From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G1LMy-0007s5-F1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:58:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6EAugU7029780; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:56:42 GMT Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.21]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6EAoXNI019440 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:50:33 GMT Received: (qmail 5458 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jul 2006 10:50:32 -0000 Received: from 157.247.252.14 by www087.gmx.net with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:50:32 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:50:32 +0200 From: jarry@gmx.net In-Reply-To: <1f05046e0607140224k7a40edd6sad110079c5bafed9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060714105032.102860@gmx.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <44B6685D.4080007@gmx.net> <44B6C03B.6040408@ilievnet.com> <1f05046e0607131538h4fb83e6fx76e768c5bcc95fdd@mail.gmail.com> <44B6D9DB.4080502@ilievnet.com> <1f05046e0607140224k7a40edd6sad110079c5bafed9@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] : [OT: JOKE]virtual Windows solution... To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Authenticated: #787166 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k6EAugUO029780 X-Archives-Salt: b229da5e-86f3-44b1-8ecf-b28d57fd7e13 X-Archives-Hash: edb2ab5914468bbba521f35e893d4c34 "Nico Sch=FCmann" wrote: > > One of the most popular false beliefs is "linux can't run games". >=20 > I don't play computer games. But if someone sais this (and this > happens from time to time), I run Nexuiz or Quake4-Demo or stuff. And > everytime I show people: "Hey, you don't need windows to play games. Linux can run *certain* games. And sure will not run others. If a game is opengl-based (e.g. q4 or unreal/warfare engine) or has both opengl and directx version,it is at least possible to make a linux port. But a lot of today's games are directx-exclusive, and the amount of them is rising. I doubt such games will ever have native linux port, because to re-code directx-game to opengl would actually mean to make a completely different game. Costs for such a development would not been refunded by linux game-buyers. At least not now. That might change only if linux community markedly expands... Jarry --=20 Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft f=FCr 0,- Euro*! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list