But, there are alternatives which game devs can and do use, such as OpenGL.
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yeah, thats true.... I do use openGL for Doom3 & Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
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