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Sorry for the top post here I have added this to the thread as it seems directly related to the thread. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18996377 to quote one part " Mr Newell, who worked for Microsoft for 13 years on Windows, said his company had embraced the open-source software Linux as a "hedging strategy" designed to offset some of the damage Windows 8 was likely to do. "We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well," said Mr Newell." Raises a few other issues too Paul On 23/07/12 14:21, Daniel Robinson wrote: > I play games, it's the main reason why I use windows 7 today. > For years I've wanted Linux to be my OS of choice but it was this > whole "games are made for DirectX" issue that has kept me using > Microsoft Windows. > If game developers used an open platform for writing their games > on I'm pretty sure most gamers would use the open platform. > Most of my gaming friends for instance all use the same hacked copy of > Windows 7 to play their games on including myself and I'd think people > would prefer to have free software on their PC as opposed to hacked-ware. > I don't know why more work isn't being done to create a better > platform for games within the community. If anything... I blame Cadega!!! > > Kind Regards > > > Daniel > > On 20 July 2012 18:50, Roland Tarver <roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On 07/20/2012 04:01 PM, paul sutton wrote: > > All the more reason to make sure we keep plugging the > alternatives and > the advantages of freedom, the fact steam is being ported to > linux > (while controversial ) is a good thing for gamers and > something to tell > people if they mention games, First instance its being ported to > ubuntu, but hopefully then to other distros. > > Paul > > > Indeed. A am not a gamer (mainly due to time and other things of > greater interest), but what do gamers think.... > > Could linux be a good platform for games? (using less system > resources?, leaving a greater proportion for the game itself?). > > Are proprietary games on linux good for floss? good for linux? I > am not certain the answer is straight forward. What do you think? > > Cheers roly :-) > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > > > > -- > Custom built computers & repairs > http://drcomputers.co.uk > 07851356307 > > > -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq